DUBLIN – Iomx Therapeutics AG raised €65 million (US$75.4 million) in a series B round, which will enable it to move its lead immuno-oncology program into the clinic. The funding will also allow it to take a second program into IND-enabling studies and to back-fill its pipeline with additional programs.
Like an overzealous Olympic runner, impressive and strong at the start of the race but dropping the pace with each subsequent lap, biopharma financings in 2021 grabbed headlines in the early months of the year, but they have significantly slowed down since then.
Exo Therapeutics Inc. has completed an oversubscribed series B financing for $78 million allowing the small-molecule company to continue developing therapies for treating cancer and inflammation.
Exo’s pipeline, created from its Exosight platform, has preclinical candidates that bind exosites, which are distal binding pockets for reprogramming enzyme activity. The exosite drugs include structural and computational biology, protein engineering and DNA-encoded libraries.
A series A fundraising round lifted the mood at Genetikaplus Ltd. (Genetika+), raking in $10 million, a healthy 33% more than the initial target of $7.5 million. Proceeds from the round will go to fund trials of the Jerusalem-based company’s “brain-in-a-dish” technology for evaluating the best antidepressant for each patient. Greybird Ventures led the round, with participation by Meron Capital, Jumpspeed Ventures and Sapir Venture Partners.