Last deal

$142M

Amount

Seed

Stage

25.06.2024

Date

1

all rounds

$142M

Total amount

Financing round

General

About Company
EvolutionaryScale is a developer of biological artificial intelligence models for therapeutic design.

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Seed

IPO status

Private

Description

EvolutionaryScale is a developer of biological artificial intelligence models for therapeutic design. The business predicts protein structures by combining biological data from DNA sequences, gene expression, and epigenetic states, allowing scientists to use massive language models to create RNA-based medicinal therapies.
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Financials

Funding Rounds
1
1

Number of Funding Rounds

$142M

Money Raised

Their latest funding was raised on 25.06.2024. Their latest investor Daniel Gross. Their latest round Seed

Date 
Funding Round 
Investors 
Money Raised 
Lead 
Nat Friedman

Nat Friedman

Nat Friedman is an entrepreneur and developer. Nat is passionate about building products that delight customers, with love and attention to detail. Nat has two degrees from MIT and has been writing software for 27 years. In 1999, he co-founded Ximian with Miguel de Icaza. Nat was a co-founder and chairman of the GNOME foundation. At Novell, Nat ran engineering for a $110M product and served as CTO of the Linux business. Nat is an avid traveler who visited 20 countries in 2010, an active angel investor, and a private pilot.

current job

GitHub
GitHub

count Of Investments

78

count Of Exists

3
Lux Capital

Lux Capital

Lux Capital is an investment firm that invests in counter-conventional early-stage science and tech ventures.

Sector

Investment Banking and Brokerage Services

Subsector

Asset Managers and Custodians

Keywords

Venture Capital, Financial Services, Finance

Location

New York, NY, USA

count Of Investments

376

count Of Exists

33
Daniel Gross

Daniel Gross

Daniel Gross is an entrepreneur and investor. Daniel was born in Israel. He founded a company called Cue, an AI-powered search engine. Cue raised multiple rounds of financing from Y-Combinator, Sequoia Capital, Index and others. In 2013, Cue was acquired by Apple. At 22, Daniel was leading several search and AI efforts across the company spanning iOS, OS X and Apple Watch. In 2017, Daniel joined Y-Combinator as a Partner. He launched YC AI, Y-Combinator’s first vertical dedicated to investing in AI companies. In 2018, Daniel founded Pioneer (https://pioneer.app). Pioneer is a search engine for the millions of “Lost Einstein’s” — extraordinarily creative people around the world who have the talent, but lack opportunity. Once identified, Pioneer and makes small investments to support whatever project they’re working on. Daniel is also an investor in Github, Coinbase, Cruise, Gusto, Embark and others

current job

Pioneer
Pioneer

count Of Investments

50

count Of Exists

2
Co-Investors
Investors
5
3

Number of lead investors

5

Number of investors

Investor 
Lead 
Round 
Partners 
Daniel Gross

Daniel Gross

Daniel Gross is an entrepreneur and investor. Daniel was born in Israel. He founded a company called Cue, an AI-powered search engine. Cue raised multiple rounds of financing from Y-Combinator, Sequoia Capital, Index and others. In 2013, Cue was acquired by Apple. At 22, Daniel was leading several search and AI efforts across the company spanning iOS, OS X and Apple Watch. In 2017, Daniel joined Y-Combinator as a Partner. He launched YC AI, Y-Combinator’s first vertical dedicated to investing in AI companies. In 2018, Daniel founded Pioneer (https://pioneer.app). Pioneer is a search engine for the millions of “Lost Einstein’s” — extraordinarily creative people around the world who have the talent, but lack opportunity. Once identified, Pioneer and makes small investments to support whatever project they’re working on. Daniel is also an investor in Github, Coinbase, Cruise, Gusto, Embark and others

current job

Pioneer
Pioneer

count Of Investments

50

count Of Exists

2
Lux Capital

Lux Capital

Lux Capital is an investment firm that invests in counter-conventional early-stage science and tech ventures.

Sector

Investment Banking and Brokerage Services

Subsector

Asset Managers and Custodians

Keywords

Venture Capital, Financial Services, Finance

Location

New York, NY, USA

count Of Investments

376

count Of Exists

33
Josh Wolfe

Josh Wolfe

Josh Wolfe is Board Member of Kallyope since 2015.

current job

The Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations
Nat Friedman

Nat Friedman

Nat Friedman is an entrepreneur and developer. Nat is passionate about building products that delight customers, with love and attention to detail. Nat has two degrees from MIT and has been writing software for 27 years. In 1999, he co-founded Ximian with Miguel de Icaza. Nat was a co-founder and chairman of the GNOME foundation. At Novell, Nat ran engineering for a $110M product and served as CTO of the Linux business. Nat is an avid traveler who visited 20 countries in 2010, an active angel investor, and a private pilot.

current job

GitHub
GitHub

count Of Investments

78

count Of Exists

3

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