Your archive is worth more than you think.
$180k–310kExample estimate: a winding-down biotech, 5 to 9 years of records
What the records hold
- 01
Lab notebooks
Biotech and drug discovery
- 02
Negative experiments
Biotech and drug discovery
- 03
Programme decisions
Biotech and drug discovery
- 04
Validation
Contract research organizations
Who we work with
What makes a record valuable
Depth of history
30%Years of records and how many people contributed to them. Ten years of a twenty-person team beats a single big project.
Reasoning captured
30%Change orders, review threads, protocol revisions, failed experiments and stop or continue decisions. The thinking between files is what models cannot get elsewhere.
Domain scarcity
20%Specialized fields with little public data, such as tooling, assay development or materials characterization, command a premium.
Completeness and rights
20%An unbroken record you clearly own is worth more. Closed firms often qualify for higher offers for this reason.
What is your archive worth?
Nine questions, about two minutes.
Which best describes your role?
What kind of records are they?
Each field has its own valuable records.
Which best describes the company?
Which best describes the company?
Where is the company today?
Closed and winding-down firms often have the most complete records.
How many years of records are there?
History is one of the biggest drivers of value.
How many engineers contributed to the records?
Over the whole history, not just today. A rough count is fine.
How many scientists contributed to the records?
Over the whole history, not just today. A rough count is fine.
Which records do you hold?
Tap all that apply. The reasoning between files is worth the most.
Which records do you hold?
Tap all that apply. The reasoning between files is worth the most.
Where do the records live?
Optional. Structured systems are faster to review.
Where do the records live?
Optional. Structured systems are faster to review.
Are the records yours to license?
Assume everything is anonymized first. This is about ownership, not privacy.
What would you most want from this?
There’s no wrong answer.
Your archive could be worth
$0
Your breakdown
For a written offer, tell us who to reply to. A specialist in your field reviews your answers and replies.
Indicative only. Offers depend on a sample review, rights and anonymization. No commitment.
Know a firm with a deep archive?
Earn 10% of the first deal, up to $100,000, when a firm you introduce licenses its records.