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Vesalius Biocapital Announces First Close of Fourth Fund Raising EUR 95 Million

Significant support from investors including the European Investment Fund Fund to invest in first and best-in-class European life science companies in drug development and digital health Luxembourg-Strassen, 29 June 2023 – Vesalius Biocapital, the specialist life sciences venture capital investor, announces the first close of its fourth fund, Vesalius Biocapital IV, securing over €95 million of […]

InProTher announces EUR 6MSeed financing with the participation of the European Innovation Council Fund to develop first-in-class cancer immunotherapy

• Danish start-up developing immunotherapies designed to fight the tumors from within • Financing supports GMP and tox studies and will advance InProTher’s first-in-class cancer immunotherapy into First-in-Human clinical trials • Strengthens team with appointment of industry heavyweights Dr. Sven Rohman as Chairman and Dr. Hamina Patel as CMO Copenhagen, Denmark, 24 May 2023: InProTher, an early-stage biotechnologycompany developing effective immunotherapies targeting the Human Endogenous Retroviruses (HERVs), today announces that it has raised EUR 6M of Seed funding from private investors with the participation of the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund. The financing will enable InProTher to advance its lead drug […]

Scarlet Therapeutics Announces Seed Financing to Advance Development of Therapeutic Red Blood Cell Platform

Pioneering platform to generate novel therapies with potential to treat a wide range of diseases Financing led by Science Creates Ventures and Meltwind to fund development of the platform and initial product candidates BRISTOL, UK, 23 May 2023 – Scarlet Therapeutics (“Scarlet”), a leader in red blood cell-based therapeutics, announces today that it has raised […]

An interview with Dan Mahony, UK Government Life Sciences Envoy by Optimum’s Eva Haas

In episode four of Optimum Perspectives Podcast, our in-house IR expert, ex-Fund Manager Eva Haas interviewed Dan Mahony, Chairman of the BioIndustry Association (BIA), following his appointment as UK Life Sciences Investment Envoy to hear his plans for championing the UK’s Life Sciences industry. Dan’s circuitous and unplanned journey to his current role involved among […]

Trends in life science investments – Top take-aways from Anglonordic

The first panel of the day, chaired by Mary Clark, our co-founder and CEO, saw a group of Europe’s leading investors – Hakan Goker, M Ventures; Maina Bhaman, Sofinnova Partners; Christian Elling, Lundbeckfonden; and Roel Bulthuis, Syncona – share sage advice for companies looking to raise funds, providing insights on the most important factors shaping […]