Startup profile for Insitro: what they do, why they are interesting, stage (growth), industries, and links to our funding articles. Part of the Venture Capital Tracker startup directory.

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Insitro

Machine learning-driven drug discovery company founded by Daphne Koller.

Stage

growth

Status

private

Coverage

full

Why Insitro is interesting

Insitro pairs ML with biology at scale — a marquee Bio+AI brand in the a16z orbit.

Key facts

  • Series B (May 2020): $143M led by a16z with ARCH, Third Rock, Two Sigma (insitro press)
  • Series C (Mar 2021): $400M led by CPP Investments; a16z, ARCH, Third Rock, Two Sigma returned (insitro press)

Investors in our directory

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Industries

Biotech & Life Sciences AI & Machine Learning

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FAQs about Insitro

Funding context and why this company shows up in venture coverage.

Insitro applies machine learning to large-scale biological data to discover and develop novel therapeutics.
Andreessen Horowitz (see /fund/andreessen-horowitz), ARCH Venture Partners (/fund/arch-venture-partners), Third Rock Ventures (/fund/third-rock-ventures), and Two Sigma Ventures (/fund/two-sigma-ventures) backed the company.
Insitro raised a $143M Series B in 2020 and a $400M Series C in 2021 led by CPP Investments (not in VCT directory).
Insitro is a marquee Bio+AI brand — founded by ML pioneer Daphne Koller with hundreds of millions raised to industrialize drug discovery.
Insitro remains private as of July 2026.

Last updated: 2026-07-24