Cellular intelligence for biotechnology and bioprocessing

Do you know what your cells are actually asking for?

We do. Van Heron Labs reads your cells at multi-omic depth, builds a comprehensive biological digital twin, and translates their physiology into decisions — media, feed, process, and manufacturing outcomes. Then our team delivers what those insights recommend, from analytics through commercial scale.

What we do
What we do

We turn cellular biology
into commercial outcomes.

Every engagement starts with reading your cells and ends with a delivered improvement to your process, product, or program. Not analytics for its own sake — decisions and materials you can put to work.

01

Process development

Mechanism-backed process modifications and feed strategies that improve titer, viability, and CQAs.

02

Novel chemically-defined media

Full formulations designed from cellular data, with complete ingredient transparency and IP flexibility.

03

Novel supplements & feeds

Targeted CD supplements and specific-biologic feed strategies designed for your cell system and process or as new products you can sell commercially.

04

Deep physiological profiling

Multi-omic characterization of cells, cultures, and ancillary materials — the highest-resolution picture available.

05

Comparative studies

Head-to-head evaluations across cell types, processes, or reagent prototypes — with mechanism, not just outcome.

06

Scale-up transitions

De-risked bench-to-clinic and clinic-to-commercial transitions grounded in what the cells actually need at scale.

07

Cytokine & growth factor profiling

Precision profiling and design of signaling environments for cell therapy, regenerative medicine, and complex mammalian programs.

08

Manufacturability rescue

Root-cause diagnosis and process fixes for programs stuck on titer plateaus, CQA drift, or lot-to-lot variability.

What makes us different

Not a culture media manufacturer.
Not a software tool.
Something new.

Six ways VHL is different from every other player in this space. Each one is a category we defined or a model we brought here.

01 — The platform

Cellular, not process.

Where other digital twins model the bioreactor, ours models the biology inside it. The only commercially available multi-omic cellular digital twin.

02 — Prediction

Across biology and manufacturing.

Most bioprocess models predict batch behavior from sensor data. Ours predict biological outcomes — manufacturability, potency, therapeutic quality — from the cells themselves. Category-defining platform capability.

03 — The team

Expert scientists on your program.

70+ years of combined experience in bioprocessing, PD, media, reagents, and chemically-defined systems. Alumni of Eli Lilly, Roche, Sanofi, Merck KGaA, Thermo Fisher, Cytiva, and MIT. You work with them directly.

04 — IP model

Only novel IP with transparency + transfers.

Novel formulations designed for you become IP advantages. Full ingredient transparency and custom commercial pathways in every engagement. Not the black-box model.

05 — Delivery

End-to-end from cells to scale.

You bring the cells. We handle everything else — from multi-omic characterization through clinic-ready and commercial-scale delivery. Analytics to clinic. Analytics to commercial. One co-development engagement.

06 — Business model

Not any single thing on the market.

Not a media manufacturer. Not a software tool. Not a CDMO. Not a testing service. A cellular intelligence layer that plugs into your program and delivers what none of those categories alone can.

Problems we solve

For teams pushing the limits
of what cells can do.

Three audiences. Three sets of questions we're built to answer.

Bioprocessing
& Biologics
"Are you leaving yield on the table and not even realizing?"

For CHO mAb, biosimilar, biobetter, viral vector, and vaccine programs stuck on titer plateaus, CQA drift, or manufacturability issues that DoE can't crack. We surface the mechanism, deliver the fix, and hold it at scale.

Cell &
Gene Therapy
"Understanding cell therapies is life or death. Do you know what drives differentiation, potency, persistence — and the difference between a cell that cures and a cell that quits?"

For autologous, allogeneic, and regenerative programs where cellular state defines therapeutic outcome. We characterize what makes cells work — and design the media, feeds, and processes that keep them working through manufacturing and into the patient.

Microbial
& Fermentation
"Did you know E. coli can double in just 5 minutes? Do you understand what trace elements, cofactors, macronutrients, and signaling molecules your cultures need to reach their biological maxima?"

For E. coli, yeast, and industrial microbial programs where nutrient depletion and metabolic bottlenecks determine yield. We identify what your culture is asking for at every timepoint — and design the feed that answers.

Delivered results

Numbers from programs
we've already shipped.

200-400%
Higher titer
45-900%
Greater cell density
30-70%
Faster processes
100%
Chemically defined

Ranges reflect delivered outcomes across CHO, HEK, E. coli, Mv1Lu, and MSC programs. See the Customers page for detailed case studies.

Backed by

NVIDIA · Microsoft · AWS · gener8tor· HudsonAlpha

Recognized by

Forbes · ISCT · Business Alabama · GEN · BEST STARTUPS U.S.· BioTools Innovator

The team
The best team to solve the biggest problems in cell therapy, bioprocessing, fermentation, and microbial culture — with deep expertise in PD, media, reagents, and chemically-defined systems.
6 doctorates · 70+ years combined experience · 27+ programs shipped
Meet the team →

Ready to hear what your
cells are actually saying?

Tell us about your program.

contact@vanheronlabs.com →

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