MinervaX announces 72M EUR financing to advance development of novel vaccine against Group B Streptococcus

  • Financing from new investors Trill Impact Ventures and Pureos Bioventures as well as existing investors
  • Backing from European Investment Bank
  • Planning for Phase 3 clinical development of novel GBS vaccine

Copenhagen, Denmark, 15 December 2022 – MinervaX ApS, a privately held Danish biotechnology company developing a novel vaccine against Group B Streptococcus (GBS), today announces the successful completion of a 72 million EUR financing round. The equity financing of 22 million EUR was co-led by new investors Trill Impact Ventures and Pureos Bioventures and includes existing investors REPAIR Impact Fund (Novo Holdings), Sunstone Life Science Ventures, LF Investment, Wellington Partners, Sanofi Ventures, Adjuvant Capital and Industrifonden. In addition to the equity financing, the European Investment Bank provided a 50 million EUR loan facility.

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