Digest 6/9/23
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
Komodo Health:
- Founded in 2014 by Arif Nathoo & Web Sun
- To create a new standard for real-world evidence in healthcare and drug development
- Building the largest map (>325M patients) of healthcare encounters to inform decision making for pharma, payers & more
Csx28 is a membrane pore that enhances CRISPR-Cas13b–dependent antiphage defense led by Arica Vanderwal from the Mitch O'Connell lab https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abm1184
Scientist Stories: Elizabeth Villa, Cryo-EM and Studying Parkinson's Disease
Kate Therapeutics:
- Founded in 2020 to develop AAV gene therapies to treat genetically defined muscle & heart diseases
- Raised $51M co-led by Versant & Westlake Village BioPartners
- A pipeline focused on DM1 & FSHD - Also announcing a partnership with Astellas to treat XLMTM
"Science has the potential to solve all kinds of problems, but it depends on what a society wants to accomplish."
- George Whitesides, chemist whose work touches everything from NMR and microfluidics to nanorobotics
