Apollo, by Ordaos (https://ordaos.bio), is an ML-driven drug design platform used to discover life-saving medicines 100x faster than alternative methods. Researchers provide their ideal drug profile to Apollo whose generative AI and in silico assays design optimal mini-protein therapeutics within just days.
Location: United States, South Dakota
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2019
Investors 5
| Date | Name | Website |
| 26.10.2023 | SeedFolio | seedfolio.... |
| - | Route 66 V... | r66.vc |
| 30.06.2022 | Route 66 V... | route66ven... |
| 09.12.2020 | Future Lab... | futurelabs... |
| - | StartX | startx.com |
Mentions in press and media 9
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| 05.08.2026 | AgTech Innovator Quercus Biosolutions Secures $5M Seed Round for AI-Driven Crop Protection | Quercus Biosolutions landed $5 million in seed funding. The ag biotech innovator leverages generative AI. It designs a new class of mini-proteins for crop protection. This technology precisely targets resistant weeds and agricultural pests.... |
| 29.07.2026 | Exclusive: Quercus Biosolutions closes $5m seed round to target resistant weeds with designer proteins | Quercus Biosolutions, an ag biotech startup using AI to create a new category of crop protection products based on designer mini proteins, has raised an oversubscribed $5 million seed round led by Serra Ventures. Other backers include Stars... |
| 19.05.2026 | The cracks in chemical farming are getting hard to ignore. These startups are providing alternatives | From MAHA’s glyphosate tug-of-war with Trump to patent cliffs to rising fertilizer costs, the cracks in the use of traditional crop inputs are starting to resemble fault lines. Mainstream investors are even starting to notice, including Gar... |
| 30.03.2026 | 🎥 Beyond glyphosate: Quercus Bio targets weeds with designer proteins | As resistance to legacy chemical herbicides spreads and biologicals struggle to scale, a new class of crop protection tools is emerging that aims to combine the best of both worlds. Quercus Biosolutions is designing “mini proteins” from scr... |
| 01.10.2025 | 🎥 Matt Crisp on agtech investing: ‘We need to get small in order to get big again’ | After a decade or so of agtech investing, the sector has generated a lot of excitement, but the returns haven’t always matched the hype. That’s forcing both founders and investors to rethink what success looks like, says industry veteran Ma... |
| 10.03.2025 | Exclusive: Quercus Biosolutions emerges from stealth to disrupt crop protection with designer mini proteins | Quercus Biosolutions, an ag biotech startup using generative AI to create a new category of crop protection products based on designer mini proteins, has emerged from stealth with pre-seed funding from undisclosed investors. The firm, found... |
| 01.06.2023 | Ordaōs Selected to Participate in the AWS Generative AI Accelerator | Ordaōs, a human-enabled, machine-driven drug design company that creates novel and customized mini-proteins, announced it has been selected to participate in the inaugural cohort of the AWS Generative AI Accelerator, a technical, business, ... |
| 26.08.2022 | Ordaōs Raises $5M in Seed Funding | Ordaōs, a New York-based biotechnology company designing mini-proteins to help drug hunters deliver life-saving treatments, raised $5M in Seed funding. The round was led by Middleland Capital’s VTC Ventures with participation from Route 66 ... |
| - | Ordaos Bio | “De novo designed mini-proteins to help drug hunters deliver life-saving treatments.” |