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Inductive Bio funding, valuation and investors
Collaborative AI platform accelerating small-molecule optimization via virtual chemistry labs.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Series A
$25M · 2025
Latest known valuation
Not publicly disclosed
Total disclosed equity funding
$29M
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
private
series a · New York, New York
Investors in latest funding
Lead: Obvious Ventures
Other: Andreessen Horowitz , Lux Capital , Bessemer Venture Partners
Overview
Inductive Bio builds a collaborative AI platform that accelerates small-molecule drug optimization through virtual chemistry labs. The company won consecutive OpenADMET blind benchmarks and runs a pre-competitive data consortium with pharma partners. It raised a $4.3M seed co-led by a16z Bio + Health and Lux Capital (2023), followed by a $25M Series A led by Obvious Ventures (2025).
Why Inductive Bio is interesting
Won consecutive OpenADMET blind benchmarks; pre-competitive data consortium across pharma partners.
Product & use cases
Inductive Bio builds a collaborative AI platform accelerating small-molecule drug optimization through virtual chemistry labs and pre-competitive pharma data consortiums.
- Virtual chemistry lab for molecule optimization
- Pre-competitive ADMET benchmarking across pharma partners
- Collaborative AI-assisted medicinal chemistry
Key facts
- Seed (2023): $4.3M co-led by a16z Bio + Health (/fund/andreessen-horowitz) and Lux (/fund/lux-capital); Bessemer (/fund/bessemer-venture-partners) participated (PR Newswire)
- Series A (2025): $25M led by Obvious Ventures; a16z and Lux re-upped (company blog)
- Won consecutive OpenADMET blind benchmarks for ADMET prediction accuracy
Funding history (newest first)
Series A
2025 $25M- Obvious Ventures (lead)
- Andreessen Horowitz (participant)
- Lux Capital (participant)
- Bessemer Venture Partners (participant)
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Competitive landscape
Edge: Won consecutive OpenADMET blind benchmarks — validates predictive accuracy vs. other AI drug discovery tools.
AI drug optimization is crowded; Inductive's OpenADMET benchmark wins provide external validation. Series A ($25M, 2025) funds platform expansion.
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Schrödinger adjacent
Physics-based drug discovery; Inductive AI-native optimization.
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Exscientia direct
AI drug design; Inductive focuses on optimization benchmarks.
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Relay Therapeutics adjacent
Computationally driven discovery; different platform approach.
Notable stories
- Won consecutive OpenADMET blind benchmarks — external validation of predictive models.
- Seed co-led by a16z Bio + Health and Lux Capital ($4.3M, 2023).
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