Metrion Biosciences - About the company
Metrion Biosciences is a series B company based in Cambridge (United Kingdom), founded in 2015. It operates as a CRO specializing in ion channel screening, cardiac safety profiling and drug discovery services. Metrion Biosciences has raised $8.44M in funding from investors like Maven Capital Partners, o2h ventures and Gresham House Ventures. The company has 69 active competitors, including 18 funded and 9 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Anabios, Global Access Dx and Clyde Biosciences.
Company Details
Metrion is a CRO specializing in ion channel screening, cardiac safety profiling and drug discovery services on a fee-for-service or collaboration basis. They offer services such as ion channel screening, cardiac safety panel screening (CiPA and hERG), neuroscience panels (neuroscience-related ion channel screening assays and platforms) and translational assays (phenotypic assays to aid the translation of in vitro cardiac safety and neuroscience data to the preclinical stage). They claim to have over 80 years of combined global ion channel research and drug discovery expertise and also in a wide range of ion channel gene families (Nav, Cav, Kv, hERG, TRP, GluR, nAChR), pain pharmacology, and synaptic transmission and plasticity. The company was formed by a management buyout from Xention Ltd., in October 2015.
- Website
- metrionbiosciences.com
- Email ID
- *****@metrionbiosciences.com
- Registered Address
- FIRST FLOOR, BUILDING 2 GRANTA CENTRE, GRANTA PARK,GREAT ABINGTON,CAMBRIDGE,UNITED KINGDOM,CB21 6AL
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2015
Location
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$8.44M in 5 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
1st among 69 active competitors
Annual Revenue
£5.29M as on Dec 31, 2022
Employee Count
42 as on Apr 30, 2026
Legal entities associated with Metrion Biosciences
Metrion Biosciences is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Metrion Biosciences Ltd CIN: 9669815 , United Kingdom, Active | Jul 02, 2015 | $6.54M (As on Dec 31, 2022) | - |
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Metrion Biosciences's funding and investors
Metrion Biosciences has raised a total funding of $8.44M over 5 rounds. Its first funding round was on Feb 05, 2018. Its latest funding round was a Series B round on Dec 20, 2023 for $*****. 2 investors participated in its latest round. Metrion Biosciences has 5 institutional investors and 20 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Metrion Biosciences:
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Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Dec 20, 2023 | 8700191 | Series B | 1653058 | 2910256 | 9358825 | 1283382 |
Apr 06, 2021 | 1686230 | Seed | 6512891 | 5781206 | 4998298 | 3893430 |
Mar 14, 2019 | 2259074 | Seed | 9501919 | 9085023 | 5330831 |
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Metrion Biosciences' founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileMetrion Biosciences' employee count trend
Metrion Biosciences has 42 employees as of Apr 26. Here is Metrion Biosciences's employee count trend over the years:
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Metrion Biosciences's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Metrion Biosciences include Anabios, Global Access Dx and Clyde Biosciences. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Metrion Biosciences, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Metrion Biosciences 2015, Cambridge (United Kingdom), Series B | CRO specializing in ion channel screening, cardiac safety profiling and drug discovery services | $8.44M | 47/100 | |
2nd | Anabios 2009, San Diego (United States), Series B | Human tissue and cell provider accelerating drug discovery and development | $24.8M | 45/100 | |
3rd | Global Access Dx 2003, Thurleigh (United Kingdom), Funding Raised | Developer of rapid diagnostic tests and lateral flow technologies | - | - | 43/100 |
4th | Clyde Biosciences 2012, Holytown (United Kingdom), Series A | Boutique Contract Research Organisation for cardiac safety testing | $3.5M | 42/100 | |
5th | Jiva Sciences 2015, Bengaluru (India), Funding Raised | Provides research process outsourcing | - | 39/100 | |
6th | Antibody Analytics 2015, Lanark (United Kingdom), Series A | Offers antibody analytics services | - | 39/100 | |
7th | Rules-Based Medicine 2002, Austin (United States), Acquired | Multiplexed biomarker diagnostics. | $25M | 38/100 | |
8th | Apconix 2015, Alderley Edge (United Kingdom), Unfunded | Preclinical CRO offering integrated services for toxicology and ion channel studies | - | - | 38/100 |
9th | Optivia Biotechnology 2007, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | CRO offering transporter screening services and solutions for DDI, DMPK, safety and pharmacology | - | 36/100 | |
10th | Pelago Bioscience 2013, Solna (Sweden), Seed | Assay services for use in the determination and quantification of drug-target interactions | - | 35/100 |
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Metrion Biosciences's Investments and acquisitions
Metrion Biosciences has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
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