Laigo Bio BV has raised €11.5 million (US$13.7 million) in a seed round for the further development of a new approach to inducing targeted protein degradation by E3 ubiquitin ligases.
The ALS Association has announced the recipients of its 2025 Hoffman ALS Clinical Trial Awards. These research grants, worth up to $1 million each, support early-phase trials that generate critical data to accelerate the development of new amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) treatments.
Junevity Inc. has raised $10 million in new funding, bringing its seed financing to a total of $20 million. The new funding will enable Junevity to advance JUN-01, its lead siRNA program for type 2 diabetes and obesity, through IND-enabling and initial clinical studies.
Crossbridge Bio Inc. has been awarded a $15 million grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to support completion of IND-enabling activities and advancement of CBB-120 into first-in-human studies.
Revir Therapeutics Inc. has announced progress in its HTT-PMS1 genetic medicine program for Huntington’s disease with the identification of a lead compound and the award of a $4.6 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM).
AI Proteins Inc. has closed a $41.5 million series A financing round to accelerate AI-driven design and development of purpose-built miniprotein medicines across therapeutic applications.
Captain T Cell GmbH has successfully closed an equity financing round to support its T-cell receptor (TCR) T-cell therapies for solid tumors. The company’s autologous lead program, CTC-127, is a best-in-class TCR T-cell therapy targeting MAGE-A4-positive solid tumors and is expected to enter clinical trials in early 2027.
Mitorx Therapeutics Ltd. has raised £5.5 million (US$7.2 million) in a pre-series A round to advance its lead mitochondrial-targeted program, Myo-004, through clinical candidate selection.
San Francisco Bay Area researchers from UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco and Stanford University have combined their technologies to create Azalea Therapeutics Inc., a company focused on editing cells in vivo.