


Bioptimus
Builds foundation models of biology, starting with pathology images (H-Optimus) and a multimodal model (M-Optimus), and is assembling a large spatial tissue atlas (STELA) to train them.
Money and evidence
Latest round, Round (unnamed), 2025-01-14: the record then held no research entry for the company. The first research entry is dated 2026-04-17; the highest level so far is 2 (Computed).
Rounds and research, on one timeline
- 2026-04-17Research
Level 2 · Computed
Bioptimus reports its pathology model H-optimus-1 ranks first on two outside benchmarks, but 14th of 23 on tissue segmentation
A stained tissue slide is the most common record of a cancer. A model that turns any slide into general-purpose features lets a hospital or drugmaker build a biomarker test from a smaller labelled set. H-optimus-1 is Bioptimus's main model, free for academic use since February 2025, and the poster's case is that benchmarks run by other groups, not only its own tests, put it at or near the top.
- 2025-01-14Round (unnamed)Round
$41M
For: multimodal platform, pharma partnerships, more datasets
Models and platformCommercial roll-outData generation
The release does not name the stage; the $76M in its headline is the cumulative total including the $35M seed.
Lead · Cathay Innovation ✓Sofinnova Partners ✓Bpifrance Large VentureAndera Partners ✓Hitachi Ventures ✓Boom Capital VenturesThomas Wolf (angel)SunriseEmmanuel Cassimatis (angel)
On the deal: Emmanuel Cassimatis (Angel investor); Jacky Abitbol (Partner, Cathay Innovation); Thomas Wolf (Angel investor)
The investor's own page says · Andera Partners: 12.2024 (andera Life Sciences)
The investor's own page says · Hitachi Ventures: Series A
- 2024-02-20SeedRound
$35M
For: build a multi-scale foundation model of biology
Models and platform
Lead · Sofinnova Partners ✓Bpifrance Large VentureFrst ✓Cathay Innovation ✓Headline ✓OwkinXavier NielHummingbirdNJF CapitalTop Harvest Capital
On the deal: Edward Kliphuis (Partner, Sofinnova Partners); Laurent Higueret (Senior Investment Director, Bpifrance Large Venture); Xavier Niel (Individual investor)
The investor's own page says · Frst: Seed
Research entries are the timeline's graded entries that name this company. A level grades one claim, not the company, and a blank can mean the record has not caught up rather than that nothing was published.
On the investors' own sites
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- Andera Partners12.2024 (andera Life Sciences)anderapartners.com ↗
- Cathay InnovationSeed 2024; own post "Behind the Term Sheet: Bioptimus' $41M Series A" 2025-02-04cathayinnovation.com ↗
- FrstSeedfrst.vc ↗
- Headlineheadline.com ↗
- Hitachi VenturesSeries Ahitachi-ventures.com ↗
- Sofinnova Partnerssofinnovapartners.com ↗
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