Making biology
programmable

Building on the latest technological breakthroughs in AI, Cradle helps scientists decode and rewrite biology to unlock new food sources, materials, and therapeutics.

Our offices

Our two offices are located in Amsterdam and Zurich. In Amsterdam, our office also houses our state-of-the art lab used for internal projects and validating models before they are shipped to customers.

Besides our two offices, we also have teams in California and
New York that work closely with our US customers.

Amsterdam

Radarweg 60, 1043 NT Amsterdam
Netherlands

Radarweg 60

Zurich

Bleicherweg 72, 8002 Zürich
Switzerland

Bleicherweg 72

Our team

Cradle brings together the very best minds in #biology, #design, #engineering and #machine-learning. Our team has previously helped ship products and technology at companies like @google, @deepmind, @novartis, @uber, @zymergen, @twist, @booking and @stripe.

Co-founders

Eli

Eli

Elise

Elise

Harmen

Harmen

Jelle

Jelle

Stef

Stef

CEO

Bioengineering

Catalina

Catalina

Daan

Daan

Daniëlle

Daniëlle

Harmen

Harmen

Jack

Jack

Janis

Janis

Jinel

Jinel

Michelle

Michelle

Naweed

Naweed

Nicolò

Nicolò

Richard

Richard

Machine learning

Arthur

Arthur

Constance

Constance

Eli

Eli

Franzi

Franzi

Gino

Gino

Jonathan

Jonathan

Nicolas

Nicolas

Noé

Noé

Patrick

Patrick

Sebastian

Sebastian

Thomas

Thomas

Engineering / Product

Adam

Adam

Armin

Armin

Daniel

Daniel

CTO

Daria

Daria

Ena

Ena

Fabian

Fabian

Michael

Michael

Michael

Michael

Robbert

Robbert

Tilke

Tilke

Design

Gijs

Gijs

Jelle

Jelle

Max

Max

Sytske

Sytske

Partnerships

Elise

Elise

Milind

Milind

Nadim

Nadim

Sam

Sam

CCO

Thijs

Thijs

Wallis

Wallis

Operations

Claire

Claire

Irina

Irina

Luba

Luba

COO

Max

Max

Our investors

We are funded by leading investors IVP, Index Ventures, and Kindred Capital, as well as long list of world-class advisors and angel investors.

Adriaan Mol

Adriaan Mol

Founder at Mollie & Messagebird

Founder at Mollie & Messagebird

Founder at Mollie & Messagebird

Emily Leproust

Emily Leproust

CEO at Twist Biosciences

CEO at Twist Biosciences

CEO at Twist Biosciences

Tom Glocer

Tom Glocer

Former CEO of Thomson Reuters and Lead Director at Merck

Former CEO of Thomson Reuters and Lead Director at Merck

Former CEO of Thomson Reuters and Lead Director at Merck

Steve Crossan

Steve Crossan

SVP AI at GSK, former Head of Product at Google Deepmind and co-founder of Alphafold project

SVP AI at GSK, former Head of Product at Google Deepmind and co-founder of Alphafold project

SVP AI at GSK, former Head of Product at Google Deepmind and co-founder of Alphafold project

Patrick Hsu

Patrick Hsu

Professor at Berkley & Founder of Arc Institute

Professor at Berkley & Founder of Arc Institute

Professor at Berkley & Founder of Arc Institute

John Zimmer

John Zimmer

CEO & Founder at Lyft

CEO & Founder at Lyft

CEO & Founder at Lyft

Sylvain Gariel

Sylvain Gariel

Founder & COO at DNA Script

Founder & COO at DNA Script

Founder & COO at DNA Script

Chris Gibson

Chris Gibson

Co-founder & CEO at Recursion

Co-founder & CEO at Recursion

Co-founder & CEO at Recursion

Feike Sijbesma

Feike Sijbesma

Honorary Chairman and former CEO at Royal DSM

Honorary Chairman and former CEO at Royal DSM

Honorary Chairman and former CEO at Royal DSM

Mehdi Ghissassi

Mehdi Ghissassi

Director of Product at Google Deepmind

Director of Product at Google Deepmind

Director of Product at Google Deepmind

Tim Geistlinger

Tim Geistlinger

Chief Scientific Officer at Perfect Day

Chief Scientific Officer at Perfect Day

Chief Scientific Officer at Perfect Day

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