India Innovation Fund Invests in Shantani Proteome Analytics, a Life Science Technology Company
- Shantani develops advanced technology applications for use by drug discovery organisations
- Proprietary technology allows savings of 50-70 per cent in cost and time over existing strategies.
Shantani’s proprietary chemical proteomics technology platform is used to identify and validate a few but rightful targets (cellular binding partners) of drugs and drug like bioactive molecules in a very short period of time allowing savings of 50-70 per cent in cost and time over existing strategies. It is also valuable for drug repositioning purposes and for identifying off-target interactions of a drug to understand its toxicity profile.
Rajesh Rai, Chief Executive Office, India Innovation Fund, said, “We are excited to partner with Dr.Saxena and the Shantani team. Shantani has developed a unique technology platform with significant benefits for drug design and development. We look forward to supporting the company through the IIF network.”
Dr.Chaitanya Saxena, Chief Executive Officer and Board of Director, Shantani Proteome Analytics Pvt. Ltd. said, “We have an innovative and exciting technology in the niche area of drug (target) discovery. However to grow our business we were not only looking for capital but the right partners with the understanding of technology driven businesses and a strong network in life sciences to help take our start-up to next stage. IIF led funding came with all those ingredients”