Ambrosia Biosciences Inc., named after the drink of the Greek gods, secured a $100 million series B to advance its preclinical pipeline of oral obesity drugs. The startup formed after Pfizer Inc. shuttered its Boulder, Colo.-based research facility that the pharma gained through its 2019 acquisition of Array Biopharma Inc.
Biopharma and med-tech companies raising money in public or private financings, including: 4DMedical, Alamar, Anaptysbio,Arch, Artelo, Centivax, First Tracks, Kailera, Oncomatryx.
Whoop Inc. secured $575 million in a series G funding round at a $10.1 billion valuation to advance its AI-powered wearable platform for personalized and preventive health care. Abbott Laboratories joined the round as a strategic investor, backing the company’s push to expand access to its device amid growing demand.
Newco Idel Therapeutics GmbH has closed a €9 million (US$10.4 million) seed round to advance the development of a technology for delivery of cytotoxic drugs directly into the cytosol of tumor cells.
Pinnacle Medicines Inc. secured $89 million in a series B financing, bringing the total raised by the company to $134 million. The round was co-led by LAV and Foresite Capital.