Manifold
Manifold sells enterprise workflow software for life sciences companies, helping accelerate drug development from research to clinical use. The company has raised $41M, most recently in a Series B, and serves hundreds of organizations with tens of thousands of users.
The growth story
Manifold grew from 73 to 97 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $41M along the way, most recently a Series B in December 2025.
About
Manifold provides software that helps life sciences companies and research institutions manage drug development workflows. Their platform covers processes from early-stage target identification through clinical trials to market access and precision medicine applications.
The company has 97 employees and counts Broad Institute and Kyruus Health alumni among its top talent sources. While median tenure is just one year, former staff have founded at least six startups including Meadow AI and DocDraft.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is the largest function with 23 staff. Leadership includes executives from HubSpot and DNAnexus, suggesting a blend of enterprise software and life sciences expertise.
The Manifold org chart
Vinay Seth Mohta (CEO & Co-founder) leads 40 mapped leaders with 7 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 25 (+4% YoY), Business Development 14 (+27% YoY), Information Technology 13 (+18% YoY), Operations 6 (0% YoY), Sales 5 (+400% YoY), Administrative 4 (0% YoY).
Talent flow
12 employees came from Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, with Kyruus Health (11) and HubSpot (7) as other key sources. Alumni most often move to Reveal HealthTech (12 hires) or smaller health tech startups.
Most common previous employers of Manifold staff: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (12), Kyruus Health (11), HubSpot (7), DNAnexus (7), Endeca (5), Champions Oncology (3). Former Manifold employees most often moved to Reveal HealthTech (12), Paradigm Health (3), Delphos Labs (3), Hydrolix (2), Eleos Health (2), Google DeepMind (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The Manifold mafia
Manifold alumni have founded at least six startups, including Meadow AI (20 staff) and DocDraft (8 staff). Two former employees also launched JoyFi, though it remains small with just two staff.
7Dragos Velicanu, was Staff Data Engineer until 2021Anish Dalal, was Senior Machine Learning Engineer until 2022Praveen Ghanta, was Angel Investor until 2022Alexander Ng, was Head of Customer Engagement & Growth until 2023Rebecca Patterson, was Product Manager until 2025Jess I., was Software Engineering until 2022
Goutam Reddy, was Co-Founder, Director of IOT until 2018Web traffic
Traffic mix: 51% direct, 28% search, 13% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Manifold: Python (Programming Language) (36), Data Analysis (29), Leadership (27), SQL (24), Research Skills (22), Java (21), Microsoft Office (21), Linux (20).
Where the team actually sits
Manifold people are concentrated in Massachusetts, United States (20), Greater Boston (12), United States (5), California, United States (5).
Search footprint
Manifold attracts about 122 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $4K a month if bought through ads. It gained 47 ranking keywords and lost 108 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.80 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.80 / 5
- Senior management
- 5.00 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 5.00 / 5
Frequently asked
Manifold has 97 employees as of September 2026.
Manifold has raised $41M in total, most recently a Series B round in December 2025.
Manifold was founded in 2016 by Vivek Mohta, Vinay Seth Mohta, Rajendra Koppula, Demba Ba.
Vinay Seth Mohta (CEO & Co-founder) sits at the top of Manifold's reporting structure, with 7 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Manifold staff are Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (12 people), Kyruus Health (11 people), HubSpot (7 people).
Former Manifold employees most often move to Reveal HealthTech (12), Paradigm Health (3), Delphos Labs (3).
At least 6 companies have a founder who previously worked at Manifold, including Meadow AI, DocDraft, DevHawk.
Manifold attracts about 122 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $4K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Manifold staff are Python (Programming Language), Data Analysis, Leadership, SQL, Research Skills.
Manifold staff are concentrated in Massachusetts, United States (20), Greater Boston (12), United States (5).
Manifold has about 25 people in Engineering, up 4% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Manifold has about 14 people in Business Development, up 27% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 69 current and 114 former Manifold profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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