Venture Funding Deals: Alector, Ascentage, Gossamer And Compass Lead Summer Rounds
Executive Summary
Compass raises $132m in Series A as it moves from screening to the clinic, and start-up HotSpot Therapeutics comes out of stealth mode with a $45m Series A financing co-led by Atlas Venture and Sofinnova Partners.
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