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An interview with Dan Mahony, UK Government Life Sciences Envoy by Optimum’s Eva Haas

In episode four of Optimum Perspectives Podcast, our in-house IR expert, ex-Fund Manager Eva Haas interviewed Dan Mahony, Chairman of the BioIndustry Association (BIA), following his appointment as UK Life Sciences Investment Envoy to hear his plans for championing the UK’s Life Sciences industry. Dan’s circuitous and unplanned journey to his current role involved among […]

Trends in life science investments – Top take-aways from Anglonordic

The first panel of the day, chaired by Mary Clark, our co-founder and CEO, saw a group of Europe’s leading investors – Hakan Goker, M Ventures; Maina Bhaman, Sofinnova Partners; Christian Elling, Lundbeckfonden; and Roel Bulthuis, Syncona – share sage advice for companies looking to raise funds, providing insights on the most important factors shaping […]

Novo Holdings invests in US$105 million Series C Funding of Alentis Therapeutics

Alentis Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotech developing breakthrough treatments for organ fibrosis and Claudin-1 (CLDN1) positive tumors Funding to advance clinical development of two first-in-class anti-CLDN1 antibodies and the platform to engineer CLDN1 antibody drug conjugates (ADC) and bi-specific antibodies Series C led by Jeito Capital together with Novo Holdings and RA Capital Management Naveed […]

AMSilk Announces Extension of Series C Financing to EUR 54M

Funding enables AMSilk to accelerate industrial scale-up and expand commercial operations of bio-fabricated silk protein materials Financing led by existing investors ATHOS (AT Newtec) with participation from Novo Holdings, Cargill, and MIG Capital. Munich, 4. April, 2023: AMSilk GmbH (“AMSilk”), the world’s first industrial supplier of bio-fabricated silk protein materials, today announced it has successfully raised […]

Novo Holdings invests in water technology company Aquafortus

Aquafortus, a water technology company that purifies high salinity brines and derives valuable metals and minerals from them in the process, today announced the closing of a $17 million oversubscribed Series A1 financing led by DCVC and Novo Holdings, and joined by Universal Materials Incubator, Intrepid Financial Partners, Envisioning Partners, Burnt Island Ventures, K1W1 and […]