Chainreactor
Chainreactor

The flight simulator for biology

Chainreactors pressurizable bioreactors combine physical AI, process engineering and patented 3D-printing.

Would you board a plane with an 80% chance of crashing?

Those are the odds biomanufacturers are up against every time they scale a process, because every batch is a bet against physics.

01

The Journey

Moving to a commercial facility requires a 1,000x increase in volume. At that scale, cells behave very differently.

02

The Turbulence

Mixing time stretches from a perfect 5 seconds in the lab to a stagnant 60–120 seconds in a giant tank.

03

The Crash

Localized physical stress starves and suffocates cells — yields plummet by 20% to 70%.

microenvironment

Lab Scale

Commercial Scale

Lab scale diagramCommercial scale diagram

5 seconds

uniform

60-120 seconds

gradients

The same cells in the same media.
A completely different physical world.

§4B of capital has been lost to that failure to scale.

 

Chainreactor is the flight simulator for biotech: hardware and software that lets you design, predict and test before you scale, saving millions in R&D.

3D printed modular benchtop bioreactorLarge Biological Model — predicted cell journey

Our 3D printed modular benchtop bioreactors replicate industrial scale physics. The bench behaves just like the plant.

2 patent families filed

EU / UK / US deployments

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Materials made by biology.
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Packaging
Packaging
Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceuticals
Furniture
Furniture
Textiles
Textiles
Cosmetics
Cosmetics
Packaging
Packaging
Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceuticals
Furniture
Furniture
Textiles
Textiles
Cosmetics
Cosmetics

Key Features

01Our Reactors
  • 2 – 2000 liters
  • One easy subscription
  • Desktop / Cloud Control / Scriptable / Iterative
02Vessels
  • Polymer vessel sizes from 250ml to 2k liters
  • Stirred tank, Airlift and Perfusion Bioreactors
  • Machine vision soft sensors
03Control System
  • Peristaltic pumps
  • Cascade control
  • Heating and cooling system included
  • Standard sensors: PH, DO, Temperature
  • Agitation Control
  • Touchscreen Interface
  • Fully scriptable processes
Chainreactor bioreactor deployed in a facility

Print the vessel. Skip the wait.
Land safely.

Legacy Hardware
12–24 month lead times
Fixed geometry
Supply chain dependency
Revalidation at scale
Chainreactor
Days to deployment
Fully custom
Printed locally
Geometry continuity

backed by:

atb
biolab
centi
citeve
heartfelt
imperial
marvellabs
newdawn
norrsken
octarine
positive materials
recircle
tecnico
tum
atb
biolab
centi
citeve
heartfelt
imperial
marvellabs
newdawn
norrsken
octarine
positive materials
recircle
tecnico
tum

Building the picks and shovels

for the biotech revolution.

Based in Lisbon, Portugal, our founding team has extensive experience in biotechnology and additive manufacturing, and includes the founders of two successful startups.

 

Blending hands-on production capabilities and advanced automation skills, we're driven by the determination to help solve some of humanity's most complex problems. One bioreactor at a time.

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