Elixir Software

What Elixir Software does

Elixir Software Ltd. is a UK-based, privately held software company founded in 2012 by Dr. Paul Faulder and Dr. Martin Harrison to build workflow management software for scientific research and development. Its flagship product, the iTraX platform, is a cloud-based solution deployed on AWS that provides real-time visibility and coordination across drug discovery workflows, with three configurable modules: iTraX Chemistry (formerly Torx Make) for hypothesis-driven compound synthesis tracking and CRO coordination; iTraX Analytical Chemistry for analytical test lifecycle and sample management; and iTraX Study Management for planning and tracking lab-based scientific studies across multi-site operations.

The platform integrates chemistry-aware features (SDF/SMILES/ChemDraw handling, sub-structure search) with a JSON-based enterprise API for interoperability with LIMS, ELNs, compound registration systems, and laboratory instruments. Built on Python/Django, React, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, and Crossplane infrastructure, iTraX holds ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2 certifications and serves 50+ enterprise clients across four continents, including AstraZeneca, US biotechs, clinical-stage biopharmas, and CROs such as PI Health Sciences.

Elixir operates an enterprise SaaS subscription model with quote-based annual pricing, supported by a direct sales motion and demo-led customer acquisition. It maintains technology partnerships with Cresset, Schrödinger, and Collaborative Drug Discovery, and is developing agentic AI capabilities targeting the software-defined autonomous lab. Headquartered in Nether Alderley with a growing US commercial presence, the company remains founder-led and bootstrapped without disclosed external funding.

Name

Elixir Software

Legal name

Elixir Software Ltd.

Website

https://elixirsoftware.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Elixir Software builds iTraX, a cloud-based workflow management platform for pharma and biotech R&D. It serves 50+ enterprise clients across four continents with modules for chemistry synthesis tracking, analytical chemistry, and study management.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Macclesfield

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription - iTraX Platform: Cloud-based software-as-a-service subscription model. iTraX is deployed as a SaaS solution on AWS, with pricing based on enterprise agreements. Supports multi-tenant and single-tenant deployments for customers requiring additional security.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

iTraX is a cloud-based workflow management and scheduling platform purpose-built for pharma, biotech, CRO and R&D teams, serving as the digital glue connecting teams, tools and data across scientific R&D. It provides real-time visualization (Kanban, Calendar, Spreadsheet views) and is organized into three configurable modules — iTraX Chemistry for hypothesis-driven compound synthesis tracking with CRO partners, iTraX Analytical Chemistry for end-to-end analytical test lifecycles and sample tracking, and iTraX Study Management for planning, managing and tracking lab-based scientific studies. The platform includes a JSON-based API for integration with LIMS, ELNs, compound registration systems, analytical databases, Power BI, laboratory instruments, and CRO/external partner systems, deployed on AWS with ISO 27001/SOC 2 certified infrastructure.

Product overview

Elixir Software offers iTraX as a unified cloud-based workflow management platform for pharma and biotech R&D. The platform consists of a core iTraX Platform with three main configurable modules: iTraX Chemistry (for compound synthesis tracking and CRO management), iTraX Analytical Chemistry (for analytical test lifecycles and sample tracking), and iTraX Study Management (for planning and tracking lab-based scientific studies). Additional bespoke and custom workflow solutions are available to meet specialized operational needs. iTraX serves as the digital glue connecting teams, tools and data across R&D, accelerating discovery through increased efficiency, visibility and transparency. The platform is built on AWS infrastructure with enterprise-grade security and is used by 50+ enterprise clients across four continents.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• iTraX Chemistry: A chemically-aware, cloud-based synthesis tracking solution connecting chemists, research leaders and CROs in a real-time secure workspace. Formerly known as Torx Make.
• iTraX Analytical Chemistry
• iTraX Study Management

Products and services

• iTraX Platform Cloud-based workflow management and scheduling platform purpose-built for pharma, biotech, CRO and R&D teams. Serves as the digital glue connecting teams, tools and data across R&D, providing real-time visibility and transparency through Kanban, Calendar, and Spreadsheet views, plus Submission Portal for test requests.
• iTraX Chemistry Chemically-aware, cloud-based synthesis tracking solution connecting chemists, research leaders and CROs in a real-time secure workspace. Supports hypothesis-driven compound synthesis tracking with real-time visibility and prioritization, including with CRO partners; supports compound upload via SDF files, SMILES and ChemDraw, built-in duplication checks, and sub-structure search.
• iTraX Analytical Chemistry Purpose-built scientific software platform for managing analytical chemistry workflows, connecting requestors, analysts and managers across sites with end-to-end visibility from test submission to result; supports analytical chromatography, NMR, MS experiments, and preparative separations, with submission portal integrating ELN and internal systems.
• iTraX Study Management Purpose-built software platform for planning, managing and tracking lab-based scientific studies, with visual scheduling, budget tracking, and real-time progress updates across multi-site operations; centralizes study plans and provides customisable snapshots by site or programme.
• iTraX Custom Workflows Tailored solutions built on the iTraX platform to meet unique operational challenges in more specialised areas of drug discovery, fully customisable to match specific synthesis workflows with robust permission models.
• iTraX Bespoke Solutions Fully customisable solutions tailored to unique scientific processes, fast to deploy with robust permission models for full control over shared information, scoped through demo requests and personalised enterprise quotations.

Quantifiable outcome

• $500K annual time-saving in back-and-forth communications for a mid-size biotech
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

AI capability2 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered notable, flagship and core.

• PI Health SciencesnotableTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2025PI Health Sciences adopted Torx platform for small molecule discovery work. iTraX serves as the underlying engine for workflow and resource management within Torx, enabling task tracking, sample management, and day-to-day activity coordination.
• AstraZenecaflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2024Strategic partnership to develop integrated analytical workflow management tool unveiled at SLAS Boston 2024. Combines AstraZeneca scientific requirements with Elixir's iTraX technology for revolutionary drug discovery workflow management.
• CressetcoreTechnology or IntegrationCresset develops molecular design and simulation software (StarDrop, Cresset Forge, Cresset Spark). iTraX integrates with Cresset tools as part of the DMTA workflow ecosystem, managing make and test cycle steps including synthesis requests, assay scheduling, and project progress tracking.
• SchrödingercoreTechnology or IntegrationSchrödinger provides molecular modeling and simulation platform for pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Partnership enables integration between computational chemistry design tools and iTraX workflow management for drug discovery acceleration.
• Collaborative Drug Discovery (CDD)coreTechnology or IntegrationCDD Vault is a research informatics platform for organizing biological and chemical data with secure collaboration capabilities. iTraX integrates to provide comprehensive workflow orchestration across research data managed in CDD Vault.
• Torx SoftwarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTorx (developed by Cresset) is a cloud-based DMTA platform. iTraX technology powers the workflow and resource management tools in Torx's 'Make' and 'Test' modules. During 2021-2025 Torx collaboration, iTraX was marketed as Torx Make. Now continuing as iTraX Chemistry.
• Charles River LabsflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCharles River Labs collaborated with AstraZeneca using iTraX as main collaborative tool for strategic outsourcing management. Case study published in Drug Discovery Today on simplifying preclinical safety studies through visual portfolio management.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Benchling: Cloud R&D platform for biotech that competes directly with iTraX in workflow, registry, and collaboration tooling for scientists. Both target pharma/biotech R&D teams seeking to replace legacy ELNs and spreadsheets with modern SaaS.
• IDBS: IDBS (Dassault Systèmes) provides ELN, EWB, and workflow software used by pharma/biotech R&D teams to design and execute scientific experiments; competes for the same enterprise R&D workflow budget as Elixir.
• Dotmatics: Scientific informatics platform (LIMS, ELN, decision support) used by pharma and biotech research organizations; an Elixir sales cycle often involves a head-to-head vs Dotmatics' workflow and chemistry-aware modules.
• Genedata: Enterprise scientific workflow platform for biopharma R&D, including screening, analytical, and study workflows; comparable in serving the same top-tier pharma buyers with end-to-end workflow solutions.

Emerging players

• ChemAxon: Cheminformatics platform providing compound registration, substructure search and other chemistry-aware capabilities that sit alongside Elixir's chemistry module; partial overlap as a chemistry-aware middleware provider to R&D organizations.
• Collaborative Drug Discovery (CDD): CDD Vault is a research informatics platform for organizing biological and chemical data; iTraX integrates with CDD rather than replacing it, but CDD's activity and CDD's drug discovery workflow ambition overlap with Elixir's analytical and study management modules.
• ACD/Labs: Specialist in analytical chemistry data software, with chemist-friendly tools for NMR, LC/MS and chromatographic data analysis; overlaps with iTraX Analytical Chemistry module on analytical workflow use cases.

Broad incumbents

• Veeva Systems (Vault R&D): Broad enterprise R&D platform (Vault LIMS, Vault ELN, Vault Study Designer) used by most top-pharma; competes with Elixir on standardized study and lab workflows, though less specialized in chemistry-aware CRO coordination.
• LabVantage (LabWare competitor): Established LIMS/workflow vendor focused on regulated labs; competes for the same laboratory workflow spend and study management use cases as iTraX Study Management.
• Revvity Signals (formerly PerkinElmer Informatics): Offers Signals platform for scientific data, workflow, and informatics spanning pharma R&D; competes in the same lab informatics category as iTraX, though at a much larger scale and broader product footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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