Efficient R&D for next-gen biotech

We partner with biotech founders & leaders to help you build your product, platform, and team.  Experienced scientific strategy & management with computational & wet lab capabilities.

What we do

    • Identify resource needs and align with overall company strategy.

    • Build a modern bioinformatics team. Source, screen, and manage FTE or contractors.

    • Help build AI/ML models, bioinformatics pipelines, data platforms.

    • Data analysis & interpretation (omics, clinical, immunology, protein/chem, etc.).

    • Establish best practices for code & data mangement.

    • AI/ML models for target discovery and drug design.

    • Precision medicine & biomarker strategy.

    • Single-cell & multi-omics analysis.

    • Experimental design from small scale to high throughput.

    • Source clinical samples via academic collaboration or CROs.

    • Build a modern diagnostic faster & cheaper

    • Assay development and bioinformatics pipeline development.

    • Multi-omics, DNA-seq, RNA-seq, proteomics, single-cell or bulk

Meet the team

We’re biotech industry veterans with deep experience in product development & leading cross-functional teams in life sciences.

We’ve successfully partnered with over 15 early-stage biotech companies. We’ve worked at startups & large companies.  We’ve helped launch approved healthcare products. 

We understand the full spectrum of drug development activities across modalities and disease indications. (Small molecules, antibodies, cell & gene therapies, mRNA vaccines, neoantigens & TCRs, circulating tumor DNA, etc.) 

Neeraj Rao

Business Development

Oliver Zill

Founder & Principal

Why partner with us?

Are you a busy startup founder doing all the things necessary to get your business off the ground?  We will take 10+ hours/week of management, hiring, and technical work off your plate.  

We have a track record of success.  Some specific examples of our work with startups:

  • Building AI-enabled single-cell target discovery pipeline & FTE team. Enabled $43M Series A raise for a therapeutics startup (LM / biologics).

  • Developing & implementing scientific strategy in immuno-oncology to validate a novel cell therapy platform. Enabled $13M seed raise.

  • AI/ML peptide design for a nutriceuticals company. Launched their first product within one year.

  • Partnering with CEO & Leaderhip of $100M Series A therapeutics startup to hire Computational Biology team & establish AI/ML target discovery strategy leveraging ‘omics data (multi-modality, multi-indication).

See our case studies for further details. Client references available upon request.

Testimonials

  • I would whole-heartedly recommend them to other biotech founders looking for a combination of thought leadership and hands-on execution in the computational biology space.

    Adam Freund, CEO & Founder, Arda Therapeutics

  • Always has the company's long term interest in mind. Naturally became an integral part of our team, in a capacity beyond a regular consultant... an asset to any organization in the field of biology/bioinformatics.

    Li Sun, CEO & Founder, Shennon Biotechnologies

  • Extremely organized, insightful and really got the best out of our internal team. Their ability to think strategically both in terms of our unique technology platform and in terms of development implications and ultimately the end market was extremely impressive.

    SVP & Founder, small molecule oncology startup

  • Extremely helpful, generous, and effective. Made a strong intro to a well-established pharma company, which led to a partnership and major milestone for our company.

    CEO & Founder, Cell Therapy startup

  • Consistently delivered innovative solutions & high-quality results ahead of schedule. Their deep understanding of computational biology, coupled with a meticulous approach to data analysis, significantly enhanced our research outcomes. Init.bio’s ability to seamlessly integrate with our existing workflows and adapt to our specific project needs demonstrated their flexibility and commitment to client success. I am confident that Init.bio will bring the same level of excellence, creativity, and reliability to any future collaborations.

    Cory Henderson, CEO & Founder, Evolv

Contact us

Use the form to request an initial meeting to discuss a new project, or email us.

We are based in the San Francisco Bay Area.