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News and Trends 24 Apr 2023

LifeArc launches £40M funding call to create Translational Rare Disease Centres

LifeArc is inviting applications from academic institutions for its latest £40 million ($49.8 million) initiative to fund four or five new Translational Rare Disease Centres in the U.K., along with a separate co-ordinating hub. LifeArc, which is a self-funded, non-profit medical research charity, specializes in early-stage translation – the advancement of scientific discoveries towards patient […]

April 24, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Apr 2023

Hasten raises $315M for acquisitions and pipeline development

CBC Group, Asia’s largest healthcare-dedicated investment firm headquartered in Singapore, and Hasten Biopharmaceutic Company Limited, have completed a $315 million fundraising round for Hasten. Hasten is a Chinese biopharma company backed by CBC, Hefei Industry Investment Group, and Feidong County of Hefei City. The fundraising round was co-led by CBC and Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth […]

April 20, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 11 Apr 2023

Calida Therapeutics launches to tackle thrombo-inflammatory disorders

Calida Therapeutics, a preclinical stage biotech company specializing in thrombo-inflammatory disorders, has announced its incorporation in Paris, France. Calida Therapeutics has already raised €2 million ($2.17 million) in seed funding from venture capital company AdBio partners. The funds will be used to conduct additional in vivo proofs of concept and select a lead candidate. Calida […]

April 11, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 11 Apr 2023

Intracellular drug delivery startup Vitarka Therapeutics raises £1.27M

Vitarka Therapeutics, which focuses on non-viral drug delivery technology, has raised £1.27 million ($1.58 million) in equity from venture capital firm SOSV, the UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UK12S) and grant funding from Innovate UK. Founded in 2021 by Vineeta Tripathi, Vitarka Therapeutics is developing combination medicines using RNAi therapies and a non-viral drug […]

April 11, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 Apr 2023

Cure Ventures launches with $350M to support life sciences companies

Cure Ventures, a life sciences venture capital firm focusing on company formation around groundbreaking curative technologies, has closed its inaugural fund, Cure Ventures Fund I, L.P., at its targeted hard-cap of $350 million in capital commitments. The fund is supported by a syndicate of U.S. and internationally-based investors that includes state and city public pension […]

April 5, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 Apr 2023

Mosaic Therapeutics closes $28M series A funding

Mosaic Therapeutics, Ltd has closed its $28 million series A funding round. The investment in this round was raised from Syncona Investment Management, Ltd, and Cambridge Innovation Capital. The company also announced the appointment of former Novartis Oncology SVP Brian Gladsden as CEO. The Series A funding will be used to further advance Mosaic Therapeutics’ pipeline […]

April 5, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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News and Trends 31 Mar 2023

Sofinnova Partners dives into digital medicine, funds new companies

Sofinnova Partners, a European life sciences venture capital firm based in Paris, London, and Milan, has launched a new investment strategy focused on digital medicine. The strategy, which has already seen Sofinnova Partners investing in biotech companies, will be headed by partners Edward Kliphuis and Simon Turner. Sofinnova Digital Medicine will back entrepreneurs innovating at […]

March 31, 2023 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 31 Mar 2023

€260M fund addresses dementia investment shortfall

EQT Life Sciences has closed its inaugural LSP Dementia Fund, raising approximately €260 million ($283 million) in fee-generating assets under management, meeting the hard cap and surpassing the target fund size of €100 million ($108.9 million). The LSP Dementia Fund is dedicated to investing in companies that are developing breakthrough drug therapies and medical technologies […]

March 31, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

In Depth 31 Mar 2023

How has the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank affected the biotech industry?

When investors got wind of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) being forced to sell its treasury bonds at a loss, owing in part to surging interest rates in the past year – a move by the Federal Reserve to counteract rising inflation – panic followed a bank run. And in a swift spur of events, the […]

March 31, 2023 - 8 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter

News and Trends 30 Mar 2023

SR One closes biotech fund at $600M

SR One, a transatlantic life sciences investment firm, has announced the close of its second fund at more than $600 million, exceeding its target of $500 million. Fund II is the second fund since SR One spun out from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in 2020 to form a fully independent investment firm. The diverse investor base of […]

March 30, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 24 Mar 2023

Evotec receives $6.6M for tuberculosis drug discovery

On World Tuberculosis Day, Evotec SE has announced that it has received a $ 6.6 million grant from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for drug discovery to tackle tuberculosis. The grant is the second award from the foundation to Evotec supporting TB drug discovery, and allows the company to progress a portfolio of TB […]

March 24, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 23 Mar 2023

Flare Therapeutics sees $123M oncology boost

Flare Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company targeting transcription factors to discover precision medicines for cancer and other diseases, has announced a $123 million Series B financing. The financing was co-led by GordonMD Global Investments LP and Pfizer Ventures, with participation from existing investors Boxer Capital, Casdin Capital, Eventide Asset Management, Invus Financial Advisors, Nextech Invest […]

March 23, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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LifeArc launches £40M funding call to create Translational Rare Disease Centres

Hasten raises $315M for acquisitions and pipeline development

Calida Therapeutics launches to tackle thrombo-inflammatory disorders

Intracellular drug delivery startup Vitarka Therapeutics raises £1.27M

Cure Ventures launches with $350M to support life sciences companies

Mosaic Therapeutics closes $28M series A funding

Sofinnova Partners dives into digital medicine, funds new companies

€260M fund addresses dementia investment shortfall

How has the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank affected the biotech industry?

SR One closes biotech fund at $600M

Evotec receives $6.6M for tuberculosis drug discovery

Flare Therapeutics sees $123M oncology boost

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