Digest 7/9/23
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
Xencor:
- Founded in 1997 by Bassil Dahiyat & Stephen Mayo
- To commercialize their comp bio platform for protein design in therapeutics & enzymes
- Moving toward antibodies/cytokines with their XmAb technology
- Now involved with 3 approved drugs & their own internal pipeline
Golgi-IP, a tool for multimodal analysis of Golgi molecular content led by Rotimi Fasimoye from the Monther Abu-Remaileh lab https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2219953120
Scientist Stories: Maddy Parsons, Imaging Cytoskeletal Dynamics
"There's the moment when you know you can find out the answer and that's the period you are sleepless before you know what it is. When you've got it and know what it is, then you can rest easy."
- Dorothy Hodgkin, Nobel Prize Winner for getting the structure of vitamin B12
