# Cradle

headquartered in the Netherlands, runs an AI protein-design platform, with its CRADLE-1 model performing automated lead optimization of proteins as a next step beyond de novo generation.

Source: https://en.bioecon.ru/companies/cradle/
Updated: 2026-08-17

- Country: Netherlands

## Verifiable facts

| Fact | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding | $102.7 million total funding raised, including $73 million Series B in 2024, $24 million Series A in 2023, and $5.7 million seed round in 2022 | https://www.cradle.bio/blog/series-b, https://www.thepharmaletter.com/ones-to-watch/cradle |
| Founded | 2021 | https://cloud.google.com/customers/cradlebio, https://www.thepharmaletter.com/ones-to-watch/cradle |
| Headquarters | Amsterdam, Netherlands | https://www.cradle.bio/blog/cradle-2025, https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cradle-ai-powered-protein-engineering-platform-serving-six-of-top-25-pharma-leaders-302643154.html, https://www.thepharmaletter.com/ones-to-watch/cradle |
| Production site | Wet lab located in Amsterdam, Netherlands | https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/26/cradle-builds-out-its-protein-design-ai-platform-and-wet-lab-with-73m-in-new-funding/, https://www.cradle.bio/, https://www.cradle.bio/platform, https://www.thepharmaletter.com/ones-to-watch/cradle |
| Certification | SOC 2 compliant and ISO 27001 standards; GDPR compliant | https://similarlabs.com/p/cradle-bio, https://www.cradle.bio/, https://www.cradle.bio/platform |
| Regulatory approval | Uses FDA 2025 guidance on computational methods for drug development to support regulatory pathways for AI-designed molecules | https://synbiointel.com/news/lundbeck-cradle-ai-protein-design-partnership/ |

Independent sources: cloud.google.com, prnewswire.com, similarlabs.com, synbiointel.com, techcrunch.com, thepharmaletter.com

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