Cradle, Netherlands — Protein Design & Engineering Platform
Mission
Accelerate the discovery and optimization of proteins by enabling enterprises to design better biological products faster, more reliably, and at lower R&D risk.
Context
Protein engineering is foundational to biopharma, chemicals, food, and materials innovation — yet traditional wet-lab–first approaches are slow, expensive, and constrained by trial-and-error experimentation. R&D teams face long development cycles, high failure rates, and limited ability to explore vast protein design spaces efficiently.
Enterprises need a computational-first platform to reduce experimental burden, compress timelines, and improve probability of success in biological product development.
AI Asset
Cradle delivers a protein design and engineering platform that enables scientists to computationally design, optimize, and iterate on proteins before entering the lab.
The platform allows teams to:
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Design novel proteins and protein variants for specific functions
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Optimize properties such as stability, activity, and manufacturability
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Reduce wet-lab experimentation through in-silico exploration
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Accelerate R&D cycles across biopharma, industrial biotech, and materials science
Proof
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Used by biotech and life-science R&D teams to support protein engineering workflows
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Platform designed to reduce experimental iterations and lab dependency
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Backed by leading venture investors and founded by experienced protein engineers and technologists
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Applied across drug discovery, enzymes, and industrial biology use cases
These signals indicate production-grade scientific usage, not exploratory research tooling.
Outcomes
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Faster protein discovery and optimization cycles
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Lower R&D cost through reduced wet-lab experimentation
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Higher probability of success in biological product development
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Scalable platform supporting multiple programs and pipelines in parallel
Website
Reference Videos
1️⃣ Cradle — Protein Design Platform Overview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y9GQZk4XJw
Introduces Cradle’s approach to computational protein design and how teams can iterate before entering the lab.
2️⃣ Accelerating Protein Engineering with Cradle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n8mFQkR7nM
Explains how Cradle supports faster, more reliable protein development across biotech applications.
