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Chemify raises £37m Series B led by Wing Venture Capital and Insight Partners to digitise chemistry for drug and materials discovery

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Chemify
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Lee Cronin
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£37m
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Glasgow, United Kingdom
Oct 21, 2025

Chemify have raised over £37 million in Series B funding to accelerate their mission of becoming the global leader in digital chemistry, molecular design and manufacturing. The oversubscribed round was co-led by Wing Venture Capital and Insight Partners, with participation from a syndicate of world-class investors including 8VC and existing backers Triatomic Capital, Blueyard, Rockspring and Eos.

Earlier this year, Chemify launched its first Chemifarm, a fully automated chemistry facility built to be the world’s most advanced laboratory for molecular design and synthesis. At its core, the Chemifarm integrates Chemify’s Chemputation platform, an extensible programming language, advanced robotics, and the world’s largest curated library of validated reactions. The platform opens new frontiers in the rapid, data-driven creation of molecules once deemed inaccessible.

The new Series B financing allows Chemify to expand this blueprint globally, building a network of digital chemistry hubs and delivering on-demand molecule design and manufacturing to pharmaceutical, biotech and materials-science partners everywhere. Chemify plans to open a Silicon Valley facility led by Chief Technical Officer Mike Bell.

This growth will enhance Chemify’s ability to deliver on-demand molecular design, optimisation and synthesis, dramatically compressing the timeline from concept to compound. The company’s goal is to lead the discovery of life-changing medicines and next-generation materials while establishing a new global standard for how small molecules are developed and manufactured.

Founded in 2022 as a spin-out from the University of Glasgow, Chemify is reinventing chemistry on a digital foundation, uniting automation, AI and data to accelerate the discovery of new medicines and advanced materials while shaping a scalable, global platform for molecular innovation.

Chemify aims to become the global digital backbone of chemistry, enabling fast design and discovery. Our vision is that Chemify will be able to design and make any molecule on demand for our customers across all of chemistry from drug discovery to new catalysts and electronic materials. The next step in our evolution is nothing short of a revolution in the digitisation and automation of chemical discovery and manufacturing
Lee Cronin, Founder & CEO
Chemify's technology uses automation and physical AI to enable the digitisation of chemistry, transforming chemical synthesis from an art to a programmable science. We are excited to support the team’s progress as they empower scientists to create novel molecules with unmatched efficiency and precision. Their work has the potential to drive significant advancements in drug discovery and medicine.
Ansuman Satpathy, Partner at Wing Venture Capital
Lee is an iconoclast with the wind at his back. Chemify's use of AI to ensure the makeability of complex molecules is a paradigm shift for how medicinal chemistry is done today, and the company’s vision is matched by the strong results seen across their early pharma collaborations.
Aiden Aceves, Investor at Insight Partners
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