Ready-to-Use Liver Spheroid Plates for Drug Discovery

Cryopreserved Assay-ready Liver Spheroids

Made for for early-stage ADME, tox, and PK/PD workflows.

Scale

Preloaded with 384 fully formed 3D tissue

Speed

Start testing in <24 hours

Reliability

AI-driven QC for maximum batch-to-batch uniformity

Usability

Compatible with existing workflows – no new equipment needed

How It's Done Today

Day 1

Day 7

Day 8

CULTURE SPHEROIDS
COLLECT AND SUSPEND
SORT AND DISPENSE
"READY" FOR ASSAY

The Lucero Difference
Freezer to Assay in 24 hours

Day 1
Day 2
QUALIFIED SPHEROIDS
THAW AND USE

Go from freezer to assay in 24 hours

Day 1
Pre-seeded plates with qualified spheroids Low contamination risk
Day 1
Day 2
Thaw and use Ready for compound dispensing, washing, fixing, staining, and imaging
Day 2

How It's Done Today

Day 1

Day 7

Day 8

CULTURE SPHEROIDS
COLLECT AND SUSPEND
SORT AND DISPENSE
"READY" FOR ASSAY
Day 1
Day 7
QUALIFIED SPHEROIDS
THAW AND USE

How It's Done Today

Day 1

Day 7

Day 8

CULTURE SPHEROIDS
COLLECT AND SUSPEND
SORT AND DISPENSE
"READY" FOR ASSAY
Day 1
Day 7
QUALIFIED SPHEROIDS
THAW AND USE

What Lucero's assay-ready 3D models can do

Our accurate tool for screening and selecting winning drugs.

QUICKER DECISION MAKING

100% well population with viable and uniform spheroids

SAVES 7 DAYS WORKTIME

Scientists can avoid the hassle of culturing (or contaminating) spheroids

EASE OF USE

Thaw and use plates when required. Never miss a project deadline. Product works the same every time

The Lucero Advantage

Lucero is built to lead Our assay-ready plates beat the competition in scale, quality, speed, and usability.

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About Us

Lucero was founded in response to the growing need for better 3D cell culture tools in early-stage pharmaceutical drug discovery.

We enable quicker and more accurate decision making in drug development with our cryopreserved assay-ready spheroid plates.

Our assay-ready plates are loaded with pre-qualified spheroids and optimized for high-throughput workflows in pharma.

No culturing. No variability. Just thaw and test.

2020
Lucero was founded in Gothenburg, Sweden, in response to the desperate need for better in-vitro models for drug testing. 
Awarded €150,000 ERC Proof of Concept grant to kickstart early R&D and product validation. 
2020
2021
Joined Vinnova-backed pharma consortium & moved into AstraZeneca’s BioVentureHub. 
Began co-developing automated 3D cell culture tools with large pharma, academic, and SME partners. 
2021
2022
Advanced R&D on scalable liver spheroid platform using AI and microfluidics based on user feedback. 
2022
2023
Secured €1.3M EIC-Transition grant to accelerate commercialization.
2023
2024
Filed patent for novel method of 3D model QC and plate preparation, protecting Lucero’s USP and competitive advantage. 
2024
2025
Developing novel cryopreservation protocols for liver spheroid models & raising Seed round to launch product in 2026. 
2025

Awards

Venture Cup: Idea Hunt

Top 20 business ideas, Sweden

2019

SPIE Startup Challenge

Semi finalists

2020

Venture Cup: Startup

Regional finalists

2020

Top Nordic Accelerator

Selected for program

2020

Accelerator Pitch Day

Winners

2020

Techchill Startup Challenge

Semi finalists

2020

SLAS Ignite Award

Finalists

2024

SLAS Innovation AveNEW

Selected participants

2024

Team

Martin Mojica Benavides

Martin Mojica Benavides

Co-founder & Research Scientist
Christopher Jacklin

Christopher Jacklin

Co-founder & CEO
Rich Zapata Rosas

Rich Zapata Rosas

Co-founder & BD
Alejandro Diaz Tormo

Alejandro Diaz Tormo

Co-founder & Research scientist
Tinde Höjer

Tinde Höjer

Research Scientist & Lab Manager
Georgia Daoutsali

Georgia Daoutsali

Research Scientist
Vaishak Karthikeyan

Vaishak Karthikeyan

ML Engineer