BioNTech Raises $270M Series A Round To Pursue FIPCO Model
Executive Summary
German biotech BioNTech has raised $270m in a Series A round as it seeks to broaden its investor base and finance its ambition to be a global, fully integrated pharmaceutical company (FIPCO). In the past nine years the company has secured $950m – including a $180m seed financing in 2008, various research grants ($50m), and upfront and near-term milestone payments from partners ($450m).
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