Startup

Cradle

Engineer better proteins, faster.

  • AI · Engineering & Materials
  • Amsterdam, Países Bajos
  • Serie B

Sobre Cradle

Cradle is an AI-powered protein engineering platform that helps scientists design and optimize protein candidates using generative AI and experimental data. The platform accelerates drug discovery and biological product development across therapeutics, diagnostics, agriculture, and chemicals.

Fundadores

  • Eli Bixby

    Co-Founder

  • Elise de Reus

    Co-Founder

    Ph.D. in fungal synthetic biology from Delft University and DTU. Previously engineered microbes in high throughput at Zymergen and Perfect Day. Co-founder of Cradle bringing synthetic biology expertise.

  • Harmen van Rossum

    Co-Founder

    Manages Cradle's wet lab operations, bringing hands-on laboratory expertise to the protein engineering platform.

  • Jelle Prins

    Co-Founder

    Early product manager at Uber (2009) designing original passenger and driver apps. Later responsible for first apps at Booking.com and Catawiki. Co-founder of Cradle bringing product and design expertise.

  • Stef van Grieken

    Co-Founder & CEO

    Former Group Product Manager at Google Research & Machine Intelligence, overseeing AI infrastructure and applied ML projects. Co-founder and CEO of Cradle since 2021.

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Sector
AI · Engineering & Materials
Sede
Amsterdam, Países Bajos
Fase
Serie B
Fundada
2021
Total captado
5,5 M €

Rondas de financiación

FechaRondaImporteInversores principales
Serie BNo reveladoIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Serie ANo reveladoIndex Ventures
Semilla5,5 M €Index Ventures, Kindred Capital