Scimplify

Scimplify is an advanced materials and specialty chemicals contract manufacturing platform that develops manufacturing processes to convert raw materials, industrial waste, and laboratory discoveries into high-purity materials at scale.

Good fit · 74 / 100

$25MBengaluru, India5d ago

Advanced Materials & Chemical Contract Manufacturing

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Why now

Based on the reported round

Funding round of $25M announced 5d ago, led by Hitachi Ventures.

Also backed by Accel India, Bertelsmann India Investments, Omnivore and 4 more.
Reported 5d ago. The window is closing, so reach out soon.

Why it fits

Reached approximately $200 million annualized revenue run-rate across 40+ countries
Tier-one enterprise customers including Henkel, Teknor Apex, and BASF
Raised $80 million total equity funding backed by Accel, Bertelsmann, and Hitachi Ventures
Network of 500+ pre-audited manufacturing facilities and 600+ scientists and advisors
Founders bring direct industry scaling experience from OfBusiness and Zetwerk

View score breakdownScored against thesis v4

74 / 100 · Qualified (minimum 30) · Scored against thesis v4, 14 Oct, 22:43 IST

Sector / thesis fit17 / 25
Technology defensibility10 / 15

Company snapshot

Funding: $25M
Sector: Specialty Chemicals · Advanced Materials & Chemical Contract Manufacturing
Location: Bengaluru, India
Business model: B2B
Founded: 2023
Website: scimplify.com (opens in a new tab)

Product & traction

Product: Full-stack contract manufacturing and fulfillment platform providing route scouting, process development, R&D, and scalable manufacturing of specialty chemicals, advanced materials, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), and biologics.
Target customer: Global industrial and high-tech enterprises across semiconductors, defense, energy storage/batteries, AI infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and personal care.
Technology: SciNode (and ATOMS architecture), an AI-enabled scientific execution and operating platform that maps molecular synthesis pathways, tunes manufacturing parameters, predicts chemical substitutes, and catalogs capacity and equipment across a network of 500+ manufacturing facilities.
Market: Global advanced materials and specialty chemicals supply chain, including semiconductor chemicals, battery materials, rare earths, agrochemicals, and pharmaceuticals.
Differentiation: Science-led, R&D-first approach combining in-house laboratories and scientists with an AI-enabled platform (SciNode) and a decentralized network of over 500 pre-audited contract manufacturing facilities, enabling made-to-order high-purity chemical production without heavy capex.

Traction

Total equity capital raised of $80 million
Served customers in more than 40 countries (previously reported 600 customers across 16+ countries)
Reached an annualized revenue run-rate (ARR) of approximately $200 million

Founders

Dheeraj DhingraCo-founder
IIM Bangalore graduate; former Zetwerk executive who led international expansion across the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
Hersh ManekCo-founder
Background not established from public sources.
Sachin SanthoshCo-founder
IIT Madras alumnus; previously worked at OfBusiness managing polymer, textile, and packaging supply chains.
Salil SrivastavaCo-founder
Holds an MBA from MANAGE Hyderabad; previously launched and scaled the chemicals vertical at Zetwerk.

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Key talking points

Reached approximately $200 million annualized revenue run-rate across 40+ countries
Tier-one enterprise customers including Henkel, Teknor Apex, and BASF
Raised $80 million total equity funding backed by Accel, Bertelsmann, and Hitachi Ventures
Total equity capital raised of $80 million
Served customers in more than 40 countries (previously reported 600 customers across 16+ countries)

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Sources & evidenceArticles, research links and exact timestamps

Funding round · $25M · Draft ready

Investors: Hitachi Ventures (lead), Accel India, Bertelsmann India Investments, Omnivore, Henkel, Teknor Apex, Accel, 3one4 Capital

Scimplify raises $25 Mn in strategic round led by Hitachi Ventures (opens in a new tab)Entrackr — News sitemap · published 14 Oct, 19:17 IST · first seen 14 Oct, 22:41 IST
Speciality chemicals startup Scimplify raises $25 million to expand US operations (opens in a new tab)ET Startups (ETtech) · published 14 Oct, 18:00 IST · first seen 14 Oct, 22:41 IST
B2B manufacturing startup Scimplify raises $25 mn led by Hitachi Ventures (opens in a new tab)Mint — Start-ups · published 14 Oct, 15:28 IST · first seen 14 Oct, 22:41 IST
Scimplify Bags $25 Mn To Scale Its Semiconductor Chemicals Business (opens in a new tab)Inc42 — Buzz · published 14 Oct, 22:41 IST · first seen 15 Oct, 03:11 IST

Contact detailsinfo@scimplify.com · Published on their site

Contact found · checked 14 Oct, 22:43 IST

Preferred contact · Company

info@scimplify.comPublished on their site

Contact	Type	Verification	Found via	Checked
info@scimplify.comPreferred	Company · general	Published on their site	Company website (opens in a new tab) Published on the official company website	14 Oct, 22:43 IST
research@scimplify.com	Company · other	Published on their site	Company website (opens in a new tab) Published on the official company website	14 Oct, 22:43 IST
cr@scimplify.com	Company · other	Published on their site	Company website (opens in a new tab) Published on the official company website	14 Oct, 22:43 IST
emailinfo@scimplify.com	Company · other	Published on their site	Company website (opens in a new tab) Published on the official company website	14 Oct, 22:43 IST
Contact form (opens in a new tab)	Contact form	Published on their site	Company website (opens in a new tab) Public contact form on the official website	14 Oct, 22:43 IST
dheerajdhingra@scimplify.com Dheeraj Dhingra	Founder	Guessed from a pattern	Pattern Generated from the "firstlast" naming pattern. Not published anywhere.	14 Oct, 22:43 IST
hersh@scimplify.com Hersh Manek	Founder	Guessed from a pattern	Pattern Generated from the "first" naming pattern. Not published anywhere.	14 Oct, 22:43 IST
hersh.manek@scimplify.com Hersh Manek	Founder	Guessed from a pattern	Pattern Generated from the "first.last" naming pattern. Not published anywhere.	14 Oct, 22:43 IST
hershmanek@scimplify.com Hersh Manek	Founder	Guessed from a pattern	Pattern Generated from the "firstlast" naming pattern. Not published anywhere.	14 Oct, 22:43 IST
sachin@scimplify.com Sachin Santhosh	Founder	Guessed from a pattern	Pattern Generated from the "first" naming pattern. Not published anywhere.	14 Oct, 22:43 IST
sachin.santhosh@scimplify.com Sachin Santhosh	Founder	Guessed from a pattern	Pattern Generated from the "first.last" naming pattern. Not published anywhere.	14 Oct, 22:43 IST
sachinsanthosh@scimplify.com Sachin Santhosh	Founder	Guessed from a pattern	Pattern Generated from the "firstlast" naming pattern. Not published anywhere.	14 Oct, 22:43 IST
dheeraj.dhingra@scimplify.com Dheeraj Dhingra	Founder	Guessed from a pattern	Pattern Generated from the "first.last" naming pattern. Not published anywhere.	14 Oct, 22:43 IST
salil@scimplify.com Salil Srivastava	Founder	Guessed from a pattern	Pattern Generated from the "first" naming pattern. Not published anywhere.	14 Oct, 22:43 IST
salil.srivastava@scimplify.com Salil Srivastava	Founder	Guessed from a pattern	Pattern Generated from the "first.last" naming pattern. Not published anywhere.	14 Oct, 22:43 IST
salilsrivastava@scimplify.com Salil Srivastava	Founder	Guessed from a pattern	Pattern Generated from the "firstlast" naming pattern. Not published anywhere.	14 Oct, 22:43 IST
dheeraj@scimplify.com Dheeraj Dhingra	Founder	Guessed from a pattern	Pattern Generated from the "first" naming pattern. Not published anywhere.	14 Oct, 22:43 IST

Guessed and unverified addresses are kept for reference only and are never filled into a draft. A valid mail domain doesn’t prove a mailbox exists.

Technical detailsFor audit and debugging

Pipeline state: 23deb308: drafted (attempts 1)
research: completed · contacts: completed
Thesis version: v4 (74, qualified)
Model metadata: gemini-3.8-flash, confidence 0.95 · draft: gemini-3.8-flash
Dedupe: normalised name: scimplify · domain: scimplify.com
round 23deb308: 5 merged report(s)
Internal IDs: startup 6976001e-cf9e-4ec3-8865-97369eaa1376
round 23deb308-30a7-436b-9de6-ca7c1c68eeb3
assessment be0f88cd-7bec-478c-9d68-ad6e9b9191b6
outreach c0ece7d1-57e4-4556-aefa-01ae43a915bf

Evidence

founder = {"name":"Salil Srivastava","role":"Co-founder"} · investor first party · high
founder = {"name":"Sachin Santhosh","role":"Co-founder"} · investor first party · high
funding_amount = {"amount":25000000,"currency":"USD"} · reputable media (Entrackr — News sitemap) · high
funding_amount = {"amount":25000000,"currency":"USD"} · reputable media (ET Startups (ETtech)) · high
funding_amount = {"amount":25000000,"currency":"USD"} · reputable media (Mint — Start-ups) · high
funding_amount = {"amount":25000000,"currency":"USD"} · reputable media (Inc42 — Buzz) · high
funding_amount = {"amount":25000000,"currency":"USD"} · investor first party (3one4 Capital) · high
portfolio_membership = {"status":"portfolio","investor":"3one4 Capital","partnered_year":null,"stage_at_entry":null} · investor first party · medium
website = https://www.scimplify.com/ · investor first party · high

Pipeline events

16 Oct, 16:56 IST duplicate_report_attached — Scimplify Raises $25 Million: Powering India’s $1 Trillion Materials Decade attached to existing round of Scimplify
15 Oct, 03:12 IST duplicate_report_attached — Scimplify Bags $25 Mn To Scale Its Semiconductor Chemicals Business attached to existing round of Scimplify
15 Oct, 03:12 IST duplicate_report_attached — B2B manufacturing startup Scimplify raises $25 mn led by Hitachi Ventures attached to existing round of Scimplify
14 Oct, 22:44 IST draft_created — Draft generated via database
14 Oct, 22:43 IST fit_scored — Scimplify: 74/100 (qualified)
14 Oct, 22:43 IST startup_enriched — Scimplify enriched
14 Oct, 22:43 IST investor_evidence — 3one4 Capital added first-party evidence
14 Oct, 22:43 IST website_resolved — Scimplify: official website found at https://www.scimplify.com/
14 Oct, 22:42 IST duplicate_report_attached — Speciality chemicals startup Scimplify raises $25 million to expand US operations attached to existing round of Scimplify
14 Oct, 22:42 IST funding_event_created — Scimplify unknown