Lucero Bio

Lucero Bio is a Swedish biotech startup based in Gothenburg. They specialize in creating precision liquid handling solutions that enable pharmaceutical companies to use 3D cell cultures at scale. Their mission is to support broader testing of efficacy, toxicity, and safety in drug discovery by providing automated and selective trapping, isolation, and positioning of individual cell clusters. Lucero's technology allows for quick and easy preparation of assay-ready plates from bulk samples, reducing the need for human intervention from sample prep to data analysis. They are focused on addressing industry, innovation, and infrastructure goals and promoting good health and wellbeing through their innovative 3D cell culture handling platform. Lucero's first application is in metabolic profiling assays using mini hepatocyte spheroids, with the aim of transitioning customers from 2D to 3D hepatocyte models to improve data accuracy and predictability. They also see potential in other therapeutic areas, pharmaceutical functions, and clinical applications.