Nabla Bio is a Boston-area biotech spun out of Harvard's Wyss Institute that combines generative AI with high-throughput wet-lab measurement to design antibodies and proteins from scratch. Its JAM (Joint Atomic Modeling) platform designs binders against historically undruggable multipass membrane proteins, including G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), ion channels, and transporters, which represent a large share of validated drug targets but resist conventional antibody discovery. The company pairs in-silico generative design with experimental high-throughput functional readouts to learn drug function directly, closing the design-build-test loop. Nabla has signed strategic collaborations with AstraZeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Takeda worth over $550M in potential upfront and milestone payments, validating its approach with multiple large pharma partners while continuing to build proprietary internal programs.
Nabla Bio
ActiveGenerative AI for de novo antibody and protein design against tough drug targets
Total raised
$26M
1 round
Stage
Series A
Team
11-50
since 2021
Pricing
Freemium
free plan
Founded
2021
Boston, United States
Agent-ready
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JAM generative protein design platform
De novo antibody design against GPCRs and ion channels
Atomically precise binder generation
High-throughput functional measurement of drug candidates
Multipass membrane protein targeting
Affinity maturation and optimization
Closed-loop design-build-test workflow
Pharma co-development programs
10/100
Early
MCP server
Public API
Webhooks
OAuth 2.0
SDKs
No public agent surfaces detected yet.
— Series A $26M incl. Khosla Ventures +2
Capital network
$37M raised ·3 backers·10 network links
- Backers3
- Shared portfoliocompanies these backers also fund
- Extended networkfunds that co-invest alongside them
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- What does Nabla Bio do?
- It uses generative AI and wet-lab measurement to design antibodies and proteins de novo, focusing on hard membrane-protein targets.
- Who has Nabla Bio partnered with?
- AstraZeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Takeda, in deals worth over $550M in potential value.
- How much has Nabla Bio raised?
- About $37M total, including a $26M Series A in May 2024 led by Radical Ventures.
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