Startup · $5.4m raised
Adelaide, SA
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Carina Biotech raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Minderoo Foundation | Unnamed stage | $5,400,000 |
Investors whose own portfolio pages list Carina Biotech, even though we haven't found any coverage of the round yet.
| Investor | Listed on |
|---|---|
| Tenmile | its portfolio page ↗ |
Companies Carina Biotech acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Deborah Rathjen | CEO | Startup Daily |
| Dr Leanna Read | Chair | @AuManufacturing |
Stories naming Carina Biotech. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
News roundup covering Atomo Diagnostics' committed share placement, Tivan's port agreement, KBR's reconciliation plan, Elexon's innovation award, ReNu Energy's hydrogen refuelling brand and EQ Resources' new ore sorter.
Techboard's monthly roundup counts 40 Australian startup raises worth $498m in April 2023, headlined by Saluda Medical and Eucalyptus, plus smaller rounds and fund closes by Purpose Ventures and Proto Axiom.
Biotech Aravax has received a US$20 million Series B commitment from Brandon Capital and Tenmile to advance its peanut allergy therapy PVX108 into Phase 2 trials.
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Techboard's monthly roundup tallies August 2022 private funding at $207m across 22 deals, listing the month's raises, BlackRock's acquisition of Akaysha Energy, One Click Life's reverse takeover listing, and several fund closes.
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Andrew Forrest's private investment company Tattarang is launching Tenmile, a Perth-based $250 million health-tech venture fund that has already backed Emyria and Carina Biotech and partnered with Rock Health.
Weekly venture roundup covering Scalapay's giant series A, numerous Australian raises, acquisitions of Clipchamp, Paidy and CipherTrace, Houseparty's closure, crypto regulation developments, and Atlassian appointing a Cloudflare founder as director.
Adelaide cancer biotech Carina Biotech has raised $5.4 million led by Andrew Forrest's Minderoo Foundation, with shareholders, board, management and institutional investors also participating, to advance its CAR-T colorectal cancer therapy toward clinical trials.
Manufacturing roundup: DevelopmentWA seeks robotics precinct partners, AML3D completes a 3D-printed propeller, Bionomics licenses CAR-T to Carina Biotech, and University of Sydney wins a grant supporting Vaxxas vaccine-patch research.