Evolvus

What Evolvus does

Evolvus Inc. is a privately held, bootstrapped life sciences data curation and research informatics company founded in 2001 by Aniket Ausekar and headquartered operationally between Pune, India and Nashua, New Hampshire, with a European office in Frankfurt am Main. The company builds proprietary curated databases across Compound Bioactivity, Metabolism/ADME, Protein Degraders, Conjugates, RNA, and Biomarkers (branded as Liceptor, Oncogen, Theme, Proximers, ADME, and Connector Base), and provides bespoke data curation, scientific data engineering, bioinformatics, cheminformatics, and clinical data services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and scientific publishing clients, including Fortune 500 life sciences companies.

The company's technology stack combines industrial-scale human annotation by trained pharmacologists, biochemists, molecular biologists, and organic chemists with conventional data engineering tooling — Apache Kafka for ETL, Snowflake/Amazon Redshift/Google BigQuery for warehousing, AWS S3/Google Cloud Storage/Azure Blob Storage for storage, and Tableau/Power BI/D3.js for visualization. Specialized proprietary tooling includes Markush structure indexing with daily patent updates and a molecular docking tool with an experimentally validated scoring algorithm, alongside in silico ADME-TOX prediction models for compound library screening.

Evolvus monetizes through quote-based, customized enterprise engagements delivered as databases, file sets, or API integrations (output formats including JSON, XML, RDF, SQL, SQL+SDF), targeting R&D informatics and preclinical/translational drug discovery teams. There are no publicly disclosed pricing tiers, no external funding events, no M&A activity, and no revenue figures in the available sources; the only stated scale metrics are 14 databases, 52 custom solutions, and 33 enterprise clients accumulated over 18+ years of operation, served via direct enterprise sales rather than digital marketing channels.

Name

Evolvus

Legal name

Evolvus Inc.

Website

https://evolvus.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Evolvus curates proprietary life sciences databases (bioactivity, ADME, genomics, protein degraders) and delivers data engineering, bioinformatics, and cheminformatics services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and scientific publishing clients globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Life Sciences Data Management

NAICS

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171), Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) (541714)

akta.pro primary industry

Scientific Data Management & Data Platforms (SDMS/Data Lakehouse for R&D) (HLAGAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Bioinformatics, Multi-Omics Data Analysis & Interpretation Services (HLAGANAI), Knowledge Management & Scientific Collaboration / Literature Intelligence (HLAGAJAN)

Keywords

• Life sciences data curation
• Bioinformatics services
• Cheminformatics solutions
• Pharmaceutical data management
• Drug discovery databases

Headquarters

HQ city

Pune

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Data Curation Services: Customized data curation services including Markush structures indexing, knowledge management, and annotation of chemical and biological data from patents and literature delivered as databases, files, or APIs
2. Scientific Data Engineering Services: Scientific data engineering including data integration, validation, management, analytics, and ELN/LIMS consulting services
3. Bioinformatics Services: Bioinformatics services for pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries including sequence analysis, microarray data analysis, genome annotation, homology modelling, and structure-based drug design
4. Cheminformatics Services: Cheminformatics services including pharmacophore modelling, scaffold hopping, 3D-QSAR, in silico ADME-TOX prediction, compound library design, molecular informatics, and molecular docking
5. Clinical Data Services: Clinical data management services including data integration, database design, electronic data capture, and clinical trial eligibility/consent form annotation

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Evolvus curates and delivers proprietary life sciences databases and bespoke data solutions for pharmaceutical and biotechnology R&D, covering Compound Bioactivity, Metabolism/ADME, Protein Degraders, Conjugates, RNA, and Biomarkers. The company also provides scientific data engineering, bioinformatics, cheminformatics, and clinical data management services delivered through a hybrid onshore/offshore model, with output delivered as databases, files, or APIs.

Product overview

Evolvus offers a portfolio of specialized life sciences databases designed for drug discovery and research. The core products include Liceptor (small molecule bioactivity), Oncogen (cancer genomics), Theme (biotransformation reactions), Proximers (protein degraders and MGB-BC datasets), ADME (pharmacokinetic endpoints), and Connector Base (data integration platform). These knowledge bases are complemented by a suite of services including data curation, research informatics, bioinformatics, cheminformatics, and clinical data services. The company positions itself as a provider of curated life sciences datasets covering Compound Bioactivity, Metabolism/ADME, Protein Degraders, Conjugates, RNA, and Biomarkers domains, enabling enterprises to take informed research-driven business decisions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Liceptor: Small molecule bioactivity Database
• Oncogen
• Theme
• Proximers
• ADME
• Connector Base

Products and services

• Liceptor Small molecule bioactivity database providing curated compound bioactivity data for drug discovery research.
• Oncogen Cancer genomics curated knowledgebase providing integrated genomic data for oncology research.
• Theme Biotransformation reactions database covering metabolic pathways and biotransformation data.
• Proximers Protein degraders and MGB-BC datasets supporting targeted protein degradation research.
• ADME Curated pharmacokinetic (PK) endpoints database covering absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion data.
• Connector Base Knowledge asset platform for connecting and integrating life sciences datasets.
• Data Curation Services Customized indexing and annotation of chemical and biological data from patents and literature, including Markush structure indexing, knowledge management, and schema/format customizations, delivered as databases, files, or APIs for pharmaceutical R&D and scientific publishers.
• Research Informatics / Scientific Data Engineering Scientific data engineering services covering ETL pipelines, data warehousing, cloud storage, data lakes, validation, visualization, and custom reporting for research teams managing complex scientific data.
• Bioinformatics Services Bioinformatics services for pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries including sequence analysis, microarray data analysis, genome annotation, homology modelling, and structure-based drug design.
• Cheminformatics Services Cheminformatics services including pharmacophore modelling, scaffold hopping, 3D-QSAR, in silico ADME-TOX prediction, compound library design, molecular informatics, and molecular docking with experimentally validated scoring algorithms.
• Clinical Data Services Clinical data management services including data integration, database design, electronic data capture, and clinical trial eligibility and consent form annotation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Delivered 52 custom solutions to 33 happy clients over 18 years in business

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Clarivate: Public life sciences analytics and IP data company (Cortellis, Derwent, BioWorld) serving pharma R&D with curated datasets and analytics. Competes with Evolvus in scientific data curation and life sciences informatics at a much larger scale.
• Certara: Drug development services and biosimulation software (Phoenix, Simcyp) for pharma R&D. Comparable to Evolvus's clinical data services and ADME/PK modeling capabilities at greater scale.
• CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service): Division of ACS providing the world's most authoritative chemistry database (SciFinder/CAS SciFinder) with curated chemical substances, reactions, and bioactivity data. Directly competes in compound bioactivity and Markush indexing where Evolvus operates.
• BIOVIA (Dassault Systèmes): Enterprise scientific informatics suite (ELN, LIMS, biologics, chemistry) for life sciences R&D. Overlaps with Evolvus's scientific data engineering, ELN/LIMS consulting, and cheminformatics services but as part of a broader PLM platform.
• Elsevier (Reaxys): Major scientific publisher with Reaxys (chemistry) and Embase (biomedical) databases offering curated chemistry and pharmacology data. Directly comparable to Evolvus's cheminformatics and ADME data offerings but at much greater scale and with integrated platform.

Direct peers

• Dotmatics: Scientific R&D informatics platform offering data management, ELN, LIMS, and analytics for life sciences. Closely comparable to Evolvus's scientific data engineering and ELN/LIMS consulting services for pharma R&D customers.
• Schrödinger: Computational chemistry and molecular simulation platform for drug discovery, including molecular docking and ADME prediction — directly overlapping Evolvus's molecular docking tool, in silico ADME-TOX models, and cheminformatics services.
• Genedata: Enterprise bioinformatics platform for pharma R&D including Screener, Expressionist, and Biologics. Direct comparable to Evolvus's bioinformatics and multi-omics data analysis services targeting pharma and biotech.
• Collaborative Drug Discovery (CDD): Cloud-based drug discovery informatics platform with bioactivity database and research collaboration tools. Directly comparable to Evolvus's Liceptor bioactivity database and research informatics offerings for pharma/biotech.

Regional players

• Aragen Life Sciences: India-based CRO with informatics and data curation services for pharma R&D. Comparable as a geographically-overlapping competitor with hybrid onshore/offshore delivery model, similar to Evolvus's Pune-based operations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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