{"id":62718,"date":"2026-06-22T08:20:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T00:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=62718"},"modified":"2026-06-22T08:20:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T00:20:02","slug":"singapores-chemt-raises-4m-to-bring-ai-to-biomanufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=62718","title":{"rendered":"Singapore&#8217;s ChemT raises $4m to bring AI to biomanufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>Artificial intelligence (AI) has been widely used to discover new drugs, but Singapore-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/search\/page\/1?s=ChemT%20Biotechnology&amp;sort_by=recent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ChemT Biotechnology<\/a> is betting the technology can also help solve one of the pharmaceutical industry\u2019s biggest challenges: manufacturing them at scale.<\/p>\n<p>The startup said it had secured $4 million in its Seed funding round, anchored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/search\/page\/1?s=Wavemaker%20Ventures&amp;sort_by=recent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wavemaker Ventures<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/search\/page\/1?s=SEEDS&amp;sort_by=recent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEEDS<\/a>, to expand its AI-driven platform.<\/p>\n<p>The platform aims to improve biologics manufacturing, a process that ChemT said often hampered by long development timelines, unpredictable yields, and high production costs.<\/p>\n<p>The round brings ChemT\u2019s total funding to $5 million within 18 months, including $1 million in angel investment. Other investors in the seed round include Wavemaker 360 Health, Draper University Ventures, and Temasek Life Sciences Accelerator, per the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>ChemT said it applies AI directly to manufacturing processes, helping pharmaceutical companies better understand and control how cells behave during production.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur customers come to us because they are stuck \u2013 development timelines stretch for years, processes break when you try to scale them,\u201d said Dr. Ling Wu, co-founder and President of ChemT Biotechnology.<\/p>\n<p>At the centre of the company\u2019s technology is CelMo, an AI-powered \u201cvirtual cell\u201d platform trained on proprietary biological sequencing data and validated through laboratory experiments.<\/p>\n<p>The platform, according to ChemT, is designed to simulate how cells respond to manufacturing conditions, genetic modifications, and other stresses, enabling manufacturers to identify ways to improve productivity and scalability.<\/p>\n<p>The fresh capital will be used to expand ChemT\u2019s AI and experimental infrastructure, advance its AI-designed molecular products toward regulatory readiness, and grow its commercial partnerships, according to the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>The company also plans to extend its platform beyond CHO and T cells into stem cells, natural killer cells, and HEK cells, which are used in gene therapy and biologics production.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/stories\/chemt-raises-funds-biomanufacturing-486283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artificial intelligence (AI) has been widely used to discover new drugs, but Singapore-based ChemT Biotechnology is betting the technology can also help solve one of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/62719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}