Gb Sciences

Gb Sciences

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Private Company

Total funding raised: $20M

Market Cap: $122KFounded: 2009HQ: Las Vegas, United States

Overview

Gb Sciences is a Las Vegas-based biopharmaceutical company founded in 2009 with a mission to bridge botanical medicine and modern drug discovery. Its core strategy utilizes the AI-powered PhAROS platform to deconvolute plant mixtures into defined, synergistic drug candidates. The company's key achievement is a patented, cannabinoid-based Parkinson's disease therapy with positive animal proof-of-concept data, now partnered for first-in-human trial sponsorship, alongside a broader preclinical pipeline.

NeurologyInflammation/ImmunologyCardiology

Technology Platform

The PhAROS Drug Discovery Platform uses AI and machine learning to predict synergistic combinations of plant-derived active ingredients, which are then validated through high-throughput screening in disease models to create defined 'minimum essential mixture' drug candidates.

Funding History

4
Total raised:$20M
PIPE$10M
Debt$3M
Series A$5M
Seed$2M

Opportunities

The large, growing markets for Parkinson's disease and anti-inflammatory therapies present significant commercial opportunities.
The company's AI-driven platform offers a scalable method to mine plant-based chemistry for novel, synergistic drug candidates, potentially attracting partnership interest across multiple disease areas.

Risk Factors

The company faces high preclinical development risk, financial uncertainty as a pre-revenue micro-cap stock, and the regulatory complexity of advancing defined botanical mixtures.
Competition from large, well-funded pharma and pure-play AI discovery firms is intense.

Competitive Landscape

Gb Sciences competes in crowded therapeutic areas but differentiates through its specialized AI platform for plant-based mixture optimization. It faces competition from large neurology-focused pharma, broad AI drug discovery companies, and cannabinoid pharmaceutical developers, but its niche focus on minimum essential mixtures is unique.

Company Timeline

2009Founded

Founded in Las Vegas, United States

2016Series A

Series A: $5.0M

2020PIPE

PIPE: $10.0M