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About us

The people reading
the Lifescience market.

Founded in 2019, researching long before that. Vamstar is an international team of market-access, commercial, sourcing, AI and data-science specialists, working from four offices across every timezone the market trades in.

2019
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Years of research heritage
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Offices worldwide
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Countries worked in
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Records decoded along the way
The story

Twenty years of research became a company.

Lifescience suppliers couldn't see the demand that was already out there: contracts scattered across portals, buyers, languages and jurisdictions. The inefficiency was structural, and it was measurable. So we built the machine that reads the whole market.

Before 2019
The research years

More than twenty years of research into market access, commercialization, sourcing and procurement across Lifesciences, and a catalog of the inefficiencies, costs and complexity suppliers face in reaching the market.

2019
Vamstar is founded

Established in London, unifying supplier-side domain expertise with artificial intelligence, advanced analytics and data science.

2024–25
Polaris

The agentic AI-powered operating system for data integration, analysis and insight in Lifesciences — the technology underpinning every Vamstar component.

2025–26
The component family

Contract [RFx] AI, Pricing AI, Value AI, Data Orchestration and Clause Monitoring: one continuous system from opportunity to signed contract to collected margin.

Today
One market truth

A growing community of Lifescience suppliers working from the same trusted view of demand, across 100+ countries.

Our mission

The true measure of our success lies not in the volume of transactions, but in the impact of our actions — the connections generated, and the empowerment of the Lifesciences community.

Praful Mehta · Chief Executive Officer
Responsibility

Advancing healthcare with responsibility and integrity.

Our Environmental, Social and Governance principles are not an appendix to the work. They shape how the platform is built and how the company is run.

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Environmental stewardship

AI-driven solutions designed to reduce waste and optimize resource use. We continuously work to minimize our carbon footprint and encourage sustainable practice across our supply chain.

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Social responsibility

Improving healthcare accessibility and affordability through innovative solutions, with a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion extended to our partnerships and communities.

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Governance

Transparency, accountability and ethical business practice. Decision-making that reflects legal compliance, data privacy and the highest ethical standards, reviewed against evolving global expectations.

Leadership

The people carrying it.

An international team across four continents: empathy, strong technology, an innovative business culture, and smart people.

Praful Mehta
Praful Mehta
CEO & Co-Founder
Richard Freeman
Richard Freeman
CTO – Data Science & Architecture
Ivailo Zhelev
Ivailo Zhelev
Director of Engineering
Tomas Jasaitis
Tomas Jasaitis
Head of Data Science
Tim Farnham
Tim Farnham
Director of Marketing
Andrew Connorton
Andrew Connorton
Business Development Director
Neil Ahearne
Neil Ahearne
Director of Finance
Shane Walker
Shane Walker
Director of MedTech Research
Soumitra Sharma
Soumitra Sharma
SVP — Customer Success & Consulting
Where we are

Four offices. One team. Every timezone the market trades in.

Vamstar — officesinfo@vamstar.io · +44 330 133 1383
North & South America
8605 Santa Monica Blvd, PMB 26108, West Hollywood, California 90069-4109, US
info@vamstar.io
Europe
Vamstar Limited, 101 New Cavendish Street, London, W1W 6XH, United Kingdom
info@vamstar.io
Middle East & Africa
98 Sheikh Zayed Road, Trade Centre 1, DIFC, Dubai, UAE
info@vamstar.io
Asia Pacific
WeWork, Laxmi Cyber City, Whitefields, Hyderabad, Telangana 500081, India
info@vamstar.io
Partners & certifications

In good company.

Partners
The University of Sheffield
The University of Nottingham
Innovate UK
Funded by
AWS
Certifications
Greenhats Approved
ISO_9001-2015
ISO-27001-2022
IAF Certified
Press

The press kit

Logos, boilerplates, leadership photography and the latest announcements, by email.

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