Digest 7/20/23
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
Abcam:
- Founded in 1998 by Jonathan Milner with Tony Kouzarides & David Cleevely to build an online registry of antibodies reagents
- With >100K products in their catalog
- Expanding to immunoassays and therapeutic products
- Now generating over $400M in annual revenue
Massively parallel base editing to map variant effects in human hematopoiesis led by Jorge Martin-Rufino from the Vijay Sankaran lab https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009286742300332X
Scientist Stories: Jim Allison, Pioneering Immunotherapies
"I think there are similarities between science and music. I mean, in both you try to build a team that works. Each person has its own contribution and their own part of the overall work to do."
- Jim Allison, Nobel Prize winner for inventing cancer immunotherapies
