RPID
TD Cowen 45th Annual Health Care Conference
Robert Spignesi, President & CEO
March 4, 2025
R A P I D M I C R O B I O S Y S T E M S
N A S D A Q : R P I D
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Our vision
We are transforming a critical, regulated part of the global pharmaceutical manufacturing process, bringing microbial quality control into
the 21st century.
The new standard in microbial quality control
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The standard in automating microbial quality control
2 0 2 4 R E V E N U E
$28M
Total Revenue
25%
Year / Year Growth
$15M
Recurring Revenue
G L O B A L S Y S T E M S
160+
Cumulative Placements
135+
Cumulative Validations
~20
Countries
C U S T O M E R S
70%
Top 20 Global Pharma1
86%
Approved CAR-T Manufacturers
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By revenue
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of Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc., and the company logo is a trademark of Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc.
Strong and consistent revenue growth and margin improvement
R E V E N U E
Recurring
Revenue Growth Drivers
Non-recurring
$28.1M
New customer wins
•
$22.5M
• Drive global deployments at existing customers
$17.1M
• Launch new products and services
• Strong consumable and service growth
2022
2023
2024
G R O S S M A R G I N
2022
2023
2024
Gross Margin Expansion Drivers
•
Reduce product costs
•
Improve manufacturing efficiency
•
Increase service productivity
50+ percentage point improvement
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trademarks of Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc., and the company logo is a trademark of Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc.
2024 revenue guidance exceeded with strong fourth quarter
S E L E C T H I G H L I G H T S
Record quarterly (Q4) and full year revenue;
ninth quarter in a row exceeding / meeting revenue guidance
Over 160 cumulative Growth Direct systems now placed globally
Inflected to positive gross margins in Q3 & Q4
Announced significant collaborations with both Merck KGaA (MilliporeSigma) and with Lonza
R E S U LT S
Q 4 2 0 2 4
F Y 2 0 2 4
Total Revenue
$8.2M
$28.1M
30% growth
25% growth
Recurring Revenue
$4.2M
$15.5M
Systems Placed
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21
Systems Validated
4
16
2025 outlook for 'at least' $32M in revenue with meaningful gross margin expansion
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Inc., and the company logo is a trademark of Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc.
Distribution & Collaboration Agreement with Merck KGaA1
(MilliporeSigma)
Agreement Highlights
Advances and accelerates top strategic priorities
Accelerating Growth Direct system placements
Improving gross margins
Driving innovation
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1 The Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, operating in the U.S. as MilliporeSigma
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MQC has not kept up with pharma industry innovation
Scientific and
Growing demand
F A C T O R S D R I V I N G C H A N G E
Faster & leaner
Data integrity &
Regulatory
technology
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for more complex
+
+
+
manufacturing
security focus
scrutiny
innovation
therapies
T O D A Y
T O D A Y
T O D A Y
Discovery & research
High-throughput R&D automation
QC & ANALYSIS
Bioprocessing & manufacturing
Flexible single use technologies
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Challenges in a traditional microbial quality control (MQC) lab
High volume testing and mandated by regulators
Insecure and
lacking data integrity
Subjective and
prone to human error
Manual, paper-based
and slow
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Introducing the Growth Direct® platform
The only fully automated,
high-throughput and secure MQC solution…
…delivering a compelling value proposition
Proprietary
Consumables
Data &
Software
Data
Integrity
Operational Efficiency
Supports global quality regulatory compliance and improved data handling and management
Enables faster decision making by accelerating time to results by 50% or faster compared to the traditional method
Global Validation &
Support Services
THE GROWTH DIRECT® (GD) PLATFORM
Insight &
Eliminate human quality control errors,
Accuracy
preventing costly recalls and regulatory interventions
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Growth Direct® transforms and modernizes MQC
M A N U A L W O R K F L O W
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2 .
P U L L Q C
F I L L O U T
T E S T F O R M
A S S A Y I N F O
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S H I F T
P U L L
S A M P L E S
S A M P L E S
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P R E P A R E S A M P L E S
1 1 .
P E R F O R M C O U N T S
4 .
L O A D
I N C U B A T O R
1 2 .
P E R F O R M D U A L - R E A D
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P U L L
S A M P L E S
1 3 .
R E C O R D C O U N T S
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P E R F O R M C O U N T S
1 4 .
K E Y
I N T O L I M S
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R E C O R D C O U N T S
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D I S C A R D
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R E T U R N S A M P L E S
R E S U L T S
Manual & subject to error
15 steps
5-14 days to result / test Unsecured
G R O W T H D I R E C T ®
A U T O M A T E D W O R K F L O W
1
Prepare sample &
2
Automated incubation and
Results
automated loading
analysis & Data handling
Automated & accurate
2 steps
Results in half the time
Full data integrity
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