Merck Ventures Archives

News and Trends 26 Aug 2022

Aktis Oncology raises millions in funding bringing total to $161M

Aktis Oncology announced yesterday (August 25) that it has raised a series A extension financing of $84 million bringing its total capital raised to date to $161 million. The Massachusetts-based…

August 26, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

brain cancer glioblastoma divide and conquer

News and Trends 23 Jan 2020

Merck Spinout Bags €15M Series A to Tackle Cancer and Fibrosis

iOnctura, a spinout from Merck KGaA, has raised €15M to take its cancer and fibrosis drugs to phase I clinical trials. The Series A round was co-led by new investors…

January 23, 2020 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 12 Sep 2017

French Startup Raises €11M in Series A to Reinvent DNA Synthesis

DNA Script has gathered the support of key international investors to take a new, faster DNA synthesis technology closer to the market. In a Series A round led by Illumina…

September 12, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 24 Aug 2017

Merck Ventures Joins Series A of Brisith Biotech Using Macrophages to Fight Cancer

Merck Ventures has joined the team of investors behind Macrophage Pharma, a biotech in Windsor, UK, using macrophages against cancer. Macrophage Pharma is a young biotech working on a new…

August 24, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Inthera Bioscience Protein Interactions Cancer

News and Trends 31 May 2017

Swiss Biotech raises €10M to Target Elusive Protein Interactions in Cancer

Inthera Bioscience has raised €9.6M in Series A to complete preclinical phase of its lead cancer program and expand its pipeline. Inthera Bioscience, located in Zurich, has closed a €9.6M (CHF 10.5M) Series…

May 31, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Interview 25 May 2017

Cross-Innovation in Healthcare – Discussing Trends and Challenges

At Bionnale in Berlin last week, Joachim moderated a panel discussion on the topic of cross-innovation in biotech. Here's our recap. Cross-innovation is key to areas like biotech and healthcare, bringing together different…

May 25, 2017 - 4 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

News and Trends 7 Feb 2017

Swiss Parkinson’s Biotech raises Massive €29M in Series B from Top European VCs

Top European VCs have invested €29M in Prexton Therapeutics to support two Phase II trials of its lead candidate foliglurax in Parkinson's. An international team of top European biotech investors…

February 7, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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