Move across the cartridge to find cells

Accelerating drug development

Cell function, measured at library scale

using pooled functional screening on a consumable product

The problem

Drug candidates are generated faster than they can be tested

Libraries can exceed a million variants, but function is still measured using arrayed assays a few hundred or thousand wells at a time. AI widens the gap by designing more candidates, not fewer.

A standard plate
384
wells - the format most screens run in
384–1,536
wells on the plates labs run today
up to 1,000,000
wells in one Advemto cartridge, each linked to its own address

Advemto cartridge technology

One consumable cartridge. No new instruments.

From library to sequence-linked function in five steps.

01

Prepare

Library prepared off the cartridge, single cells intact.

02

Load

Cells settle into wells, each with its own address.

03

Measure

Live-cell function, read across every well at once.

04

Sequence

Hits pooled; every read resolves back to its well.

05

Analyse

Every cell’s function indexed to its sequence.

Where it fits

For programmes where the library is bigger than the assay can handle.

Functional biologics discovery

Screen antibody, bispecific, peptide, CAR-T and TCR candidates on function, then sequence the ones that work.

Vaccine development

Test mRNA constructs, UTRs, antigen and neoantigen candidates side by side, at library scale.

Platform agnostic

Not tied to one modality. Use it wherever function needs to be read cell by cell, including cell–cell interactions.

Milestones

Recognised by the field and backed by experienced investors.

2026
Finalist, CYTO Innovation Technology Showcase.
2025
BioTools Innovator cohort - 31 of 400+ applicants.

Investors

Lead investorMovacNZ Growth Capital PartnersIcehouse VenturesEnterprise AngelsFlying Kiwi AngelsNuance Connected CapitalNZ Innovation BoosterSIP InnovationExponential Founders FundK1WIMatū

Early access

Run Advemto cartridges in your discovery programme

We’re inviting a small number of programmes to work with us from mid-2027. If functional screening at library scale is a bottleneck for you, we’d like to hear about it.