Interview 23 Aug 2021 Behind the Scenes at Novo Seeds: Building Startups from the Ground up Søren Møller, Managing Investment Director at Novo Seeds, discusses how the firm’s investment strategy has changed over time to support the creation of biotech startups in the Nordics. Søren Møller has a PhD in molecular biology from the Technical University of Denmark. After spending some time as a postdoc at Stanford University in the US […] August 23, 2021 - 9 minutesmins - By Helen Albert Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 11 Dec 2019 Collaboration Between Founders and Investors Primes Biotech Startups for Success How can entrepreneurs work with investors to maximize the chances of their company succeeding? Venture capital partner Nanna Lüneborg and biotech entrepreneur Mai-Britt Zocca spoke at Labiotech Refresh in Copenhagen about their experiences in founding IO Biotech, a Danish biotech startup that develops cancer immunotherapies. Zocca and Lüneborg were both involved in setting up IO […] December 11, 2019 - 5 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 15 Mar 2018 French VC Raises the Biggest Green Biotech Fund in the World Update (15/03/2018): Sofinnova Partners has closed its fund Industrial Biotech I at €125M, making it the largest fund dedicated to driving the transition towards a more sustainable fund. 03/03/2017 Sofinnova Partners has announced the first closing of a new fund, dedicated to renewable chemistry in industrial biotech, at €106 million. The largest biotech VC in […] March 15, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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 A round led by Merck Ventures and backed by Novo Seeds and BioMedical Ventures, as well as a private investor. Members of Novo Seeds and […] May 31, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Startup Scout 13 Jan 2017 The Good, the Bad and the Cancer-Fighting Macrophage We decided to stick around England this week and made a short trip from London to visit the young biotech Macrophage Pharma. The company is developing immuno-oncology technology that could turn ‘bad’ tumor-associated macrophages into ‘good’, cancer-fighting cells. City: Berkhamsted, UK (near London) Founded: 2014 Employees: 1-10 Financial data: €10.38M total raised Mission: Macrophage Pharma develops next-generation immunotherapies […] January 13, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email