We’re Apprentice, your partner in manufacturing
Learn how we’re helping manufactures adopt the latest technologies to release batches faster.
Our awards & recognition
We're proud of the ways our products, solutions, services — but above all, our people — are being seen and celebrated in the world of life science.
Our story
Despite incredible therapeutic innovations, the process for manufacturing these life-changing drugs lagged behind.
Because of the largely paper-based processes involved in pharma manufacturing, millions of dollars were lost in drug batches due to quality deviations. These legacy processes just weren’t going to hold up to the demands of new therapies – biologics, cell, and gene.
We created Apprentice to bring the pharma industry up to speed with the transformative potential of technology.
Our co-founders, Angelo Stracquatanio, Gary Pignata and Alexandra Buttke come from the worlds of tech and pharma. Together, they've established an international team of experts, a rapidly-expanding customer base, and a growing list of high-caliber partners all dedicated to developing expeditious ways to create medicines that will forever make life better for the people who need them most – patients.
Co-founders met and identified how modern technology could solve the inefficiencies in the drug production process.
First customers successfully used our web portal and wearable headset to connect remote colleagues to the manufacturing suite and we raised a $2.5 million seed round.
Raised an $8 million Series A round to meet the demands of a growing, global customer base and expand product capabilities.
The COVID-19 pandemic hit and we helped our customers keep drug production going, leading to a $24 million Series B round to keep pace with exploding customer demand.
Raised a $100 million Series C round and launched our vision for one platform to turn molecules into medicine.
Raised an additional $65 million in funding led by ICONIQ Growth, and launched the Connected Manufacturing Network.
Our guiding principles
Our mission: to create a lasting impact from COVID to cancer. So how do we get there? By letting our vision guide our goals. Read our 5 guiding principles to see how — and why — we're putting our beliefs into action.
Our leaders
We’re building a company for the future led by innovators from high-growth tech and pharma.
Angelo Stracquatanio
CEO & Founder
Gary Pignata
Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer
Ali Farrell
Chief People Officer
Russell Hirschorn
Chief Customer Officer
Liz Hall
Chief of Staff
Our investors
We’re backed on this journey by leading investors in tech and healthcare. Together, we’re invested in helping the industry transform.
