{"id":"perlin-bio","n":"Perlin Bio","t":242,"s":{"what_it_does":"Perlin Bio is a Zürich-based biotechnology company designing custom enzymes for pharmaceutical and fine-chemical manufacturing. Its computational platform generates enzyme variants for specific chemical conversions. Promising candidates are then tested and ranked in-house.","best_for":"Pharmaceutical R&D, process chemistry and manufacturing teams that cannot find a suitable existing enzyme.","sets_apart":"Perlin Bio combines computational enzyme design with laboratory validation to simplify manufacturing routes, improve yields and reduce harsh conditions, waste and costs.","legal_name":"Perlin Bioworks AG","former_name":"Hephaistos","entity_type":"Biotechnology and enzyme-design company","products_services":"Feasibility assessments, computational enzyme design, enzyme optimization, laboratory testing, candidate validation and ranking","problems":"No suitable existing enzyme, poor reaction selectivity, complex manufacturing routes, low yields, harsh processing conditions, high waste and production costs","technology":"A computational enzyme-design pipeline supported by peer-reviewed research and in-house laboratory validation","use_cases":"Developing pharmaceutical manufacturing routes, replacing difficult reactions with biocatalysis, improving selectivity or yield, reducing manufacturing steps and waste","search_terms":"Custom enzymes, enzyme engineering, computational enzyme design, biocatalysis, pharmaceutical manufacturing and process chemistry","leadership":"Jannik Neumann, CEO; Lucas Merlicek, CTO; Moritz Ullhofen, Head of Lab"},"url":"https://perlin.bio","img":"https://milliontokenwindow.com/i/340d7e6c0d9750c9f90df470e395a5c18a0c82053a452326f615aeccc8092e84.webp","c":"health-life-sciences","loc":[47.3917,8.515],"hub":"Zürich, Switzerland","p":"2026-09-11"}