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Funding and backers

Total raised
$11.7M
6 rounds on record
Latest round
$2M
Venture round · Nov 2023 · 2 yr ago
Team
201-500
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
4
+4 posted in 30 days
Backers
3
ARCHIMED, Maine Angels
The money's age
Long since its last round
35 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
40/100
hiring for its size
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Dec 26, 2024 Took on debt financing $1.3M · SEC Form D May 3, 2024 Took on debt financing $150k · SEC Form D Nov 7, 2023 Raised a round Venture round $2M · SEC Form D Aug 19, 2022 Raised a round Venture round $5.3M · SEC Form D Jun 23, 2021 Raised a round Venture round $4.3M · SEC Form D Mar 9, 2016 Raised a round Convertible Note $62k · SEC Form D
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Debt Financing Dec 2024 $1.3M — SEC Form D
Debt Financing May 2024 $150k — SEC Form D
Venture round Nov 2023 $2M — SEC Form D
Venture round Aug 2022 $5.3M — SEC Form D
Venture round Jun 2021 $4.3M — SEC Form D
Convertible Note Mar 2016 $62k — SEC Form D
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity Rockstep Solutions, Inc. SEC Form D
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Charles DonnellyExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Julie MorrisonExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Richard ClarkExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
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Overview

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News

Blog 9 hours ago
Instem & STP-I Workshop: Preclinical Science in Practice
On October 10, 2026, experts from Instem will join industry and academic specialists from across India in Pune to discuss the future of toxicologic pathology and preclinical research. The workshop will combine expert-led talks with networking opportunitie
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Blog 9 hours ago
Webinar Recap: SEND v4.0 Readiness Starts at Data Collection
SEND v4.0 represents one of the most significant changes to the Standard for Exchange of Nonclinical Data (SEND) in years. In the recent webinar, "SEND v4.0 Readiness Starts at Data Collection", Instem's Marc Ellison, Director of Product - Regulatory Solu
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Blog 21 days ago
Core Challenges of Outdated SCEs, and How to Overcome Them
The hidden cost of PC-SAS, fragmentation, and manual validation that drains biostats and IT teams. Your statistical computing environment (SCE) isn't broken. Your team is still getting analysis done. But every quarter that passes, maintaining it costs mor
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Blog 23 days ago
White Paper: SEND v4.0 Readiness Starts at Data Collection
SEND v4.0 is the most significant expansion of the standard since version 3.0, introducing new domains, study types, controlled terminology, and new approaches to representing familiar data. The instinct for many organizations is to treat readiness as a d
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Blog 28 days ago
What inspectors are really looking for
Your team knows the rules. You understand ALCOA+, 21 CFR Part 11, and what an inspection agenda looks like. But when the inspector sits down, one question decides how the day goes: can you demonstrate control, not just describe it? Knowing the rules and p
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Blog 29 days ago
The Gaps Between Your Validated Systems
Your lab systems are validated. Your instruments have audit trails. Your databases follow 21 CFR Part 11. On paper, you've done everything right. So why does compliance still feel fragmented? The answer lies in the gaps between your systems, the spaces wh
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Blog 1 month ago
Instem Insights
Launching in 2027, Insights is a study data intelligence platform that helps nonclinical scientists connect, explore and interpret complex toxicology data in one unified environment. Designed around the way toxicologists and study directors review studies
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Blog 2 months ago
Why Scientific Organizations Are Re-Evaluating Oracle-Based Research Platforms
For many years, Oracle databases have served as the foundation for scientific data management platforms across pharmaceutical, biotechnology, CRO, and research organizations. Their reliability, scalability, and enterprise-grade capabilities made them a na
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Blog 2 months ago
Why Applicability Domain Matters in (Quantitative) Structure-Activity Relationship (Q)SAR Models: Supporting Interpretation in Mutagenicity Assessments
Applicability domain gives a prediction context A (Quantitative) Structure-Activity Relationship (Q)SAR result needs context before it can support a regulatory conclusion. For mutagenicity assessment under ICH M7, one part of that context is the applicabi
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Blog 2 months ago
Inspection Week Shouldn't Feel Like A Fire Drill
For many quality and compliance teams, a regulatory inspection triggers a familiar and disruptive pattern. Skilled personnel find themselves pulled away from their usual responsibilities to search for the correct version of a file, compile audit trails fr
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Instem over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
1
Postings analysed
2
Stack modernity
85/100
Languages
SQL
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People

Charles Donnelly
Executive Officer, Director
Julie Morrison
Executive Officer, Director
Richard Clark
Executive Officer
Ray Pawlicki
Director
Stephen Gallagher
Director
Tom Arneman
Director
Julie Frearson
Director
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
28/100
Slowing
Open positions
4
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~3 hours
Today
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Marketing
100% ▲
Actively hiring for Marketing (+4 in 30 days)

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
6
Hiring now
3
Countries
3
Busiest office
Boston
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Portland United States
HQ
Boston United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Marketing
seen since Oct 2026 job postings
Conshohocken United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Marketing
seen since Oct 2026 job postings
Stone United Kingdom
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Marketing
seen since Oct 2026 job postings
Dubai United Arab Emirates
Regional office
UAE, GCC & Middle East
Address: Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Al Qusis2, Fast Business Building, OFF20
company site
Brazil United States
Regional office
Brazil
Avenida Ipanema, 165 17° salas 1705 e 1706, Barueri CEP 06472-002
company site

Financials

Total raised
$13.1M
Latest round
Debt Financing
Funding rounds
6
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Debt Financing 2024 $1.3M Details
Debt Financing 2024 $150k Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2023 $2M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2022 $5.3M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2021 $4.3M Details
Convertible Note 2016 $62k Details