Insitro - About the company
Insitro is a series C company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2018 by Daphne Koller. It operates as a Developer of machine learning platform for drug discovery and development. Insitro has raised $643M in funding from investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures and Arch Venture Partners, with a current valuation of $*****. The company has 666 active competitors, including 248 funded and 134 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Alnylam, Spark Therapeutics and Forge Biologics.
Company Details
Developer of machine learning platform for drug discovery and development. The platform integrates cellular data with human clinical data to redefine disease. It aims to accelerate the development of new medicines. The platform identifies therapeutic insights and interventions across a wide spectrum of diseases. The company is building a pipeline of therapeutic programs in metabolism, oncology, and neuroscience.
- Website
- insitro.com
- Registered Address
- South San Francisco, California
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2018
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$643M in 3 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$***** as on Dec 31, 2025
Investors
Ranked
4th among 666 active competitors
Employee Count
257 as on Aug 31, 2026
Legal entities associated with Insitro
Insitro is associated with 2 legal entities given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
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Insitro, Inc. CIN: 20201611433 , United States, Active | Jul 17, 2020 | - | - | - |
INSITRO INC. CIN: 824635443 , United States, Active | Dec 26, 999 | - | 284 (As on Dec 31, 2024) | - |
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Insitro's funding and investors
Insitro has raised a total funding of $643M over 3 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jul 22, 2019. Its latest funding round was a Series C round on Mar 15, 2021 for $*****. 13 investors participated in its latest round. Insitro has 20 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Insitro:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Mar 15, 2021 | 7796138 | Series C | 8017640 | 9692842 | 8921232 | 9401137 |
Mar 26, 2020 | 5281387 | Series B | 4618898 | 2628699 | 3676590 | |
Jul 22, 2019 | 3227894 | Series A | 2501500 | 1199788 |
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Insitro's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Insitro is Daphne Koller. Daphne Koller is the CEO of Insitro.
Here are the details of Insitro's key team members:
- Daphne Koller: Founder & CEO of Insitro. They serve on the board of 1 company.
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Insitro's employee count trend
Insitro has 257 employees as of Aug 26. Here is Insitro's employee count trend over the years:
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Insitro's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Insitro include Alnylam, Spark Therapeutics and Forge Biologics. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Insitro, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Alnylam 2002, Cambridge (United States), Public | Developer of RNA interference-based therapeutics for multiple disorders | $17M | 79/100 | |
2nd | Spark Therapeutics 2013, Philadelphia (United States), Acquired | Developer of gene therapy for rare diseases | $82.8M | 73/100 | |
3rd | Forge Biologics 2020, Columbus (United States), Acquired | Developer of gene therapeutic solutions for treating multiple diseases | $330M | 70/100 | |
4th | Insitro 2018, San Francisco (United States), Series C | Developer of machine learning platform for drug discovery and development | $643M | 70/100 | |
5th | DNAnexus 2009, Mountain View (United States), Series H | Provider of cloud-based genome informatics & data management platform | $473M | 70/100 | |
6th | Strand Therapeutics 2017, Cambridge (United States), Series B | Provider of platform to deliver mRNA therapeutics for multi functional treatments | $256M | 69/100 | |
7th | Passage Bio 2017, Philadelphia (United States), Public | Developer of gene therapies for CNS rare diseases | $226M | 69/100 | |
8th | Ultragenyx 2010, Novato (United States), Acquired | Developer of therapeutics for the treatment of rare and ultra-rare metabolic diseases | $135M | 69/100 | |
9th | ElevateBio 2018, Cambridge (United States), Series D | Provider of transnational research for portfolio of cell and gene therapy | $1.25B | 68/100 | |
10th | Krystal Biotech 2015, Pittsburgh (United States), Public | Developer of genetic medicines to treat rare diseases | $11.3M | 67/100 |
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Insitro's Investments and acquisitions
Insitro has acquired 2 companies including AION Labs and Haystack Sciences. Insitro has not made any investments as of now.Reports related to Insitro
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News related to Insitro
Media has covered Insitro for a total of 9 events in the last 1 year, 3 of them have been about partnerships and 3 about people movement.
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insitro and Bristol Myers Squibb Collaboration Expanded with Nomination of New TargetsBusiness Wire•Mar 23, 2026•Insitro, Bristol-Myers Squibb
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insitro Appoints R&D Veteran Stephen Hitchcock and AI Visionary Vijay Pande as Scientific AdvisorsBusiness Wire•Dec 03, 2025•Insitro
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insitro Partners with Lilly to Advance Small Molecule Drug DiscoveryBusiness Wire•Sep 09, 2025•Insitro, Lilly, Circle Pharma,
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Insight and insitro partner on AI model to seek ocular biomarkersPharmaceutical Technology•Mar 19, 2025•Insitro
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