Digest 7/29/23
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
Trillium Therapeutics:
- Founded in 2004, in 2019 pivoting to CD47 & appointing Jan Skvarka as CEO
- Raising $25M from Pfizer & totally revamping the company over ~15 months
- Developing 2 CD47 inhibitors with different IgG backbones
- Acquired by Pfizer for ~$2.3B in 2021
Proteomic discovery of chemical probes that perturb protein complexes in human cells led by Michael Lazear from the Ben Cravatt lab https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1097276523002393
Scientist Stories: Jonathan Howe, Super Resolution Microscopy
"As my own research developed I realized the importance was very much in the eye of the beholder but for me importance started to become increasingly utility, in other words the ability to use certain things for the common good."
- Gregory Winter, Nobel Prize for phage display
