Several companies have recently raised large amounts of money from venture capital as well as potentially through partnerships for next-generation capsid technology.

Biogen is Capsigen’s first partner, while Dyno Therapeutics has also entered into deals potentially worth billions with large drug and biotech firms.

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. 

Also, deals between Boehringer Ingelheim/Oxford BioTherapeutics, Bausch/Eyenovia, Ligand/HitGen, Moderna/Merck & Co., Vincera/Bayer, Genentech/Kineta, Selecta/IGAN, RedHill/AstraZeneca, Urovant/Sunovion, Biogen/Scribe, BridgeBio/Eidos, Elevar/Taiba