About
Our Mission: Decode Biology
Nutracie was founded on the belief that generative AI can fundamentally transform how we understand biology and develop therapeutics. We're building the computational engine that pharmaceutical companies, research hospitals, and academic labs use to turn biological data into life-saving discoveries: faster, cheaper, and more accurately than ever before.
180+
Team members
47
Pharma partnerships
340+
Publications
$68.5M
Total funding
Impact
By the Numbers
Key performance indicators across research, partnerships, and platform growth.
Research Output
Publications
Active Partners
Prediction Accuracy
Customer Retention
Growth Metrics (2022-2026)
Leadership
World-class scientists and engineers from DeepMind, Genentech, AWS, and leading research institutions.
Dr. Elena Vasquez
Co-Founder & CEO
Former VP of Computational Biology at Genentech. PhD in Systems Biology from MIT. 15+ years leading AI drug discovery programs.
Previously: Genentech, Broad Institute
Dr. Marcus Chen
Co-Founder & CTO
Built ML infrastructure at Google DeepMind's protein team. PhD in Machine Learning from Stanford. Published 60+ papers in Nature, Science, Cell.
Previously: DeepMind, Stanford AI Lab
Dr. Sarah Johannsen
VP Engineering
Led distributed systems at AWS HealthOmics. 12 years building cloud-native bioinformatics platforms. MSc from ETH Zurich.
Previously: AWS, Illumina
Dr. Raj Patel
VP Genomics
Clinical genomics expert. Former director of computational genomics at Sanger Institute. Pioneered population-scale WGS analysis methods.
Previously: Sanger Institute, 23andMe
Dr. Lisa Müller
Head of AI Research
Published researcher in geometric deep learning and molecular generation. PhD in Computational Chemistry from Max Planck Institute.
Previously: Max Planck Institute, Schrödinger
James Liu
VP Business Development
Built pharma partnerships worth $200M+ at Recursion. MBA from Wharton. Deep network across top-20 pharmaceutical companies.
Previously: Recursion Pharmaceuticals, McKinsey
Scientific Advisory Board
Prof. Yann Leclerc
ETH Zurich, Computational Structural Biology
Dr. Maria Santos
Former CSO, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
Prof. David Kim
Harvard Medical School, Genomic Medicine
Dr. Takeshi Yamamoto
RIKEN Center for Computational Science
Our Journey
Founded in San Francisco by Dr. Vasquez and Dr. Chen
Seed round: $8.5M from Andreessen Horowitz Bio Fund
AWS Startup Program & NVIDIA Inception acceptance
Series A: $18M led by GV (Google Ventures)
First pharma partnership (top-10 company, oncology)
SOC 2 Type II certification achieved
NutraFold achieves CASP15 state-of-the-art performance
Series B: $42M, scaling to 200+ employees globally
47 active pharma partnerships, 340+ publications
Global Offices
Four offices across three continents, bringing AI-powered bioinformatics to researchers worldwide.
San Francisco
Global Headquarters
548 Market St, Suite 35410
San Francisco, CA 94104, USA
Engineering, Product, Executive team
London
European Operations
71 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4AY, United Kingdom
Business Development, EU Partnerships
Singapore
Asia-Pacific Hub
1 Raffles Place, #20-61 Tower 2
Singapore 048616
APAC Sales, Clinical Partnerships
Toronto
AI Research Lab
661 University Ave, Suite 460
Toronto, ON M5G 1M1, Canada
ML Research, Model Development
Security & Compliance
Enterprise-grade security with certifications required by pharmaceutical and healthcare organizations.
SOC 2 Type II
Annual third-party audit
HIPAA
BAA available for Enterprise
GDPR
EU data residency options
ISO 27001
In progress, expected Q4 2026
21 CFR Part 11
Electronic records compliance
GxP Ready
Validated environment available
Backed by Leading Investors
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