M&A Deal Summary

Exscientia Acquires Kinetic Discovery

On November 15, 2018, Exscientia acquired life science company Kinetic Discovery

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Exscientia’s 1st transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is Exscientia’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-11-15
Target Kinetic Discovery
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) Exscientia
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Kinetic Discovery

Dundee, United Kingdom
Kinetic Discovery Ltd. offers drug discovery services as hit identification, confirmation, and validation. Kinetic Discovery sensitive technology can be used to determine the affinity of target/analyte interaction, kinetics of binding or screen compounds with a molecular weight as low as 100 Da. Kinetic Discovery Ltd. is based in Dundee, United Kingdom.

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Buyer

Exscientia

Oxford, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 2012
Sector Life Science
Employees483
Revenue 20M GBP (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Exscientia is an AI-driven pharmatech company committed to discovering, designing, and developing the best possible drugs in the fastest and most effective manner. The company developed the first-ever functional precision oncology platform to successfully guide treatment selection and improve patient outcomes in a prospective interventional clinical study, as well as to progress AI-designed small molecules into the clinical setting. Its pipeline demonstrates the ability to rapidly translate scientific concepts into precision-designed therapeutic candidates, with more than 25 projects advancing, including the first three AI-designed drug candidates to enter Phase 1 clinical trials. Exscientia was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Oxford, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Life Science M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 1