Mandrake Bio raises Rs 16 crore to build AI-powered gene-editing platform for agriculture, medicine
Bengaluru startup Mandrake Bio secured sixteen crore rupees in new funding. This capital will expand their AI and biophysics teams for platform validation. The company uses generative AI to design novel gene-editing enzymes. This technology promises faster…
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Bengaluru startup Mandrake Bio secured sixteen crore rupees in new funding. This capital will expand their AI and biophysics teams for platform validation. The company uses generative AI to design novel gene-editing enzymes. This technology promises faster…
Bengaluru-based startup Mandrake Bio has raised Rs 16 crore in a funding round co-led by early-stage venture firms Activate, founded by Aakrit Vaish, and Antler India to develop programmable gene-edi…
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