What Infonetica does

Infonetica is a UK-based private software company founded in 2002 that builds and sells a cloud-based SaaS platform for managing the full lifecycle of academic and clinical research. Its core product, Research Flow, integrates a suite of configurable modules covering research ethics review (Ethics RM), clinical trial management (ReDA), pre- and post-award grants management, research contracts, data protection impact assessments (DPIA), export controls, and research due diligence, with an additional bespoke platform called Open Flow for non-standard institutional workflows. The platform is ISO27001-certified and is designed so that research management experts can configure forms, workflows, and automations without IT involvement.

The company serves three primary verticals: universities, healthcare institutions (including hospitals and clinical research organisations), and national research organisations/government agencies. Customers include the University of Manchester, King's College London, Monash University, NHS Research Scotland, Clinical Trials Ontario, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and Research Manitoba, with documented deployments spanning the UK, Australia, Canada, Africa, and other regions. Go-to-market is a direct enterprise sales motion with consultative 'Get a Demo' engagements and quote-based pricing, supported by content marketing, conference sponsorship (ARMS, PRIM&R, ARMA, INORMS), and an annual Research Ethics Day customer event. The company is led by CEO Raja Prasanna and Chairman Simon Webster, operates from offices in Esher (UK), Sydney, and Toronto, and appears to be privately held with no external funding rounds disclosed.

Name

Infonetica

Legal name

Infonetica Ltd

Website

https://infonetica.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Infonetica is a UK-based SaaS provider of cloud-based research management software covering ethics review, clinical trials, grants, contracts, export controls, and compliance, serving 150-300+ universities, healthcare institutions, and national research organisations across the UK, Australia, Canada, Africa, and beyond.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Research Management Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Clinical Trial Informatics (EDC/CTMS/eCOA/eTMF) (HLAGAJAM)

Keywords

• Research management software
• Ethics compliance software
• Clinical trial management
• Grants management software
• Research governance platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Esher

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription Licenses: Software as a Service (SaaS) subscription model providing access to research management software modules. Organisations pay for access to the platform which includes Ethics RM, ReDA, Pre-award, Post-award, Contracts, Export Controls, DPIA, Due Diligence, and Research Flow. The platform supports individual module purchases or the full end-to-end suite.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Infonetica provides cloud-based SaaS research management software for universities, healthcare institutions, and national research organisations. Its integrated suite covers the full research lifecycle, including ethics compliance (Ethics RM), clinical trial management (ReDA), grants management (Pre-award and Post-award), contracts, data protection impact assessment (DPIA), export controls, and due diligence. The platform supports 300+ institutions worldwide, processing 2M+ research projects across the UK, Australia, Canada, and beyond.

Product overview

Infonetica offers a platform-plus-modules architecture consisting of Research Flow, an end-to-end research management platform, and Open Flow, a completely configurable custom solution. The product portfolio includes Pre-award (grants and funding application), Ethics RM (ethics compliance), Contracts (research contracts management), DPIA (data protection impact assessment), Export Controls (export compliance), Due Diligence (research due diligence), ReDA (clinical trial management), and Post-award (funding management) as integrated modules within the platform ecosystem. These modules work together to manage the complete research lifecycle from idea through results, covering funding applications, ethical compliance, contracts, data protection, export controls, due diligence, clinical trials, and post-award funding management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Research Flow End-to-end research management platform that connects all stages of the research lifecycle from pre-award funding applications through post-award management. Used by universities, healthcare institutions, and national research organisations to manage the full research process.
• Open Flow Completely configurable custom platform that allows organisations to create bespoke forms, workflows, and automations specific to their unique research lifecycle needs. Targeted at organisations whose processes fall outside Infonetica's standard module offerings.
• Ethics RM Ethics compliance management software that enables organisations to attain certified ethical compliance through configurable forms, automated workflows, and comprehensive review processes. Used by universities, healthcare institutions, and national research organisations to streamline research ethics application review and approval.
• ReDA Clinical trial management system that enables organisations to oversee clinical trials through configurable workflows, governance checklists, amendment management, and real-time reporting with an in-built clock feature for metrics tracking. Used by healthcare institutions and national research organisations managing multi-site clinical trials.
• Pre-award Grants and funding application software that helps maximise bid success rates and optimise recovery with configurable forms, workflows, and comprehensive review tools. Used by universities and research institutions to manage research funding applications.
• Post-award

Quantifiable outcome

• 50% reduction in ethics review time at University of Manchester
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Cayuse: Cayuse provides research administration software spanning grants, compliance, export controls, and clinical research—closely mirroring Infonetica's Research Flow suite and serving the same university and healthcare customer base.
• Kuali: Kuali builds open-source research administration software for universities covering grants, research compliance, and IRB workflows, directly competing with Infonetica's Pre-award, Post-award, and Ethics RM modules.
• Advarra: Advarra offers IRB and ethics review software for research institutions and sponsors, providing a direct alternative to Infonetica's Ethics RM in the research ethics compliance category.
• InfoEd Global: InfoEd Global provides electronic research administration solutions for universities covering grants, compliance, and conflicts of interest, competing in the same higher education research administration category as Infonetica.
• OpenClinica: OpenClinica offers electronic data capture and clinical trial management software for academic and commercial research, directly comparable to Infonetica's ReDA clinical trial management system.
• Bio-Optronics: Bio-Optronics provides clinical trial management systems (CTMS) and research workflow software used by academic medical centres and health systems, overlapping with Infonetica's ReDA in clinical research operations.

Broad incumbents

• Veeva Systems: Veeva's Vault CTMS and Vault eTMF are clinical trial platforms serving life sciences sponsors and CROs. While broader and sponsor-focused rather than academic, Veeva is a competitive incumbent in adjacent clinical research workflows.
• Medidata Solutions: Medidata (Dassault Systèmes) offers the Rave clinical trial platform spanning EDC, CTMS, and eCOA used by major academic research centres and sponsors—competing in clinical trial operations with Infonetica's ReDA but at significantly larger scale.
• Workday: Workday's Higher Education and Grants Management modules address research administration at scale across universities globally, positioning Workday as a broad incumbent competitor to Infonetica's Pre-award and Post-award offerings.

Emerging players

• Florence Healthcare: Florence Healthcare provides eRegulatory and eBinder solutions for clinical research sites and sponsors, representing an emerging competitor in clinical trial document and workflow management adjacent to Infonetica's ReDA.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/infonetica

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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