Xandar Kardian Inc. closed a $10 million series A funding round to support the rollout of the company’s contactless health monitoring solution. Phoenix Venture Partners led the round with participation from Portfolia Active Aging & Longevity Fund, Taronga Ventures and others. “With the new financing round, Xandar Kardian looks forward to expanding its core team in Toronto and in the United States, in addition to placing increased emphasis on R&D and mass production for its technologies,” Xandar Kardian co-founder and CEO Sam Yang told BioWorld.
Biopharmas raising money in public or private financings, including: Aramis, Exicure, Genenta, Global Blood, Legend, Pulmatrix, Tetra Bio-Pharma, Tetra Pharm.
Avistone Biotechnology Co. Ltd. raised more than $200 million to support its oncology drug development and the acquisition Pearl Biotechnology Co. Ltd. with the aim of creating a “fully-integrated” targeted oncology platform. Vivo Capital LLC led the financing, with participation from Bain Capital LP. and Primavera Capital Group.
Canbridge Pharmaceuticals Inc. has raised HK$604 million ($77.4 million) with a listing on the Hong Kong stock exchange, selling about 56.3 million shares (1228.HK) at HK$12.18 per share. The shares fell to HK$8.90 at the close of trading Dec. 10. Almost half the funds will support advancement of Canbridge’s lead candidate, CAN-008, a glycosylated CD95-Fc fusion protein in phase II testing for glioblastoma, while another quarter will support other major pipeline programs.
Biopharmas raising money in public or private financings, including: Ampio, Anheart, Bellus, Cargene, Deliver, Erytech, Evolus, Global Blood, Neurosense, Phosplatin, Propanc, Relmada and Zealand.
Endogena Therapeutics Inc., of San Francisco, has raised another $20 million in a series A funding round to progress a regenerative medicine that could use stem cells to “heal” the damage caused by eye disease retinitis pigmentosa (RP).
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