Finance Watch: Dyno Therapeutics Raises $100m For Novel AAV Vectors
Roger Perlmutter Resurfaces As CEO Of Eikon, Raises $148m
Executive Summary
Private Company Edition: Dyno’s first VC round will enable more deals for its novel AAV platform; Eikon pioneers new drug discovery technology. Also, Treeline’s early funding revealed at $211.7m; Capsida raised $140m from a VC round, AbbVie deal; and Affinia closed a $110m series B round.
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