'Methodical' Blend Therapeutics shuns large A round, to build drug combinations company
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Raising money for a new drug development company, Blend Therapeutics has deliberately followed a softly, softly approach to funding, according to its stellar scientific founders. The Watertown, Massachusetts-based company backed by the venture capital firms Flagship Ventures, New Enterprise Associates and NanoDimension, gained $2.8 million in a Series A funding round on 10 January 2012. It will work without a CEO until certain technical hurdles have been overcome.
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