Ganymede Bio
AcquiredPalo Alto, US · Founded 2022 · Delaware corporation · 41 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
Ganymede provides a developer-friendly, open-source data platform that integrates and analyzes laboratory data for life science organizations. It helps scientists and developers at biotech and pharmaceutical companies manage lab data and make data-driven decisions across research, development, and manufacturing.
Also known as Ganymede · Ganymede Bio, Inc.
Founders & leadership
Ganymede Bio was founded in 2022 by Nathan Clark and Benson Lee.


Investors · 1
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$15.2M disclosed across 1 of 3 rounds · 2022
▶$15.2MraisedAug 2022 · 14 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Varun GuptaDirector
- Nathan ClarkExecutive Officer, Director
- Benson LeeExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $15.6M
- Amount sold
- $15.2M
- First sale
- Jul 2022
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2022
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Ganymede Bio is a cloud infrastructure and data platform company serving life sciences research, development and manufacturing. Its platform connects laboratory instruments, scientific applications (ELN, LIMS, MES/LES, QMS), data pipelines and third-party partners such as CROs and CDMOs into a single cloud data layer, standardizing and unifying both dry and wet lab data according to FAIR principles (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable). The company describes hundreds of pre-built connectors plus tooling for customers to build their own integrations.
The core technology is marketed as "Lab-as-Code": scientists and bioinformaticians write real-time integrations and analysis in Python/SQL through a low-code, flow-based web IDE, with pipeline code, scheduling and notification configuration versioned in a backing Git repository and execution occurring in versioned Docker containers for traceability. Additional modules include unified dashboards over structured lab data, a versioned FAIR data cloud with file tagging and code lineage, remote instrument data capture and monitoring, and virtualization that runs scientific applications, VMs or virtual desktops in the browser so analysis can move off lab PCs. Modular Analysis packages automated analytics for workflows such as bioprocess optimization and DOE, chromatography control charts and cross-batch modeling, liquid handler utilization and error analysis, and plate-based assay curve fitting.
The platform is positioned as infrastructure-agnostic, integrating natively with existing AWS, GCP or Azure environments and with tools such as Benchling, and is aimed at making lab data visible to management and analysis-ready for machine learning and digital twins. Ganymede also provides end-to-end enterprise services and custom integration builds. In January 2026, Apprentice.io announced its acquisition of Ganymede.
Founding story
Ganymede Bio was founded in 2022 by a team including CEO and co-founder Nathan Clark and founding scientist Alan Chramiec, Ph.D. The founding team's experience spans machine learning, financial services, life sciences, automation and robotics, consumer technology and biomedical research, and the company framed its premise around scientific software being 10 to 20 years behind other industries.
Business model
Ganymede sells a modular, multi-tenant cloud data platform to life science organizations, complemented by end-to-end enterprise services and custom integration development for clients. Prospects are converted through demo requests, and the platform is designed to be adopted module by module alongside a customer's existing cloud and software investments.
Commercial software sold to biotech, pharmaceutical and diagnostics organizations, with additional revenue from enterprise services and custom integrations; the company reported exceeding $1 million in revenue commitments as of December 2022.
Traction
As of the December 2022 Series A announcement, Ganymede had exceeded $1 million in revenue commitments with clients ranging from early-stage biotechs to large biopharmaceutical companies. Customer-reported outcomes cited by the company include two months faster scale-up for a cell therapy bioprocess client, roughly 2,500 hours saved annually by automating peak finding with AI for an analytical chemistry team, and a 60% throughput increase for plate-based assays at a diagnostics client; Solugen reported a 10x increase in sample throughput.
Latest developments
Apprentice.io announced on January 21, 2026 that it had acquired Ganymede, and Ganymede's website now states that Ganymede is part of Apprentice.io. Shortly before that, in August 2025, Ganymede launched a scientific AI agent platform targeting process development, R&D and manufacturing.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
The company has described itself as the first cloud infrastructure provider built specifically for the life sciences and manufacturing industries, arguing that scientific software lags other industries by 10 to 20 years and that alternatives require building integrations from scratch on AWS or GCP. Press coverage at the time of its Series A characterized it as one of the fastest-growing software startups in biotech.
Ganymede emphasizes a developer-friendly, open and customizable approach: a code-first "Lab-as-Code" layer with a low-code cloud IDE that lets customers self-service build and modify integrations rather than depending on vendor implementation, combined with no-code interfaces, dashboards and app virtualization for non-coders. It stresses modular adoption without heavy IT lift, versioned end-to-end traceability of files, code and execution environments, and infrastructure agnosticism that preserves existing AWS, GCP, Azure and Benchling investments.
Technology
A cloud-native data platform built on "Lab-as-Code": Python/SQL pipelines authored in a flow-based, low-code web IDE and executed on a managed data orchestration layer, with Git-backed versioning of pipeline code and configuration and versioned Docker execution environments. Other components include a versioned FAIR data lake with tag-based file discovery and file-level code lineage, on-demand and scheduled dashboards, agent-based remote instrument data capture with sample/instrument/user metadata labeling and remote instrument monitoring, and virtualization of Windows and web applications, VMs and virtual desktops. The company states the platform integrates natively with AWS, GCP and Azure, and in August 2025 it launched a scientific AI agent platform.
Go-to-market
Direct enterprise sales driven by demo requests on its website, supported by white papers and customer case studies (e.g., Solugen analytical chemistry), a "Telescope" newsletter, and press and interview coverage. Distribution is amplified through ecosystem partnerships with adjacent lab software and hardware vendors, including Apprentice's Tempo Manufacturing Cloud partner program, SciNote's ELN and Elemental Machines.
Life science and biopharmaceutical organizations from early-stage biotechs to large established biopharma companies, plus diagnostics and synthetic biology firms, spanning small molecules, biologics, cell and gene therapies. Within these accounts the platform targets scientists, developers/bioinformaticians and R&D or manufacturing leadership, and it also connects third parties such as CROs and CDMOs.
Geography
US-based, with an address at 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, California listed on its about page and 101 Hudson St., Jersey City, New Jersey listed in the site footer; the company states it serves labs internationally.
History
Founded in 2022, Ganymede Bio raised a $2.9 million seed round that year and announced a $12.75 million Series A led by Caffeinated Capital in December 2022, at which point Varun Gupta of Caffeinated Capital joined the board. Partnerships followed in late 2023 with Elemental Machines (October), Apprentice's Partner Program for Tempo Manufacturing Cloud (November) and SciNote's ELN (November). The company launched a scientific AI agent platform in August 2025, and on January 21, 2026 Apprentice.io announced it had acquired Ganymede to create an AI-native platform spanning R&D through commercial manufacturing.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Competitors · 2
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Timeline · 7
launches, deals, and filingsApprentice.io announced the acquisition of Ganymede to deliver what it describes as the industry's first AI-native platform spanning R&D through commercial manufacturing. Ganymede's website states that Ganymede is now part of Apprentice.io.
Ganymede announced a scientific AI agent platform aimed at accelerating process development, R&D, and manufacturing.
SciNote electronic lab notebook and Ganymede Bio partnered to streamline instrument integration and scientific data reporting.
Ganymede Bio joined Apprentice's Partner Program to enable lab equipment integration with Apprentice's Tempo Manufacturing Cloud.
Elemental Machines partnered with Ganymede Bio to expand digital laboratory connectivity.
Ganymede Bio announced a $12.75 million Series A round led by Caffeinated Capital, following a $2.9 million seed round earlier in 2022 and bringing total funding to over $15.6 million. Proceeds were earmarked for continued development of the cloud-native data platform, cloud IDE, and self-service tooling.
$12.8M source ↗
Varun Gupta of Caffeinated Capital joined Ganymede Bio's board of directors in connection with the Series A round.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
Legal entities · 1
corporate structure▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Ganymede Bioganymede.bio · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Ganymede Bio do?
- Ganymede Bio builds a cloud platform that connects lab instruments, ELN/LIMS and apps into one harmonized scientific data layer.
- Who founded Ganymede Bio?
- Ganymede Bio was founded by Nathan Clark, Benson Lee in 2022.
- Who are Ganymede Bio's investors?
- Ganymede Bio's investors include HAWKTAIL.
- How much funding has Ganymede Bio raised?
- Ganymede Bio has disclosed $15.2M raised across 1 of its 3 known rounds.
- Where is Ganymede Bio headquartered?
- Ganymede Bio is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.
