Professional,rigorous,reliable
We combine our team’s know-howwith proprietary technology todeliver better biocatalysts
Who we are
ZYMVOL assists industries with biocatalyst discovery and optimization through computer-driven innovation.
ZYMVOL BIOMODELING SL is a biotech company based in Barcelona, Spain, and specialized in the design, development and application of molecular modeling software to enzyme discovery and optimization.
Founded in 2017 by the 3 co-founders and still privately owned, the company has grown into a multidisciplinary team of highly specialized experts with a strong track record in successful enzyme engineering, discovery and development. Today, we work with clients from 10 different countries worldwide and have successfully run a wide variety of industrial projects.
ZYMVOL is deeply embedded in the international scientific community and actively participates in various top tier research projects.
ZYMVOL’s goal is to make high-performing enzymes accessible to any company in need of biocatalysts. Our clients include companies in sectors such as Chemical, Pharma, Food & Beverage, Biotech service providers, Generics, Flavor & Fragrances and Animal Feed.
ZYMVOL is founded in Barcelona, Spain.
ZYMEVOLVER1.0 is launched to provide custom enzyme design
ZYMVOL reaches breakeven.
B-LigZymes Grant (3,9M€)
NEOTEC Grant (200k€) and SMARTBOX Grant (970k€)
SME Phase II Grant (1.3M€)
ZYMVOL's first proprietary enzyme
European Commission awards Maria Fátima Lucas with Women Innovators Prize
ZYMVOL and Gecco Biotech launch a joint venture: OXYCO, The Enzyme Factory
ZYMVOL lands €1.3M in seed funding from Elaia Partners
Team
Maria F. Lucas, PhD
Chief
Executive Officer & Co-founder
Doctorate in Computational Chemistry and over 20 years of experience in protein science
Mona Costelloe, PhD
Chief Business Officer
Extensive scientific and strategic business development experience at Galapagos, Charles River Laboratories, BioClinica, Synco Biopartners and IMIHGOM
Edouard Rozan, PhD
Chief Revenue Officer
Innovation Executive with +25 years experience creating new business in global companies as well as founding startups
Ena Bhalla
Project Manager
Masters Degree in Human Resources & Finance with over 15 years of experience in recruitment and operations management
Carla Llagostera
Administration Manager
Masters Degree in Event Planning with over 10 years experience as Admin & Office Manager.
Rosa Abadie
Head of Legal
Masters Degree in International, Intellectual Property and Information Technologies Law with +15 years of experience in practice
Jesús Seco, PhD
Discovery Director
One of the main designers of our enzyme search platform (BMM) and an expert in identifying enzymes for unnatural reactions
Marina Cañellas, PhD
Evolution Director
Expert in enzyme design with particular emphasis to polymer degradation/production
Brian Jimenez, PhD
Chief Technology Officer
One of the expert developers and leading researcher of the project iDEA-PS: Inhibition of Detergent Enzymes Advanced Prediction Software
Andrea Martínez Bernardini, PhD
Marketing & Business Strategy
Doctorate in Biotechnology with 10 years of experience in research and management
Lur Alonso, PhD
Innovation Manager
Scientist with broad experience in computational optimization of industrial enzymatic processes
Ferran Sancho Jodar, PhD
R&D Manager
One of the expert developers of our enzyme design platform and related machine learning algorithms
Valeria González
Brand & Communications Specialist
Journalism Graduate specialized in Corporate Communications
Ryoji Takahashi, PhD
Senior Researcher
Scientist with +10 years of experience specialized in machine learning applied to enzyme engineering
Ana Mafalda Martins, PhD
Research Software Developer
Experienced researcher responsible for consolidating and supporting current projects, as well as developing new software
Nicholus Bhattacharjee, PhD
Postdoc Fellow
ACCIO Tecniospring INDUSTRY and MSCA Postdoc Fellow under the framework of the ENZIMMO-P project
Mahdi Hassankalhori
PhD Fellow
MSCA PhD Fellow under the framework of the BioInspireSensing Project
Iñaki Bedoya
Back-End Software Developer
Ana Lozano
Content Creator in Science Communication
María Dasí
Data Engineer
Joan Capell
Data Engineer
Bruno Victor, PhD
Molecular Modeller
Miquel Canyelles, PhD
Molecular Modeller
Gerard Margalef
Business Analyst
Adrián Ramón
Strategic Business Developer
A company that catalyzes change
At ZYMVOL we’re making better performing enzymes accessible to everyone.
Through , we strive to become the leading company for biotech innovation.
Advisory Board
Enrique Shadah
Head of Strategic Relationships Massachusettts Institute of Technology
Ildebrando Lucas
Professor of Finance, Algonquin College
Anthony Sinskey
Professor of Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alessandra Basso
LifeTech Manager at Purolite
Maria Joao Ramos
Vice-Rector for Research and Development, University of Porto
Willem J.H. van Berkel
Full Professor of Biocatalysis Wageningen University & Research
Manel Arrufat
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Manager Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
Nikola Loncar
CEO of GECCO Biotech B.V.
Daniel Dias
Entrepreneur. Former Head of Biotech Innovation at Solvay.
Awards & Recognitions
Winners of «Fast Track It!» Pitch Contest | TWB Start-Up Day 2021
EU Prize for Women Innovators 2020 awarded to Maria Fátima Lucas, CEO of ZYMVOL
TOP 500 Deeptech Startup worldwide by Hello Tomorrow 2018
Best pitch in Richi Social Entrepreneurs Immersion Program 2017
Most promising industrial Start Up 2017 | IQS Next Tech
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