Digest 6/24/23
Surveying great inventors and businesses
Axial: https://linktr.ee/axialxyz
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
Arrowhead:
- Founded in 1989 by R. Bruce Stewart as a nanotech holding company
- Pivoting to RNAi drug development after acquiring Roche's portfolio of assets/patents in 2011
- Building a pipeline of 16 drug candidates & partnering with Takeda, GSK, Amgen
Engaging a Non-catalytic Cysteine Residue Drives Potent and Selective Inhibition of Caspase-6 led by Kurt Van Horn from the Adam Renslo lab https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.2c12240
Scientist Stories: Eva Nogales, Visualizing Dynamics of Complex Macromolecular Assemblies
"I want to be able to push the limits of the possible to gain biological insight that comes by placing the pieces of the puzzle together and seeing how they can organize, combine, move.”
- Eva Nogales, Pioneer in Cryo-EM & Structural Biology
