BioSpace / Business Wire · Jun 2026
FDA granted Orphan Drug and Rare Pediatric Disease designations to GEn-1123 for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a regulatory milestone that supports the company’s rare-disease program.
AI platform accelerating therapies for rare & inflammatory diseases.
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GEn1E Lifesciences is a clinical-stage, Phase 2 biotech developing AI-guided precision immunomodulators for inflammatory and rare diseases. Its lead asset is GEn-1124, a p38α:MK2 dual signal modulator for ARDS; the company also pursues GEn-1123 for rare chronic indications and an ERK 1/2 program. Public sources vary on the founding year (2018 on the company site/Y Combinator vs. 2019 on LinkedIn), so 2018 is used here.
Primary product
GEn-1124, a p38α:MK2 dual signal modulator for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and other inflammatory indications
Founded
2018
Headquarters
Palo Alto, California, USA
Team size
10-20
Industry
Biotechnology Research
Sub-industry
Clinical-stage AI-enabled drug discovery and immunomodulatory therapeutics
Offices
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Business model
Stage
Series A
Total raised
$22.5M
Latest round
Corporate Minority · Oct 2025
Latest amount
$5.5M
Leadership
CEO, Founder, and Board Director
Chairman of the Board
Head of Clinical Operations
Head of Business Development, Japan
Co-founder, AI/ML Platform, and Board Director
Founders
Co-Founder, COO, and GC
Investors
Mission-driven, fast-moving, multidisciplinary biotech team emphasizing speed, capital efficiency, precision medicine, and close collaboration across AI/ML, clinical, toxicology, and translational science functions.
Compensation
No company-published salary bands were found. Third-party estimates suggest average compensation around $119k/year in the U.S., with typical ranges roughly from $105k to $135k depending on role.
Benefits
Pricing
Not publicly disclosed; appears to be a B2B biotech model driven by therapeutics development and strategic partnerships.
Differentiators
Technology
Competitors
Estimated revenue
Approximately $1M-$3M in annual revenue, based on third-party estimates
Estimated monthly visits
2.2K
Traffic estimate as of May 2024
BioSpace / Business Wire · Jun 2026
FDA granted Orphan Drug and Rare Pediatric Disease designations to GEn-1123 for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a regulatory milestone that supports the company’s rare-disease program.
Business Wire · Apr 2026
GEn1E entered a strategic partnership with Rubicon Research to use its GRID AI platform for patient stratification while accessing Rubicon’s formulation, manufacturing, and commercialization capabilities.
UM Ventures · Sep 2025
UM Ventures announced a Series Seedplus investment in GEn1E, saying the company had raised over $21M in seed investment and was progressing a Phase 2 ARDS program.
GlobeNewswire · Dec 2024
GEn1E appointed François Nader as chair of the board, strengthening its governance and life-sciences leadership bench.
GlobeNewswire · Oct 2024
The company announced JPET publication of a landmark study describing the mechanism of its p38α:MK2 dual signal modulator platform.