{
  "id": 12645510,
  "title": "France’s Rivercell emerges from stealth with €22 million for AI-powered drug discovery infrastructure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/frances-rivercell-emerges-from-stealth-with-22-million-for-ai-powered",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-07T14:24:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "EU-Startups",
    "slug": "eu-startups",
    "url": "https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/10/frances-rivercell-emerges-from-stealth-with-e22-million-for-ai-powered-drug-discovery-infrastructure/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Paris-based BioTech and AI company Rivercell has exited stealth mode with a €22 million ($25 million) Seed round led by HV. The investment will support Rivercell's data generation platform, expansion of its Paris lab, and launch of the AI Virtual Cell programme. Yann Fleureau, co-founder and CEO of Rivercell, emphasizes the importance of a world model of the cell as the \"opportunity of the century in medicine.\" The investment follows a year of active funding for European AI-focused life sciences startups, including €100.7 million across 2026. France is represented by companies such as Generare and WhiteLab Genomics, highlighting the growing trend of investment in biological data generation and computational models for pharmaceutical research. Rivercell's proprietary platform generates high-quality single-cell data at scale, which trains its AI world model to predict cell responses to drugs and genetic changes, potentially accelerating drug discovery by reducing reliance on physical wet-lab experiments.",
  "summary": "Rivercell, a Paris-based BioTech and AI company building proprietary cell-response data infrastructure and a world model that predicts how human cells respond to treatment, has launched today out of stealth with a €22 million ($25 million) Seed round. The round was led by HV, with participation from HCVC, Alven and Bpifrance Digital Venture. The investment […] The post France’s Rivercell emerges…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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