ARCH, Flagship, CRO fund in $30m Syros launch
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Newly launched Syros Pharmaceuticals has completed a $30 million Series A venture financing with two blue chips VCs, and the corporate venture fund of a Chinese clinical research firm as investors.
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