Meet the new biotech billionaire putting pig hearts in humans
The planet’s latest billionaire is a helicopter-flying transgender woman who made a fortune saving her daughter’s life.
Biotech
Ex-Meta researchers have raised $40 million for AI biotech startup
Former Meta researchers who developed an AI language model for biology have launched a new startup and raised at least $40 million.
$65 million CSL-backed biotech incubator on the hunt for Aussie start-ups
A new biotech incubator in Melbourne, the Jumar Bioincubator, operated by Cicada Innovations, has put a call-out to early stage start-ups looking to scale their ventures.
$8 million in funding for Strep A collaboration with Moderna
Repeated infections can lead to rheumatic heart disease, the most significant cause of childhood death due to heart failure.
How China’s leading female healthcare investor backs billion-dollar biotech companies
As managing partner of Qiming Venture Partners, Nisa Leung’s goal is to solve as many incurable diseases as possible.
Plenty of ‘dry powder’ for strong businesses in 2023, say VC players
The past three years have been somewhat of a rollercoaster for the VC raising market.