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Bactobio Raises £6 Million To Discover Novel Antimicrobials

PRIVATEDec 05, 2022

Amount Raised

£6 Million

Round Type

Funding Round

Biotechnology

Description

Bactobio Ltd (‘Bactobio’ or ‘the Company’), a biotechnology company uncovering safer and greener antimicrobial solutions from previously unexplored microbes, announced today that it has closed an oversubscribed £6 million bridge financing round. The financing was led by Bridford Group, with support from angel investors Peder Holk Nielsen (Former CEO and President of Novozymes) and Hugh Grant (Former Chairman and CEO of Monsanto). New investors included the founders of the London-based fintech unicorn Lendable and Entangle Group.

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Bactobio raised £6 Million in a Funding Round round, dated December 5, 2022.

How much did Bactobio raise?
Bactobio raised £6 Million in a Funding Round round on December 5, 2022.
What does Bactobio do?
Bactobio is a London-based biotechnology company using breakthrough technologies in synthetic biology, next-generation sequencing and machine learning to cultivate the 99% of microbes which have previously been..

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Who else raised in Biotechnology around the same time

Companies in the same sectors as Bactobio that raised within 45 days of this round, from Fundz verified event records.

  • Repare Therapeutics raised $1.5M (Seed) on January 19, 2023.
  • Eppin Pharma raised an undisclosed amount (Funding Round) on January 19, 2023.
  • Arkeon raised an undisclosed amount (Funding Round) on January 19, 2023.
  • Genialis raised $11M on January 19, 2023.
  • BioProtonics raised $109K (Seed) on January 18, 2023.
  • Iaso Bio raised $75M (Series C) on January 18, 2023.

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Company Information

Company

Bactobio

About

Bactobio is a London-based biotechnology company using breakthrough technologies in synthetic biology, next-generation sequencing and machine learning to cultivate the 99% of microbes which have previously been unculturable. Bactobio’s exclusive access to the biggest bioresource in life allows them to discover novel chemical and biological products across the pharmaceutical, agricultural and bioderived-chemical sectors. Their first goal is to help solve the growing antimicrobial resistance crisis. For more information visit www.bacto.bio. Connect with us at www.twitter.com/bactobio and www.linkedin.com/company/bactobio.

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