Jnana Therapeutics Inc. closed a $50 million series B round and took the covers off its lead program, a small-molecule inhibitor of the solute carrier transporter SLC6A19, which it is prepping for clinical trials in phenylketonuria (PKU).
PARIS – Screenpoint Medical BV has just closed $28 million in series C funding to scale its latest generation of the Transpara system, which uses fusion AI for 2D and 3D mammography.
DUBLIN – Beckley Psytech Ltd. raised $80 million in an oversubscribed series B round to move its early stage pipeline of psychedelic therapies into the clinic and to continue research on novel compounds with enhanced properties.
Memic Innovative Surgery Ltd. agreed to combine with Medtech Acquisition Corp. in a transaction expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2021. The deal establishes an eye-popping $1 billion pro forma valuation for the company, which received FDA clearance for its first device just four months ago.
Medcura Inc. has secured $7.4 million in series A equity financing to grow its line of hemostatic and wound treatment products. Part of the proceeds from the investment will go toward further developing the company’s lead surgical candidate, Lifegel, and advancing it to clinical trials.