Chris Hollowood United Kingdom

Syncona Partners, founded in 2012, is an evergreen investment firm based in London, UK. The firm is an independent subsidiary of the Wellcome Trust who invested the initial £200m capitalization. The firm is mandated to invest in companies with the potential to make major breakthroughs in healthcare. The investment size will usually range from £1M – £20M per company. The firm seeks to create sustainable, profitable businesses, to support them with capital over the long term, for the benefit of patients, and to hold an ownership position to create value for the Wellcome Trust. The firm is actively screening new investment opportunities.

Year Founded
2012
Biotech Phase of Development
Medtech Phase of Development
Capital Structure Preference
Investment Stage Preference
Syncona Partners
Partner 

Dr Dale Pfost United Kingdom

Advent Life Sciences

We invest predominantly in early and mid-stage life sciences companies.  We seek to back truly innovative companies that have a first-in-class or best-in-class approach and who are looking for a well-connected partner on the road to success.

Our investments cover a range of sectors within life sciences, including new drug discovery, enabling technologies, med tech and diagnostics.Advent Life Sciences is one of Europe’s leading venture teams investing in life sciences businesses. We are a deliberately small, and highly focused team of senior individuals, with long-standing track records of entrepreneurial and investment success across the UK, Europe and the USA.

Real people. Real insight. Real value.

Innovation. Clarity. Execution.

 

 


Dr Dale Pfost
Advent Life Sciences
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Steven Zimmer United Kingdom

MitoDys Therapeutics is a start-up drug discovery company that has developed a highly innovative platform to uncover polypharmacological drugs with existing safety profiles that can be repositioned to a new indcation.  The company focuses on the discovery of disease-modifying drugs for neurodegenerative diseases; particularly Parkinson's disease, ALS and MSA.

Website:
www.mitodys.com
Year Founded
2012
Biotech Subsector
Biotech Phase of Development
Technology Overview
Network Pharmacology platform combined with pluripotent stem cell-derived assays
Current Financing Needs
$1m
Current Timeline
12-18 months to validated candidate
Current Investors
Angels and Charitable foundations
IP Status
None yet...focused on drugs at the end of the proecess
Management Team Highlights
Highly experienced individuals from Industry and finance
MitoDys Therapeutics
CEO