Sai Life Sciences - About the company
Sai Life Sciences is a public company based in Hyderabad (India), founded in 1999. It operates as a Provider of drug discovery, development, and manufacturing of complex small molecules. Sai Life Sciences has raised $108M in funding from investors like Sequoia Capital, TPG and HBM Healthcare Investments. The company has 232 active competitors, including 22 funded and 31 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like NFIL, Bioduro and IRBM.
Company Details
Provider of drug discovery, development, and manufacturing of complex small molecules. Its offerings include synthetic and medicinal chemistry services, pre-clinical toxicology, and DMPK studies. Its CMC services in lyophilization, liposome & formulation development segment includes pre-formulation, analytical development, and stability studies.
- Website
- www.sailife.com/
- Social
- Registered Address
- PLOT NO. DS-7, IKP KNOWLEDGE PARK, TURKAPALLY (V) SHAMEERPET MANDAL, MEDCHAL-MALKAJGIRI DI, ST, Rangareddi, HYDERABAD, Telangana, India, 500078
Key Metrics
Founded Year
1999
Location
Hyderabad, India
Stage
Public
Total Funding
$108M in 10 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
1st among 232 active competitors
Annual Revenue
₹1,000+ Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
Employee Count
4,299 as on Jun 30, 2026
Exit Details
Public
Legal entities associated with Sai Life Sciences
Sai Life Sciences is associated with 3 legal entities given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
SAI LIFE DRUGFORM PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U24230TG2019PTC137297 , India, Strike off | Dec 03, 2019 | 0 - ₹10 Cr (As on Mar 31, 2021) | 1 (As on Aug 31, 2024) | |
SAI LIFE PHARMA PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U24290TG2019PTC136370 , India, Active | Oct 25, 2019 | 0 - ₹10 Cr (As on Mar 31, 2025) | 1 (As on Dec 31, 2024) | |
Sai Life Sciences Limited CIN: L24110TG1999PLC030970 , India, Active | Jan 25, 1999 | ₹1,000+ Cr (As on Mar 31, 2025) | 3856 (As on May 01, 2026) |
Sai Life Sciences's IPO details
Sai Life Sciences got listed on Dec 18, 2024.
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Sai Life Sciences's funding and investors
Sai Life Sciences has raised a total funding of $108M over 10 rounds. Its first funding round was on Aug 16, 2006. Its latest funding round was a Angel round on Jul 03, 2024 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Sai Life Sciences has 18 institutional investors and 107 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Sai Life Sciences:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Jul 03, 2024 | 7510327 | Angel | 3770999 | 2934586 | 2883333 | 8331919 |
Jul 21, 2022 | 2118928 | Angel | 3787060 | 8248196 | 7780247 | 8559748 |
Jul 28, 2021 | 2863262 | Angel | 3161980 | 4954158 | 2126189 |
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Sai Life Sciences' founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileSai Life Sciences' Board of Directors
Sai Life Sciences's board has 6 active members. Krishna Kanumuri is part of team and Nandita Gurjar, William Greene, Mitesh Daga, Rajagopal Srirama Tatta and Raju Penmasta are independent board members.Here is the list of Sai Life Sciences' board of directors:
Name | Type | Representing | Status | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | - | Current | 17y 7m | |
plafyrv | Team | - | Past | 8y 6m |
Independent board member | - | Current | 27y 3m | |
faukydf | Independent board member | - | Past | 1y 2m |
aihskuf | Independent board member | - | Past | 5y 7m |
mvdggbp | Independent board member | - | Past | 7y 5m |
mlwhfia | Independent board member | - | Past | 4y 5m |
bezmztp | Independent board member | - | Past | 9y 2m |
dtquyge | Independent board member | - | Past | 6y 6m |
nwzifyd | Independent board member | - | Past | 7y 7m |
wwqmwk{ | Independent board member | - | Past | 6y 3m |
qzkmlgu | Independent board member | - | Past | 2y 8m |
u{flbts | Independent board member | - | Past | 2y 3m |
ivbj{qw | Independent board member | - | Past | 8y 9m |
teltuxt | Independent board member | - | Past | 8y 1m |
Sai Life Sciences' employee count trend
Sai Life Sciences has 4,299 employees as of Jun 26. Here is Sai Life Sciences's employee count trend over the years:
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Sai Life Sciences's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Sai Life Sciences include NFIL, Bioduro and IRBM. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Sai Life Sciences, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Sai Life Sciences 1999, Hyderabad (India), Public | Provider of drug discovery, development, and manufacturing of complex small molecules | $108M | 66/100 | |
2nd | CRAMS company specialising in the custom chemical synthesis and manufacturing of fluorinated compounds | - | - | 50/100 | |
3rd | Bioduro 2005, San Diego (United States), Acquired | Global CRDMO providing integrated drug discovery, development, and manufacturing services | - | 49/100 | |
4th | Integrated drug discovery and preclinical development service provider | - | 48/100 | ||
5th | Provider of consulting services in the field of chemical research and development through artificial intelligence chemical synthesis | $71M | 46/100 | ||
6th |  Alzheimer's Drug Discovery 1998, New York City (United States), Funding Raised | Foundation aims to discover drugs to prevent, treat, and cure alzheimer's disease | - | 45/100 | |
7th |  48Hour Discovery 2017, Edmonton (Canada), Funding Raised | Developer of molecular discovery platform | - | 44/100 | |
8th | Vernalis 1999, Wokingham (United Kingdom), Acquired | Drugs for the treatment of cough, asthma, migraine and cancer. | - | 43/100 | |
9th | Provider of drug discovery and development services to pharmaceutical, biotech, and food industries | - | 42/100 | ||
10th | Wilmington Pharmatech 2003, Newark (United States), Acquired | Integrated CRO/CMO providing API, custom synthesis, and analytical services | - | - | 42/100 |
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Sai Life Sciences's Latest cap tables and shareholding
Founders (largest shareholder) own 24.34%, Funds own 10.40%, Enterprises own 8.46% and Angels own 10.46%. The net worth of Sai Life Sciences's founders is INR 543Cr as of Jul 03, 2024.
Shareholders Name | Post Round Holding % | Net worth | Cumulative Investment | Realised Returns | Unrealised Returns | Return Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Founder | 24.34% | 543Cr | 9528791 | 9710152 | 8298686 | 3154507 |
Fund | 10.40% | 232Cr | 6692685 | 8956732 | 4563031 | 2085075 |
5465912 | 9745963 | 1018099 | 1186577 | 7511859 | 7862205 | |
Enterprise | 8.46% | 189Cr | 2887732 | 2646027 | 6579445 | 1134000 |
Angel | 10.46% | 234Cr | 8495671 | 6172007 | 3070370 | 7923983 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Other People | 25.31% | 565Cr | 6676999 | 5847673 | 9860624 | 1980731 |
ESOP Pool | 13.20% | 295Cr | 1149954 | 7829513 | 9294037 | 7813330 |
Other Investors | 7.84% | 175Cr | 1431330 | 6744133 | 9414031 | 1971088 |
Total | 100.00% | 2,230Cr | 9309365 | 6083808 | 2085225 | 9837938 |
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Sai Life Sciences's Investments and acquisitions
Sai Life Sciences has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to Sai Life Sciences
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News related to Sai Life Sciences
Filter this listMedia has covered Sai Life Sciences for a total of 20 events in the last 1 year, 10 of them have been about company updates and 3 about partnerships.
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Sai Life Sciences Launches Talent Acquisition Campaign for Process and Analytical R&D LeadershipBusiness Wire India•Jun 26, 2026•Sai Life Sciences
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Indian CDMO sector in early phase of multi-year growth cycle: Sai Life CEOCNBC-TV18•Feb 18, 2026•Sai Life Sciences
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Sai Life Sciences Getting positioned for complex offeringsMoneycontrol•Nov 12, 2025•Sai Life Sciences
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Sai Life Sciences Set to Double Process R&D Capacity With New Facility in HyderabadBusiness Wire•Oct 27, 2025•Sai Life Sciences
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