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Enveda

Natural-product drug discovery platform leveraging ML

Overview

Enveda Biosciences uses machine learning, metabolomics, and robotics to explore the largely untapped natural world for drug discovery. Its main asset is a proprietary high-throughput platform that runs many experiments to generate a comprehensive dataset of small molecules, including their chemical structures, biological activity, and how they distribute in organs. This data helps identify potential drug leads quickly and supports partnerships with healthcare and pharmaceutical companies through collaborations and licensing of discoveries. Unlike many rivals, Enveda focuses on expanding knowledge of natural product chemistry beyond the small portion already known, aiming to accelerate the pace of drug discovery by systematically exploring natural chemical space and building a pipeline for its partners.

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About Enveda

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Why Enveda is rated
B-
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & AnalyticsRobotics & AutomationBiotechnologyHealthcare

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Series D

Total Funding

$534.8M

Headquarters

Boulder, CO

Founded

2019

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What believers are saying

  • September 2026 financing totaled $461 million, lifting Enveda to a $2 billion valuation.
  • ENV-294 showed positive Phase 1b data in March and late-breaker EADV presentation September 2026.
  • ENV-308 reported positive Phase 1 results in August 2026, enabling obesity expansion.

What critics are saying

  • No approved Enveda drug exists; every value driver still depends on unproven Phase 1b readouts.
  • ENV-294 and ENV-308 face crowded markets from Dupixent, GLP-1s, and topical biologics by 2027.
  • If ENV-6946 fails in IBD, Enveda's clinical story collapses before 2028.

What makes Enveda unique

  • Enveda's PRISM converts natural-product chemistry into candidates faster than conventional discovery.
  • Anthropic collaboration drafted IND modules in four hours, not three months, in October 2026.
  • By September 2026, Enveda had 17 drug candidates and three clinical programs.

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Funding

Total Funding

$534.8M

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

10 Rounds

Series D funding is typically for companies that are already well-established but need more funding to continue their growth. This round is often used to stabilize the company or prepare for an IPO.
Series D Funding Comparison
Above Average

Industry standards

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Benefits

  • Traditional or Roth 401k matching of 4% (100% of your contributions up to 4% of your annual compensation)
  • Medical, dental and vision insurance. 100% coverage of employee premiums and 33% coverage of dependents
  • Unlimited paid time off
  • Flexible work hours and paid parental leave
  • Company-wide weeklong break to recharge in addition to 8 observed holidays

Growth & Insights and Company News

6 month growth

1%

1 year growth

1%

2 year growth

0%
Business Wire
Apr 15th, 2026
Enveda appoints Christopher K. Porter as SVP of Clinical Operations

Enveda, a biotechnology company using AI-driven drug discovery from nature, has appointed Christopher K. Porter as Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations. Porter brings extensive experience in clinical development strategy and operational transformation across multiple therapeutic programmes. Porter joins as Enveda advances multiple clinical-stage assets and builds infrastructure for its expanding pipeline. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Development Strategy and Innovation at Theravance Biopharma, where he restructured development operations across three programmes encompassing nine late-phase global trials, delivering substantial efficiency gains. Previously, Porter co-founded and led Clinipace Worldwide as President and COO, scaling the international CRO to over 800 employees across 30 countries. He holds an MBA and JD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Business Wire
Sep 5th, 2025
Enveda Raises $150M Series D Funding to Reach Unicorn Status, Enrolls First Patient in Lead Program, and Adds Mikael Dolsten to Board of Directors

Enveda raises $150M Series D, reaches unicorn status, enrolls first patient in clinical trials, and adds former Pfizer CSO Mikael Dolsten to board.

Endpoints News
Sep 4th, 2025
Enveda Biosciences Secures $150M Funding

Enveda Biosciences, a Colorado biotech, has secured an additional $150 million for its I&I drug and a wide-ranging pipeline of preclinical assets. The company has grown from an initial $50k "pre, pre-seed" investment to $517 million in total funding, achieving unicorn status.

Informa TechTarget
Sep 4th, 2025
Enveda Biosciences raises $150M for drugs

Enveda Biosciences raised $150 million in Series D funding, doubling its venture capital intake this year. The round was led by Premji Invest and included investors like Kinnevik and Lux Capital. Enveda has begun Phase 1b trials for its lead drug candidate in atopic dermatitis and plans to enter more drugs into human trials soon. The company aims to file investigational new drug applications for other programs over the next year.

AgFunder
May 20th, 2025
Corteva: Ai Can Transform Crop Protection To Replace ‘Randomness And Chance’ With ‘Prediction, Specificity And Design’

AI is helping Corteva Agriscience dramatically accelerate the development of new crop protection products by modeling proteins and molecules with “unprecedented speed and accuracy,” an exec told a congressional subcommittee this morning. Speaking at a House Environment Subcommittee hearing on innovations in agrichemicals, Brian Lutz, PhD, VP agricultural solutions at Corteva, said AI had “revolutionized discovery by allowing us to trade randomness and chance for prediction, specificity and design.”. Predicting the structure of proteins in seconds

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