Company

Mandrake Bio

Protein design startup

Agriculture & Food SystemsBengaluruFounded 2025

Mandrake Bio key numbers

₹16 croreTotal raised · 2026Source: Mandrake Bio raises ₹16 crore pre-seed round

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Stories cover its funding news. Sectors: Agriculture & Food Systems. Stages: Pre-seed. Based in Bengaluru.

The founders

Tanay Lohia

CEO

Previously worked on climate resilience and carbon programmes at Absolute.
Was a resident at AI research lab Lossfunk.

Dr Kutubuddin Molla

Scientific Co-founder

Senior scientist at ICAR-Central Rice Research Institute.
Pioneer in compact gene-editing systems in plants.

Who put in money

Activate Antler India DeVC Spectrum Impact

Every story on Mandrake Bio

MBMandrake Bio · Funding · 16 July 2026 · ₹16 CrMandrake Bio raises ₹16 crore pre-seed roundMandrake Bio designs programmable gene-editing enzymes from scratch using generative AI and biophysics

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