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Mekonos raises $4.6M for its gene engineering platform

Mekonos raises $4.6M for its gene engineering platform

11/23/20, 6:44 PM
Location
https://purecatamphetamine.github.io/country-flag-icons/3x2/US.svgsan francisco
Money raised
$4 million
Round Type
seed
 Mekonos, a biotech company launching the first-of-its kind system-on-a-chip (SoC) for targeted ex vivo gene engineering, today announced it has completed a $4.6 million financing round. Mekonos will use the new capital to accelerate the SoC platform for its current and new commercial partnerships. The SoC platform, with IP from Stanford University, is a breakthrough that allows for molecular delivery in gene editing and synthetic biology. The platform is scalable across all cell types and has shown to be a high yield solution for partners

Company Info

Company
Mekonos, Inc.
Location
san francisco, california, united states
Additional Info
Mekonos is a biotech company transforming synthetic biology and personalized medicine. The company's SoC merges innovations in MEMS, microfluidics, and chemistry for controlled and individualized molecular delivery in cells at scale. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, is backed by leading investors in both healthcare and technology, and is an alum of Berkeley Launch, Berkeley SkyDeck, Creative Destruction Lab, and named a 2018 Fierce 15 startup. For more information, please visit www.mekonos.com.