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Deals on record

11

Common Fundraising Type

Non-dilutive financing

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Owlstone Medical

Breath-based diagnostics

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Aviva Ventures logo
Horizons Ventures logo
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Owlstone Medical develops breath-based diagnostic tests and point-of-care devices for early disease detection and precision medicine.

Series E
$26.8M
01/15/2025
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Micron Biomedical develops needle-free microarray technology to improve vaccine access and address hesitancy, particularly for the measles-rubella vaccine.

Non-dilutive financing
$7.5M
01/10/2025
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Aptitude Medical Systems

Molecular diagnostics

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Aptitude Medical Systems develops the Metrix® molecular diagnostics platform for affordable Point of Care and Over-The-Counter testing of sexually transmitted infections.

Non-dilutive financing
$10M
01/06/2025
Article
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BioSurfaces

Biotherapeutics

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BioSurfaces develops nanofiber-based devices for the long-term delivery of biotherapeutic agents to treat chronic illnesses.

Non-dilutive financing
$2M
11/25/2024
Article

Freya Biosciences is a biotech company advancing women's reproductive health through the development of vaginal microbial immunotherapeutics for infertility associated with dysbiotic vaginal microbiota in patients undergoing assisted reproductive technology.

Equity
$11.8M
11/19/2024
Article
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PopVax

Biotechnology

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PopVax is an Indian biotechnology company developing thermostable mRNA delivery systems for vaccines, with a focus on creating a next-generation COVID-19 vaccine.

Non-dilutive financing
$1.1M
10/30/2024
Article
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Radiant Bio

Multabody™ platform

Amplitude Ventures logo
Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners logo
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation logo
BDC Capital logo
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Alexandria Venture Investments logo

Radiant Biotherapeutics develops innovative therapies using its proprietary Multabody™ platform to target oncology, inflammation, immunology, and infectious diseases.

Series A
$35M
09/11/2024
Article

Naobios is a French contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) that specializes in creating and producing viral vaccines and vectors, and is currently focused on enhancing vaccine development and effectiveness evaluation with the support of a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Non-dilutive financing
$1.9M
12/11/2023
Article
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Kyron Learning

AI-based learning

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Owl Ventures logo
Charter School Growth Fund logo
ECMC Group logo
Imagine Learning logo
Cambiar Education logo
Common Sense logo
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Kyron Learning is an AI-based educational technology company developing a conversational AI platform for K-12 math curriculum, currently piloting its fourth-grade math content in schools with plans for expansion.

Series A
$15.4M
12/05/2023
Article
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Osmo

Machine Olfaction

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Osmo is a machine olfaction startup that utilizes AI-enabled scent technology for insect control, with a focus on discovering and producing novel scent molecules to repel, attract, or destroy disease-carrying insects.

Equity
$8.5M
11/08/2023
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Osmo

Machine Olfaction

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Osmo is a machine olfaction startup that utilizes AI-enabled scent technology for insect control, with a focus on discovering and producing novel scent molecules to repel, attract, or destroy disease-carrying insects.

Equity
$8.5M
11/08/2023
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