72 investments in advanced therapies (and counting) across private and public markets. Committed to curing chronic diseases through advanced therapies.

Pre-clinical and clinical trial design, ethics of access and reimbursement for one-shot curative therapies

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Araris Biotech AG is pioneering a novel linker technology for antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs.) This linker platform enables the attachment of any payload to ‘off the shelf’ antibodies without the need of prior antibody engineering.

Ray Therapeutics is developing novel optogenetics gene therapies for patients with blinding diseases. The company is developing its lead candidate Ray-001 in retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative retinal disease with significant unmet medical need. The company’s mission is to use optogenetics to restore vision, agnostic of genetic mutation for patients with inherited retinal diseases.

Hornet Therapeutics is a biotech company focused on developing treatments to address EBV-driven pathologies. Read our launch paper in Science here: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk4898

Headquartered in Greater Philadelphia, Code Bio is a next-generation gene therapy company pioneering the development of targeted non-viral gene therapies to treat serious and life-threatening genetic diseases.

Based in New York City, Redpin Therapeutics is a privately-held, preclinical stage gene therapy company developing a proprietary chemogenetics platform for targeted cell therapies to address currently intractable diseases of the central nervous system. Acquired by Kriya in November 2022.

SparingVision is a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of innovative therapies for the treatment of blinding inherited retinal diseases. SparingVision is developing SPVN06, a gene-independent treatment for retinitis pigmentosa, the most common inherited retinal degeneration.

Department of Clinical and Experimental EpilepsyGene therapy, optogenetics and information processing in the brain

RetroSense Therapeutics was a privately-held biotechnology company developing life-enhancing gene therapies designed to restore vision in patients suffering from blindness due to retinitis pigmentosa and advanced dry age-related macular degeneration. Acquired by Allergan plc in 2016.

Neurochemistry, optogenetics and design of novel ligand-gated ion channels