Finance Watch: Founder-Friendly Curie.Bio Launches With $520m To Seed, Support New Companies
Firm Wants To Ready Start-Ups For Series A Or M&A
Executive Summary
Private Company Edition: Alexis Borisy and his Curie.Bio co-founders will invest $5m-$7m to help companies get to lead optimization within 12-18 months. Also, Feng Zhang-founded Aera launched with $193m, Hexagon Bio raised a $77.3m series B round and Halda emerged with $76m.
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