Marketing materials, medical illustrations and animation for Biotech and Science Startups
We help biotech, medical device, and science startups build scalable visual libraries, starting small and growing alongside your funding, research, and communication needs.
Designing branded content for early-stage and growing science companies
Our speciality is creating illustrations and animations that best fit your brand. We can use your company logo as a starting point to build a cohesive illustration library around it. Whether you’re preparing for seed funding, Series A, or commercial launch, we help you communicate complex science clearly through medical illustration and animation.
Build a visual foundation that scales with your company
You don’t need to have a huge visual library when you first start your company. We can work with you to create reusable assets and gradually grow your visual library over time as you move through your funding phases and as new needs arise.
Establish your company
You know the science and we know the visuals. Let’s work together to help create tools that you can use throughout your various funding phases. Over time your needs or messaging might change. We can introduce you to various medical communications agencies that we regularly work with.
What kind of services do we offer?
Foundation Brand Visuals (most clients start here)
Your company’s core brand visuals form the foundation of your visual identity. These include hero illustrations, color palettes, typography, and design elements tailored to your science, technology, and brand voice. By establishing a consistent visual language from the start, you ensure every illustration, animation, and asset created afterward is cohesive, recognizable, and reusable.
Branded hero visual(s)
High-impact illustrations or animations that clearly communicate your core science, technology, or product. Often used across websites, pitch decks, and investor materials.
Scalable Scientific Assets (we build it when you need it)
Once your company’s core brand visuals are established, we can reuse and adapt this evergreen content to create brochures, social media assets, presentations, and other collateral. This ensures your marketing materials are consistent, high-quality, and ready to support your growth as you put your company out there.
Banner designs
Derived from your hero assets for website headers, campaigns, and events. Keeping visual language consistent without starting from scratch.
Website base build
Our goal is to build a website that you can edit yourself in the future. We use Squarespace as our preferred template builder. Here our team creates a branded base for you to use as you grow.
In our usual core services offerings of medical illustration, 2D animation, 3D animation, infographics and factsheets, we bring our visual expertise in those areas and develop the following materials that have been proven to be very beneficial for science startups.
Explainer diagrams or animations
This is your core educational visual(s) that you will reuse again and again to tell your science story to investors, collaborators, HCPs, and even patient audiences.
Brochure designs
Brand-aligned print or digital materials for investors, conferences, and education.
Pitch deck templates
We design investor-ready pitch deck templates that make your story clear, compelling, and visually consistent. Using your core brand visuals and illustration style, these templates can be reused and updated.
3D product visuals
Accurate 3D representations of medical devices or scientific products, reusable across media.
Customised Icon libraries
Tailored icon sets that speed up future content creation and maintain consistency.
Social media assets
Adapted visuals and short animations for digital marketing and outreach.
Branded promotional items
Drive traffic to your booth with promotional materials that can be customised to a conference.
What We Need from you to Get Started
“Even if you’re just starting out and don’t have everything ready, we can work with what you have and help define your brand visuals, color palette, and illustration style as part of the process. The goal is to create a strong foundation for your company that grows with you.”
To set up your foundation brand visuals and start building a scalable visual library, we usually ask for a few key things from your team as we get to know you during an intro call:
Core Deck / Investor Deck
A slide deck or presentation that outlines your company, science, or product. This helps us understand your story, messaging, and priorities.Logo & Brand Preferences
Your logo and any color palettes you want to use. No colors yet? No problem—we can explore and define a palette that fits your brand.Competitor List
Information on competitors helps us create visuals that stand out in the market and clearly differentiate your company.Communication Challenges
A brief write-up of any struggles you face explaining your science, technology, or product to investors, clients, or audiences. This helps us identify where visuals can have the most impact and make your company look professional, polished, and investment-ready.Key Scientific Content or Mechanisms (optional but helpful)
Diagrams, research notes, or scientific content you want highlighted. This ensures illustrations and animations are accurate and aligned with your messaging.Existing Marketing Assets / Brand Materials (if available)
Any existing brochures, diagrams, icons, or animations that you want us to reference or build upon.Project Goals & Timeline
Understanding what you need and when helps us plan deliverables that fit your funding rounds, presentations, or marketing milestones.
Our team specialized in branded content for our clients
When we start working with a new client, we like to conduct background research into their branding guidelines, what they have developed in the past, as well as gain an understanding of what they are hoping to achieve as part of our collaboration.
We like to also look to the wider creative field, where trends move a lot faster than the medical field, and we like to incorporate design elements or animation styles that compliment our client’s brand and tone of voice.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Visuals help science startups explain complex ideas clearly and quickly. Medical illustrations and animations make it easier for investors, partners, and non-specialist audiences to understand your technology, product, or mechanism of action. Clear visuals build credibility, improve engagement, and help your company appear professional and investment-ready from an early stage.
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Yes. We work closely with biotech startups to create accurate, brand-aligned medical illustrations and animations that support investor communication, education, and marketing. Our approach is designed to scale as your company grows.
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Medical illustration uses static images to explain scientific concepts, mechanisms, or products, while medical animation uses motion to show processes, interactions, or changes over time. Many science startups use a combination of both, depending on their communication goals and audience.
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Many science startups begin investing in visuals during seed or Series A funding stages. Establishing foundation brand visuals early allows you to reuse and build upon assets over time, rather than recreating visuals for each new funding round or campaign.
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A scalable visual library is a collection of illustrations, animations, icons, and design assets that are created to be reused and expanded as your company grows. This ensures visual consistency across investor decks, websites, marketing materials, and educational content while saving time and budget.
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Working with one studio over time allows us to build institutional knowledge of your science, technology, and visual language. This results in faster turnaround, fewer revisions, and visuals that remain accurate and consistent as your company evolves.
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Yes. We can support funding applications by contributing budget estimates, project timelines, and scheduling considerations for medical illustration and animation services. This helps you clearly define visual communication costs and scope when including our services in grant or funding proposals.
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No. Many early-stage startups are still refining their branding. We can help explore and define your visual style, color palette, and illustration approach as part of establishing your foundation brand visuals.
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We work with biotech startups, medical device companies, digital health companies, and science-led SMEs. Our services are especially suited to companies that need clear, accurate scientific communication at different stages of growth.
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Timelines depend on the scope and complexity of the project. After reviewing your requirements, we provide a clear milestone-based schedule so you know what to expect at every stage.
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Yes. We design visuals to be reused across websites, investor presentations, pitch decks, brochures, social media, and educational materials. Reusability is central to our approach to building scalable visual libraries.
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Yes. We regularly work with early-stage science startups and offer flexible scopes designed to balance budget, clarity, and long-term value. Our phased approach allows you to start small and grow your visual library over time.
What People Are Saying
“We just love the work that Now Medical Studios do for us! We've worked with Annie, Emily and their team on a number of projects over the last few years from our website, to conference banners, to technical drawings of our processes, to social media templates, to amazing 3D renders of our products. We have gone back to them time and time again because we just love what they do! Annie and Emily are a pleasure to work with, they understand exactly what we want from a technical and design perspective and deliver high-quality and beautiful end products. Highly recommended and happy to talk to any prospective customers about working with Now Medical Studios.”
— Nanoview Biosciences
Work with us
If you have any questions or comments, please contact us via email at hello@nowmedicalstudios.com
What Happens After You Get in Touch
Once you submit your details through our website, here’s what you can expect:
1. Intro Call: We’ll set up a short introductory call to get to know each other, learn more about your project, and understand your goals, timelines, and challenges.
2. Project Review: We’ll review any relevant materials you have, such as a creative brief, investor or core decks, project requirements, and schedules. This helps us fully understand your science and communication needs.
3. Proposal & Planning: Our team will develop a clear project plan, including:
Budget options
Milestone schedules
Key project considerations to support a smooth and successful collaboration
4. Project Kickoff: Once everything is agreed and you’re happy to move forward, we’ll kick off the project and begin production.