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Axial partners with great founders and inventors. We invest in early-stage life sciences companies such as Appia Bio, Seranova Bio, Delix Therapeutics, Simcha Therapeutics, among others often when they are no more than an idea. We are fanatical about helping the rare inventor who is compelled to build their own enduring business. If you or someone you know has a great idea or company in life sciences, Axial would be excited to get to know you and possibly invest in your vision and company . We are excited to be in business with you - email us at info@axialvc.com
Abcam was founded in 1998 by Jonathan Milner with Tony Kouzarides & David Cleevely to build a marketplace for antibodies. Milner was a postdoctoral fellow in the Kouzarides Lab at Cambridge where his project was slowed down by the lack of high-quality antibody reagents.
This experience motivated the founding of Abcam to build an online registry of antibodies and up-to-date information on them. Starting with antibody reagents, the company has expanded to immunoassays and therapeutic products.
The business generates over $400M in annual revenue & is profitable. With >100K products in their catalog, ~50/50 split between in-house products & external ones, Abcam is making a shift from 3rd parties to internal similar to Amazon’s shift in several large categories.
Abcam is hiring here: https://careers.abcam.com/us/en/