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Photys Therapeutics Debuts With $75 Million Series A Funding To Advance New Class Of Bifunctional Molecules For Precision Phosphorylation To Modulate And Repair Disease-Driving Proteins

PRIVATESep 08, 2022

Amount Raised

$75 Million

Round Type

Series A

CambridgeBiotechnologyHealth CareGeneticsTherapeutics

Description

Photys Therapeutics, the pioneer in the development of phosphorylation-inducing chimeric small molecule medicines (PHICS), founded by Longwood Fund and Dr. Amit Choudhary of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, today announced a $75 million Series A financing led by MPM Capital and joined by Omega Funds, Longwood, 8VC, Arkin Bio, Mass General Brigham Ventures, MRL Ventures Fund, the therapeutics-focused corporate venture fund of Merck & Co., Eli Lilly and Company, and Heritage Medical Systems. Through induced proximity, PHICS enhance the pairing of specific kinases, the enzymes responsible for protein phosphorylation, with disease target proteins, unlocking a new approach to treatment of underserved diseases.

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Photys Therapeutics raised $75 Million in a Series A round, dated September 8, 2022. Photys Therapeutics is based in Cambridge, Maryland, United States.

How much did Photys Therapeutics raise?
Photys Therapeutics raised $75 Million in a Series A round on September 8, 2022.
What does Photys Therapeutics do?
Photys Therapeutics, founded by Longwood Fund and Dr. Amit Choudhary of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, is advancing Phosphorylation Inducing Chimeric Small Molecules (PHICS), a..
Where is Photys Therapeutics based and how big is it?
Photys Therapeutics is based in Cambridge, Maryland, United States.

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Who else raised in Genetics and Therapeutics around the same time

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

  • Inherent Biosciences raised an undisclosed amount (Series A) on September 7, 2022.
  • Inherent Biosciences raised $1.5M (Seed) on August 19, 2022.
  • MeiraGTx Holdings plc raised an undisclosed amount (Debt Financing) on August 3, 2022.
  • Elevation Oncology raised $50M (Debt Financing) on July 28, 2022.
  • Insmed Incorporated raised an undisclosed amount (Funding Round) on October 19, 2022.
  • Orionis Biosciences raised $55M (Funding Round) on October 19, 2022.

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Company Information

Company

Photys Therapeutics

Location

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Cambridge, Maryland, United States

About

Photys Therapeutics, founded by Longwood Fund and Dr. Amit Choudhary of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, is advancing Phosphorylation Inducing Chimeric Small Molecules (PHICS), a proprietary new class of bifunctional medicines that direct and repair protein phosphorylation to treat a range of diseases including cancer, immune, metabolic, and rare diseases. Post-translational modifications, particularly phosphorylation, are ubiquitous throughout the human proteome and play a central role in cellular function. Through induced proximity, PHICS enhance the pairing of specific kinases, the enzymes responsible for protein phosphorylation, with disease target proteins. PHICS can induce precise phosphorylation at native and/or non-native sites, modulating key functions including activation, stabilization, trafficking, localization, phospho-antigen presentation, inactivation, degradation and interactions of proteins. Harnessing well-established biology and chemistry in kinases and bifunctionals in new ways, the PHICS approach unlocks diverse classes of targets.

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