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Developer of a drug discovery platform designed to accelerate and optimize peptide-based therapeutic development.

Health Tech & Life Sciences
Active
Series A Jerusalem, Israel Founded 2011
Last updated 2026-07-26
Total raised
$14.2M
Last: Undisclosed Round 2025-01
Stage
Series A
Founded
2011
Headcount
16
HQ
Jerusalem, Israel
Sector
Health Tech & Life Sciences

About

Pepticom is a biotechnology company that utilizes an AI-driven platform for peptide drug discovery. The company's technology combines principles from economic and molecular mechanics, reinforcement learning, first-principles modeling, and generative AI to design and discover novel peptides with high success rates, aiming to reduce research and development time and costs. Pepticom's platform can explore a vast chemical space of potential peptide structures, including linear, helical, and cyclic peptides, and incorporate D and non-natural amino acids. The company is involved in discovery projects with academic and industry partners and has several molecules in different development stages. In March 2021, Pepticom established a spin-off company, PeptiCov, to focus on developing treatments for the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Pepticom is currently advancing an AI-designed therapeutic peptide for psoriasis, with plans to announce its first drug candidate during 2025 and expand its drug pipeline indications.

Funding history · 4 rounds · $14.2M total

2024-12
B Round $6.6M
2021-02
A Round Extension $2.6M
2019-07
A Round $5.0M
2013-07
Seed Undisclosed

Headcount over time

From 10 (2018-05) to 15 (2025-04) · +5 (+50%) · 24 points · source: Finder history + radar grounding
190 2018-05 2025-04

Q&A

What is Pepticom's primary focus?
Pepticom is a biotechnology company that develops an AI-driven platform for peptide drug discovery, aiming to accelerate and optimize the development of peptide-based therapeutics.
What was Pepticom's most recent funding round?
Japan Israel High Tech Ventures 2 LP was a lead investor in this round.
What was Pepticom's previous funding round before January 2025?
In March 2021, Pepticom completed an A Round, raising $2.6 million. Chartered Group was a lead investor in this round.
What is Pepticom's total funding raised to date?
Pepticom has raised a total of $14.2 million USD across all funding rounds.
What is Pepticom's current stage of funding?
Pepticom is currently in the Series A funding stage.
Does Pepticom have any spin-off companies?
Yes, in March 2021, Pepticom established a spin-off company named PeptiCov, which focuses on developing treatments for the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
What is Pepticom's current drug development focus?
Pepticom is currently advancing an AI-designed therapeutic peptide for psoriasis and plans to announce its first drug candidate during 2025, with intentions to expand its drug pipeline indications.

Team · 3

Immanuel Lerner
Founder · CEO, Co-Founder & Director
Anwar Rayan
Founder · Co-Founder
Amit Michaeli
Founder · Co-founder & CTO

Sectors & technology

Primary sector
Health Tech & Life Sciences
Sub-sectors
Health Tech & Life SciencesPharma & Medical BiotechnologyDrugs Discovery & Development
Technologies
BiologicalsMolecules
Target customers
Healthcare & Life SciencesLife SciencesPharmaceuticalsBiotechnology
Business model
B2B

Highlights

1 PatentsVerified

Tags

bioinformaticsdrug-discoveryimmunologybiotechnologyoncologyanalysis-softwareartificial-intelligenceagriculturepharma-companiespharmaceuticalsmetabolic-diseasebiopharmaceuticalcancerpeptides
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External links

Websitepepticom.com
LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/13182242
YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCw2nwNKaAM7ZGksw7eilEJw

Identifiers & details

Founded2011
Employees (exact)16

Radar intelligence

Patents

EPO6

Publications (Crossref)

Works2

Web history (Wayback)

Domainpepticom.com

Certificate / subdomain footprint

Subdomains4

Israeli Companies Registrar (רשם החברות / ICA)

Registrar # (ח.פ.)514691880
Statusפעילה
Corp typeישראלית חברה פרטית
Incorporated2011-12-01
Purposeלעסוק בכל עיסוק חוקי
Liabilityמוגבלת
In violation (unfiled)no
Last annual report2025
Active charges / liens0
Registry events1 — shares_capital (1)
Registered addressכפר ההיטק גבעת רם 2 ירושלים

Recent registry events

DateEvent
2025-08-20הקצאת מניות