Eligo Bioscience, the French microbiome company developing drugs to prevent and treat bacteria-associated diseases, has secured a $20 million Series A round of financing from Khosla Ventures and Seventure Partners, including a $2 million award from the Worldwide Innovation Challenge. This comes just months after Eligo was selected as one of the 30 Most Innovative Companies in 2017 by the World Economic Forum. This funding will enable Eligo to strengthen its biotherapeutic platform, begin clinical trials for its lead indication and extensively grow its international team of scientists, engineers, and executives.
In a first for the Big Pharma and as part of a new model, Pfizer is taking drugs from its shelves and licensing them to, while investing in, its SpringWorks Therapeutics startup.
FEops, a leader in personalized computer modeling for structural heart interventions, announced today that it has secured a 6 million euros investment, led by Valiance, and joined by existing investors Capricorn and PMV.
Backed by the likes of Google and Merck (NYSE:MRK), Cambridge, Mass.-based LifeMine Therapeutics launched today by closing a $55 million Series A round.
Torque Therapeutics has come out of stealth mode to launch with a $21 million Series A financing. It is looking to raise another $14 million, according to its filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
ARMO BioSciences, Inc., a late-stage immuno-oncology company, today announced the successful completion of a $67 million Series C-1 private financing. The Series C-1 proceeds will be used to initiate phase 2/3 studies with ARMO's lead immunotherapy agent AM0010 in non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC) and renal cell cancer and to support an ongoing pivotal phase 3 clinical trial in advanced pancreatic cancer.
Stent Tek, a medical device company that is developing a minimally invasive catheter system for dialysis patients, announced today it has successfully closed a Series A funding round with investments from two institutional investors.
MedGenomeGenomics research and diagnostics company MedGenome said today that it closed a $30 million Series C round led by Sequoia India and Sofina. Zodius Capital, the co-founder & former CEO of Infosys, Kris Gopalakrishnan, and former Cognizant CEO Lakshmi Narayanan also participated in the round.
NeoSync has announced the completion of its Series D financing round, which included investment from Valiance Life Science Investments, as well as its original investor base totaling $13m.
Vascular focused device developer VentureMed said today it raised $15 million in a Series B round.
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