GEn1E Lifesciences

GEn1E Lifesciences

AI platform accelerating therapies for rare & inflammatory diseases.

San Francisco
AI
Series A · $16.8M

About GEn1E Lifesciences

GEn1E Lifesciences is a Clinical-stage, multi-target company with a unique AI platform. We develop novel, next-generation, immunomodulatory therapies for rare & inflammatory diseases with no effective treatments. Our team is supercharging the drug development cycle by applying AI to multiple-mechanism-of-action protein targets and their natural platform capabilities—creating novel therapeutics at an unprecedented pace. Our AI platform has enabled us to develop a purpose-built therapy for ARDS to reduce its $20 billion cost on society (just in the USA).

GEn1E has built a rich pipeline of 21+ novel and selective immunomodulators and has plans to accelerate 2 additional devastating diseases (beyond their lead indication) to IND in the next 12 months. Our AI platform enables tremendous pace and capital efficiency as demonstrated by our progress in ~2 years with seed capital—a stark contrast to the typical spend of $100M+ and 7+ years exhibited in the pharmaceuticals / biotech industry.

With ~90% of rare diseases having no therapeutic treatment at all, GEn1E is taking a giant swing that will hopefully bring life-saving therapies to the lives of patients in need.

The team at GEn1E has decades of experience in drug development and machine learning. We graduated from YCombinator and Stanford-StartX in late 2019. We are based in Palo Alto, CA.

Company details

LocationSan Francisco
IndustryAI

Funding

Total raised

$16.8M

Last stage

Series A

Investors

Khosla Ventures
Clear Ventures
IInflect Health
Gaingels
10X Capital

Founders

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Ritu Lal

Ph.D., M.S. in Management. 20+ years of Biotech/Pharma leadership experience. Has taken drugs from discovery to FDA approval 3 times (including Kaletra and Horizant). Previously held senior roles at Abbott, Roche, and XenoPort. Adjunct Faculty at University of Maryland School of Pharmacy and University of Pacific.

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Clint Webb

Co-founded GEn1E Lifesciences in 2018 alongside Ritu Lal, serving as Chief Operating Officer. Has since departed the company.

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.