AI technology company Sunthetics announced the closing of its $4 million Seed round, led by L’ATTITUDE Ventures and joined by S3 Ventures, Hearst Level Up Ventures, and the Global Impact Fund II.
What Sunthetics does: Founded by Latina entrepreneur Daniela Blanco, Sunthetics empowers chemical and pharmaceutical companies with an advanced machine learning platform that utilizes small datasets (as few as 5 data points) to create a data-driven roadmap for R&D scientists to achieve better results in a fraction of the time. And the platform guides experimentation and identifies viable product pathways with unmatched efficiency, enabling Sunthetics’ partners to bring new products to market dramatically faster than traditional processes, marking a transformative leap in the pace of chemical innovation.
Trusted by the world’s largest pharmaceutical, chemical, and cosmetics companies and leading research institutions, Sunthetics is quickly becoming the industry standard for AI-optimized process development. A top five pharmaceutical company saw 6x faster process development, a 75% reduction in expensive materials, and 12% higher efficiency with Sunthetics, and other customers have seen similar results.
What the funding will be used for: The funds will be strategically allocated to expand the Sunthetics team and enhance the company’s innovative machine learning platform, designed to accelerate the pharmaceutical and chemical research and development (R&D) process to drastically cut time-to-market and R&D costs.
Sunthetics will also accelerate its product development and rapid market adoption to play a pivotal role in the chemical industry’s revolution for digital transformation and automated experimentation.
KEY QUOTES:
“We invested in Sunthetics because of Daniela’s exceptional ability to simplify and streamline complex chemical processes. Her innovative platform not only accelerates product development but also fosters sustainable practices within the industry. We are confident in her vision to reshape industries and drive meaningful progress toward a sustainable future.”
Laura Moreno Lucas, general partner at L’ATTITUDE Ventures
“I feel beyond fortunate to work with a team that is visionary, brave, and brilliant. Our team at Sunthetics is what I am most proud of, and I am excited to continue growing our company with the support of strategic and forward-looking investors that believe in our vision. This round will enable us to drive forward our work for a more sustainable and efficient chemical industry.”
Daniela Blanco, CEO, Sunthetics
“Sunthetics’ next generation platform brings chemical process development into the AI era. We have been blown away by the value that the world’s largest and most sophisticated pharmaceutical and chemical products companies are seeing from Sunthetics. We are excited to partner with Daniela and Sunthetics’ team of deep domain experts as they revolutionize chemical process development.”
Aaron Perman, partner at S3 Ventures
