Company disrupts $4.7 trillion chemicals and materials science industry with state-of-the-art R&D platform that delivers meaningful data insights via AI and ML plus advanced lab productivity tools. Albert platform empowers thousands of scientists worldwide to achieve better results as they create the products we depend on every day.
OAKLAND, Calif., June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Albert Invent, the company empowering global organizations to accelerate innovation with its state-of-the-art R&D platform, today announced $7.5 million in seed funding. Index Ventures led the investment in Albert Invent, whose platform is already helping thousands of scientists worldwide dramatically expedite time to market. Homebrew, F-Prime Capital and prominent angel investors also participated in the round. With the additional financial resources, the company will onboard even more chemistry and materials science companies, helping one of the largest industries in the world develop the products that touch consumers' everyday lives. Albert is already utilized by some of the largest and prominent companies, along with emerging startups, around the world, including Henkel, the world's leading producer of adhesives, sealants and functional coatings; 3D Systems, one of the largest 3D printing technology companies; and Applied Molecules, fast growing manufacturer of formulated coatings and adhesives.
Breaking down innovation barriers caused by siloed and disconnected R&D processes and systems, such as Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) and Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELNs), Albert is a collaborative, secure, end-to-end R&D platform powered by Albert Insights – which includes artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to simulate experiments, a rapidly-growing database of industry standards and more than 50,000 commercially available materials. With Albert's capabilities, R&D teams are able to capitalize on data insights that support all stages of the innovation process, resulting in smarter experimentation and accelerated time to market. Plus, Albert's API-forward platform enables sharing data with key systems within and beyond R&D and provides the opportunity for internal teams or external partners to build custom apps, driving data-driven insights and collaboration.
"Albert exemplifies the type of software company we seek to back," said Paris Heymann, Partner at Index Ventures. "The platform was developed by a team with deep industry expertise, built specifically for customers who are digitally transforming their R&D efforts and developing the lab of the future. We are thrilled to partner on this journey to fundamentally change how physical products are created."
Disrupting the R&D Industry
Built by scientists, for scientists, Albert reimagines what R&D can be, by connecting processes, data and insights in a single place to create one data source of truth. This enables new, faster and safer ways for teams to work. For example, scientists no longer have to spend countless hours researching materials and designated quantities. Albert's Inventory module comes with a pre-loaded library of 50,000+ commercially available chemicals so that teams can easily explore and find new materials. It also automates material tracking so that teams are aware of all inventory stock levels, hazardous materials and regulatory compliance in real-time.
With predictive simulations, powered by Albert Insights, Albert's Worksheet allows scientists to stop working in Excel and makes it easy for teams to more effectively design new formulations that result in fewer iterations. It is part of a holistic system that draws upon past experimentations and enables easier collaboration. Experiments help teams to boost productivity with clean structured data captured in tasks and workflows, while Regulatory Automation makes it possible for organizations to ship products same-day with automated Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and label generation. Customers in more than 30 countries have already experienced tremendous ROI. Scientists have shared they are now able to work on 2-3x the number of projects, while increasing the value of products invented. Additionally, development cycles have been dramatically reduced because Albert delivers the data insights and tools needed to eliminate guesswork, refine processes and enable better resource allocation.
"When I first saw Albert, I was blown away. The fact that all of this information could be in one system and the value would grow organically with us, could be transformative," said Michael Todd, Vice President Innovation & New Business Development at Henkel. "At Henkel, we have always been about furthering innovation, and Albert has quickly become an indispensable part of that mission."
Albert Knows Chemistry & Materials Science
Albert Invent was co-founded by Nick Talken, Ken Kisner, Neelesh Vaikhary and Zack Kisner. Together, they represent the rare blend of lab, engineering, design and operations expertise to create the ideal platform for scientists. Now with more than 60 employees, Albert Invent continues to hire subject matter experts in data science, engineering, customer success and more to contribute to the innovation of the product and success of its customers.
"It's been my experience that the lab is a place where magic can happen when all of the pieces align," said Albert Co-founder and CEO Nick Talken. "We've put the right team in place to persistently evolve Albert so that data-driven innovation is a regular occurrence. But beyond that, Albert is something people actually want to use. They're willing to replace their spreadsheets and notebooks to try something new, and they're experiencing benefits that they didn't realize were possible previously. Now, they can get their work out into the world faster than ever before, enabling a hugely positive impact on the ways we live and work."
To find out more about all that Albert can do, please visit http://www.albertinvent.com.
About Albert Invent
Albert is on a mission to help companies invent the future faster. Built for chemistry and materials science, the Albert R&D platform removes barriers to innovation caused by siloed and disconnected systems. Used by thousands of scientists worldwide to innovate faster, the end-to-end R&D platform delivers data-driven insights powered by AI and machine learning plus productivity and collaboration tools to expedite the discovery of new materials, automate regulatory compliance and more. Albert Invent is based in Oakland, California and is backed by Index Ventures, F-Prime and Homebrew. Learn more at http://www.albertinvent.com/
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