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Invitris

Creating new protein-based drugs at scale

invitris.com
HQ: Munich, BY, Germany
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Healthcare

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Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Jul 30, 2026

Overview

Invitris is a 2022-founded biotech startup building Phactory, a cell-free protein synthesis platform for rapid design and scalable production of synthetic proteins and bacteriophages for antimicrobial resistance and broader protein therapeutics.

Primary product

Phactory cell-free protein synthesis platform

Founded

2022

Headquarters

Am Klopferspitz 19, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany

Team size

20-30

Industry

Biotechnology

Sub-industry

Cell-free protein synthesis and phage therapeutics

Offices

Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
Dover, Delaware, United States

Business model

B2B co-development
licensing
GMP manufacturing support
services

Funding

Stage

early-stage grant- and seed-backed

Latest round

EIC Accelerator grant and equity · Mar 2025

Latest amount

$12.5M

EIC Accelerator grant and equity

Mar 2025 · EIC Accelerator

$12.5M

Grant

Oct 2024

$2.5M

Convertible Note

Jan 2024 · Vehiculum Capital

Seed

Sep 2023 · Mergus Ventures

INCATE Stage II grant

May 2023 · INCATE

$250K

Pre-seed

Apr 2023 · Y Combinator

$500K

INCATE Stage I grant

Jan 2022 · INCATE

People & investors

Leadership

Patrick Grossmann

CEO & Co-Founder

Kilian Vogele

Co-Founder & Scientific Lead

Matthias Steiger

Head of Translational Partnerships

Setu Kasera

VP Platform Automation

Investors

10x Founders
Ajira Ventures
Angelo Orru Neto
Caspar von Hayek
EIC Accelerator
INCATE
Jérôme Lutz
Mergus Ventures
Vehiculum Capital
Y Combinator

Work & culture

Research-driven biotech startup with a young, collaborative team; public hiring posts emphasize hands-on lab work at IZB Martinsried and student/intern pathways.

Compensation

No public salary bands or compensation policy found in the reviewed sources.

Product & market

Pricing

Custom B2B co-development, licensing, and services; no public price list.

Differentiators

  • —Cell-free, host-independent protein/phage production
  • —Rapid design, expression, and scalable production
  • —Prokaryotic and mammalian expression systems
  • —Claims 20x faster synthesis and 30x higher turnaround than conventional methods
  • —Supports complex proteins including phages, endolysins, tailocins, binders, antibodies, and nanobodies
  • —Ultra-high-throughput microfluidic screening
  • —Scales from picoliter to liter-scale

Technology

Phactory cell-free expression platform
prokaryotic cell-free expression
mammalian cell-free expression
Phactory™ reagents
microfluidic screening
automation
GMP manufacturing
host-independent phage production

Customers

Biopharmaceutical partners
Companies developing antibacterial products for animal health
Companies developing antibacterial products for agriculture
Life-science R&D teams
Teams needing cell-free protein production

Competitors

Imvax
Nutcracker Therapeutics
Halo Labs

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

≈$4M estimated annual revenue (2024)

Estimated monthly visits

772

Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026

contact@invitris.com+49 156 79572491

Latest news

A quick recap of Viruses of Microbes 2026 in Prague!

LinkedIn · Jul 2026

Invitris recapped VoM 2026 in Prague and said its CEO Patrick Grossmann, co-founder Kilian Vogele, and Head of Translational Partnerships Matthias Steiger spent the week meeting phage researchers and presenting the AI-to-Cell-Free Challenge.

It's official - we've launched the AI-to-Phage Challenge.

LinkedIn · Jul 2026

The company launched its AI-to-Phage Challenge at Viruses of Microbes 2026 in Prague, positioning the initiative around antimicrobial resistance and AI-driven phage discovery.

We're excited to be attending Viruses of Microbes (July 6th to 10th, 2026) in Prague next week!

LinkedIn · Jul 2026

Invitris announced its attendance at VoM 2026 and invited collaborators to meet the team and learn about the upcoming AI-to-Cell-Free Phage Challenge.

Cell-free synthesis for the clinic: How Invitris is building a phage printer

Phage Directory / YouTube · Jun 2026

Podovirus podcast episode featuring co-founder Kilian Vogele discussing cell-free phage synthesis, manufacturing challenges, and the company's long-term vision for decentralized phage production.

Invitris Secures Prestigious EIC Accelerator Funding to Advance Personalized Medicine

IZB · Mar 2025

IZB reported that Invitris was selected for the EIC Accelerator, describing it as multi-million-euro non-dilutive funding plus equity to scale the Phactory platform and accelerate personalized protein-based therapies.

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