Tag: investment
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New Allergy Biotech Launches, Raises $10M
A new company developing treatments to relieve allergic reactions with reprogrammed antibodies began work and is raising $10 million in its first venture funding round.
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Neuro Disease Start-Up Raises $73M in Early Funds
A company developing new therapies for neurodegenerative diseases officially began operations, staked to $73 million raised in its first venture round.
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Synthetic Protein Maker Raises $91.3M in Venture Funds
A company creating animal-free designer proteins for skin care products is raising more than $91 million in its second venture funding round.
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Venture Funding Down in 2020, Life Sciences Stay Hot
For the first half of 2020, venture investing declined compared to 2019, but life science and biotechnology investments continued growing for the year.
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Start-Up Developing Inside-Cell Delivery, Gains $28.5M
A new company spun-off from Harvard University is developing techniques for delivering advanced genetic and protein therapies directly inside cells.
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Gene Therapy Production Company Opens, Raises $40M
A new enterprise developing and manufacturing gene therapies, both its own and for others, is underway, raising $40 million in venture funds.
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Investment Funds Named for Underserved Entrepreneurs
A foundation project identified its first five investment funds providing capital for start-up businesses founded by people usually overlooked by venture investors.
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Start-Up Developing Coronavirus Antibodies, Raises $50M
A new company is underway creating engineered antibodies to neutralize a range of coronaviruses, not just those causing Covid-19 infections.
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Cancer Protein Therapy Biotech Raises $400M in IPO
A three year-old company developing protein-targeted cancer therapies with computational techniques is raising $400 million in its initial public offering of common stock.
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New Company Offers A.I. Aging Biomarker Analysis
A new enterprise is underway using artificial intelligence to analyze a person’s body chemistry and calculate the likelihood of age-related diseases.