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Excepgen Emerges From Stealth With New Funding For Its Nucleic Acid Therapeutics Platform

Aug 24, 2023almost 2 years ago
San FranciscoTherapeuticsBiotechnology

Investors

Apollo ProjectsGravity FundRa Capital Management

Description

ExcepGen, a genetic medicine startup, emerged from stealth after the successful completion of its newest funding round. The most recent $4 million round, which brings the company's total seed funding to $14 million, was led by RA Capital Management and backed by Gravity Fund, Apollo Projects (Sam Altman), and other premier investors.

Company Information

Company

ExcepGen

Location

San Francisco, California, United States

About

ExcepGen is an early-stage biotechnology company at the forefront of the nucleic acid therapeutics revolution. Leveraging its proprietary platform, the company aims to expand the boundaries for RNA and DNA-based therapies and open the door to entirely new classes of genetic medicines. ExcepGen was co-founded by Barbara Mertins and Thomas Folliard and is based in San Francisco.

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