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Validfor provides computerized system validation (CSV) software and consulting for the life sciences and pharmaceutical industry, covering validation management, data integrity, and quality assurance. It serves regulated companies needing to demonstrate compliance of their computerized systems.

Also known as Validfor OU · Validfor OÜ

Founders & leadership

OCOmer Cimen
Omer CimeninCo-Founder & CEOOmer Cimen spent over 20 years in pharmaceutical and life sciences, leading validation, quality, and digital transformation programs at companies including Novartis, GSK, Mundipharma, and Sandoz. He co-founded Validfor to build validation lifecycle management software for regulated pharmaceutical and life sciences teams.
UMUgur Metinol
Ugur MetinolinCo-Founder & COO
AOAykut Ozturkmen
Aykut OzturkmeninCo-FounderCo-founder of Validfor, Aykut Ozturkmen holds ASQ Certified Quality Auditor certification and brings over 16 years of experience in computer system validation for pharmaceutical companies, including work on SAP and MES platforms at firms such as Sandoz, Merck, and GSK.
BRBharani Rajendran
Bharani RajendraninCTOBharani Rajendran is CTO of Validfor and brings over a decade of experience in life sciences compliance and quality assurance, with expertise in GxP systems validation, data integrity, and regulatory frameworks including 21 CFR Part 11, EU Annex 11, and ISPE GAMP5. He holds ISO 27001 Internal Auditor certification and has led the development and implementation of computer system validation frameworks across clinical operations, regulatory reporting, and ERP environments.
BOBurak Ozturkmen
Burak OzturkmeninChief Business OfficerChief Business Officer at Validfor, Burak Ozturkmen has worked on regulatory compliance and validation practices in the pharmaceutical industry, with expertise in computer system validation, GAMP 5 guidelines, and FDA/EMA regulatory frameworks.

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Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Validfor develops an AI-native digital validation platform for life sciences organizations operating in GxP-regulated environments. The product centralizes validation lifecycle management on a single modular platform covering change management, deviation management, test management and periodic review management, together with paperless workflows, electronic signatures and electronic records held in a centralized repository with access controls and full audit trails. The company positions the platform against document-centric legacy validation lifecycle management tools, replacing static documentation and manual traceability with data-driven, agent-driven workflows, dynamic traceability and continuous compliance.

The platform is built around a network of AI agents targeted at validation workflows: system understanding (analyzing system requirements and detecting changes), automated generation of validation artifacts such as protocols and reports, and continuous compliance monitoring that maintains traceability and flags compliance gaps ahead of audits. Validfor applies an iterative alternative to the traditional V-model, with continuous feedback between requirements, risk analysis, design and testing. Use cases described include computer system validation (CSV), AI/ML system validation, GxP compliance workflows and digital transformation programs.

According to a February 2026 announcement, Validfor launched its agentic digital validation platform in early 2026 and targets pharmaceutical, biotech and medtech companies, citing GxP go-live timelines as short as four weeks compared with at least four months for traditional validation lifecycles.

Founding story

The company states it grew out of its founders' direct experience with pharmaceutical validation, with a team citing more than 100 years of combined experience in roles such as Project Quality Manager, Validation Lead and Senior Validation Expert on validation projects for global pharma companies.

Business model

B2B software sold to regulated life sciences enterprises, delivered as a modular digital validation platform with configurable workflows and implementation consultation; prospects engage through demo requests and direct sales contact.

Traction

The website lists customer testimonials from validation, QA and compliance practitioners and states the platform is used by life sciences companies; the company reported plans to scale its engineering team and add autonomous testing capabilities in Q2 following its pre-seed round.

Latest developments

In February 2026 Validfor announced a $1.2M pre-seed round led by DOMiNO Ventures with participation from Curiosity VC and angel investors, following the early-2026 launch of its agentic digital validation platform. Proceeds are earmarked for product development, international growth and expanding the engineering team, with an Autonomous Testing capability planned for Q2.

Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history

Market position

Positions itself as defining a category shift from document-centric validation lifecycle management tools toward AI-native validation infrastructure, arguing that legacy systems designed around documents cannot be retrofitted with intelligence.

Agent-driven rather than manual workflows, dynamic rather than static traceability, continuous rather than reactive compliance, integrated modules across the validation lifecycle, a schematic traceability view of primary and secondary linkages, rapid pre-configured GAMP 5-based deployment, and a paperless approach framed around reducing paper waste.

Technology

An agentic AI architecture in which specialized agents analyze system requirements, detect changes, generate validation protocols, reports and documentation, and monitor compliance continuously. Additional described capabilities include an on-demand AI assistant using LLM and NLP for drafting requirements and generating test steps, AI-supported system-level and requirement-level risk assessment, machine learning with federated learning for continuous improvement while preserving data privacy and mitigating algorithmic bias, real-time dashboards and reporting, and a schematic traceability view covering primary and secondary linkages. The system is pre-configured on GAMP 5 and industry best practices and addresses 21 CFR Part 11, Annex 11, Computer Software Assurance (CSA) and ALCOA+ data integrity principles. The company lists security and privacy frameworks including ISO 27001, ISO 27701, ISO 27005, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 22301, GDPR and HIPAA.

Go-to-market

Direct enterprise sales supported by demo bookings and a self-serve product preview, inbound content marketing through a validation-focused blog, and gated resources such as 21 CFR Part 11 and Annex 11 readiness checkers and handbooks.

Pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device organizations that must validate computerized systems, including heads of QA and validation, validation professionals, quality assurance teams, IT departments, system owners, project managers, pharma enterprises and digital transformation teams.

Geography

Offices listed in San Francisco and Chicago (United States), Tallinn (Estonia), London (United Kingdom), Istanbul (Turkey), Munich (Germany), Amsterdam area (Netherlands), and Mumbai/Pune and Chennai (India). Services are advertised across countries including the Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Portugal, Korea, Canada, the United States, Germany, Poland, India, Greece, France, Austria, Turkey, Spain, Great Britain, Ireland, Slovenia, Egypt, Bangladesh, Japan, North Macedonia, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Finland, Puerto Rico and Iceland. The February 2026 funding announcement was datelined San Francisco.

History

Validfor is led by co-founder and CEO Omer Cimen, co-founder and COO Ugur Metinol, and Chief Product & Compliance Officer Bharani Rajendran. The company published validation-focused content through 2025, launched its agentic digital validation platform in early 2026, and announced a $1.2M pre-seed round in February 2026 under the entity name Validfor OU.

Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Combined team pharma validation experienceJan 2025100 years
HeadcountAug 202617
Stated deployment time to fully operational systemJan 20253 weeks

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Timeline · 2

launches, deals, and filings
Feb 2026
Validfor raises $1.2M pre-seed led by DOMiNO Ventures

Validfor announced a $1.2M pre-seed round led by DOMiNO Ventures with participation from Curiosity VC and angel investors, to accelerate product development and expand its AI-powered compliance platform for pharma, biotech and medtech customers.

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Jan 2026
Launch of agentic digital validation platform

In early 2026 Validfor officially launched its agentic digital validation platform for pharmaceutical and life sciences companies, supporting structured, audit-ready GxP validation.

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Research sources · 8

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Frequently asked questions

What does Validfor do?
Validfor is an AI-native, agent-driven digital validation platform for GxP-regulated life sciences companies.
Who founded Validfor?
Validfor was founded by Omer Cimen, Ugur Metinol, Aykut Ozturkmen.
Who are Validfor's investors?
Validfor's investors include Curiosity VC, DOMiNO Ventures.