Investors have backed a new precision medicine company targeting clonal hematopoiesis with $40 million. Tensixteen Bio Inc. is on a mission to understand how somatic mutations influence age-related diseases, including cancer. The San Francisco-based startup will use the funds to develop a genomics and clinical platform that can identify patients at high risk of developing disease.
Akili Interactive Inc. is the latest in a growing field of med-tech startups that are merging with special purpose acquisition companies as a backdoor path to an initial public offering. On Wednesday, the digital medicine company reported plans to combine with Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp. I in a deal valued at approximately $1 billion.
Biopharmas raising money in public or private financings, including: American Cancer Society, Cellcentric, Concentric Analgesics, Kyverna, Sierra Oncology, Veneno Technologies.
Mabwell Bioscience Co. Ltd. raised ¥3.48 billion ($547.9 million) in a Shanghai STAR Market IPO on Jan. 18 to support company R&D efforts and plans to build an antibody production plant. Though oversubscribed, the offering got a cool market reception, with shares plunging nearly 30% from a ¥32 open (US$27.96), then closing at ¥24.50 on the first day of trading before recovering slightly to ¥27.40 on Jan. 20.