Sphere Fluidics, a company providing single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, and Geneva Biotech, an EMBL spin-out developing world-class viral and non-viral DNA delivery systems, have received a €1.6 million grant from Eurostars. The funding will be used to develop large DNA cargo gene delivery and genome engineering systems. The Eurostars funding programme […]

LEXINGTON, Mass.—-Quanterix Corporation, a company with a next generation, ultra-sensitive digital platform that advances precision health, today announced the commencement of the initial public offering of shares of its common stock pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). The offering consists of 3,340,000 shares of common stock […]

€1.6 million grant will support ‘precise docking of very large DNA cargoes in genomes’ project Cambridge, UK, and Geneva, Switzerland: Sphere Fluidics, a company providing single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, and Geneva Biotech, an EMBL spin-out developing world-class viral and non-viral DNA delivery systems, have received a €1.6 million grant from Eurostars. The […]

Symcel secures €3.6 million Horizon 2020 Phase II grant for clinical validation of customized antimicrobial susceptibility testing Multi-resistant bacterial sepsis infections to be validated utilising Symcel’s sensitive screening technology Symcel, the company behind the revolutionary cell-based assay tool for real-time cell metabolism measurements, calScreener™, has secured €3.572 million Horizon 2020 funding to support the company’s evaluation […]

Cambridge, UK Base4 Innovation Ltd, the biotechnology company specialising in single molecule DNA sequencing, closed an oversubscribed funding round last month, led by Longwall Ventures. The funding round, capped at £5 million, is the Company’s largest to date, with a total of £21.3 million raised since 2009. The funds will be used to expand the […]

The European Commission has appointed Phase Holographic Imaging, Bundesanstalt für Material-forschung und Prüfung (Germany’s federal technology research institute), Malmö, Umeå, Copenhagen and Turku University to develop improved methods for clinically diagnosing cancer. The €2.1 million grant finances a three-year research project which is coordinated by Malmö University and commercialized by Phase Holographic Imaging (PHI). Current methods for […]

New Cambridge spin-out company commercialises disruptive technology that enables rapid generation of pure and consistent batches of human cell types Exclusive IP licensed from the University of Cambridge Geographically diversified, top-tier investor team includes key industry leaders to support early company development Cambridge, UK: Elpis BioMed, a University of Cambridge spin-out, applying its disruptive and proprietary “direct cell […]

IsoPlexis will use four new NIH grants to advance research and development of immunotherapies to treat solid tumors, bone marrow disease, autoimmune diseases and infectious diseases. Branford, Conn.—IsoPlexis Corporation (IsoPlexis), a privately held life sciences company at the forefront of single-cell analytics technology and the immune-based cancer treatment revolution, announced today that it has received […]

PARIS—Scipio bioscience, a Paris-based biotechnology company devoted to providing a novel sample preparation solution for single-cell studies in the form of benchtop kits, announces today the completion of its initial fundraising. A total of €1.2m has been obtained from two European seed funds: Paris, France-based Seventure Partners’ Quadrivium I seed fund and Bonn, Germany-based High-Tech […]

HOUSTON — Genialis, Inc., a leading provider of cloud software for the visual exploration of next generation sequencing data, recently closed a $2.3M Seed round. The financing will accelerate the team’s expansion in the U.S. and commercialization of Genialis Platform. Redalpine Venture Capital in Zurich and First Star Venture Capital in Boston co-led the round, joined by Slovenian firm Pikas d.o.o. Several expert […]