Science Corp. raised $230 million in an oversubscribed series C financing round to commercialize its Prima brain-computer interface (BCI) retinal implant and to advance other pipeline programs into the clinic. The investment brings the company’s total funding, since founding in 2021, to approximately $490 million and shows investors growing appetite for BCI technologies.
CARB-X is awarding $1.2 million to the Andrew G. Myers research group at Harvard University to develop enhanced antibiotics that target multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacterial pathogens, including Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae, to treat urinary tract infections, pneumonia and bloodstream infections.
Biopharma and med-tech companies raising money in public or private financings, including: Antiverse, Beken, Informuta, Maia, Modular, Poplar, Prolium, Xsensio.
Polares Medical SA raised $50 million in a series C financing round for Mrace, its posterior leaflet replacement system designed to treat mitral regurgitation.
Antiverse Ltd. has announced the close of a $9.3 million series A financing. The funding will support expansion of the company’s proprietary AI antibody design platform, accelerate development of its internal therapeutic pipeline, and advance lead antibody programs toward in vivo efficacy studies.
Biopharma and med-tech companies raising money in public or private financings, including: Beone, Defence, Edison, Jazz, Royalty, Sharp, Telo Genomics, Zymeworks.
Generate Biomedicines Inc. proved that enthusiasm hasn’t waned for TSLP as a target by pricing an IPO selling 25 million shares at $16 each for proceeds of $400 million. Generate’s lead compound is phase III-stage TSLP-targeting antibody GB-0895 and the company’s assigned Nasdaq ticker is GENB. The offering is expected to close on March 2.