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Cancer biotech Amaroq Therapeutics appointed four experts to its advisory board as it moves toward clinical trials; the New Zealand company's backers include Brandon Capital, which reports $14m invested to date.
New Zealand biotech Amaroq Therapeutics reported early progress toward clinical trials and appointed four leading scientists to its scientific advisory board, strengthening its lncRNA cancer therapy programme.
Auckland University spinout TamoRx has secured NZ$15.25 million to develop a new cancer immunotherapy, in a round led by Brandon Capital alongside the university's Inventors' Fund, with a Callaghan Innovation grant included.
Brandon Capital's site announces it led $14m for Amaroq Therapeutics, an Otago spinout developing RNA-based cancer treatments — the firm's first deal as a government-backed incubator. The piece also recalls Kea Therapeutics' shutdown.
Brandon Capital led a NZ$14 million investment in Amaroq Therapeutics, a University of Otago spinout developing RNA cancer therapies, with three co-investors and a Callaghan Innovation repayable grant supporting the deal.
University of Otago cancer RNA spinout Amaroq Therapeutics has raised NZ$14 million led by Brandon Capital with Otago Innovation, NZ Innovation Booster and Cure Kids Ventures to advance its lncRNA-targeting cancer therapies.
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Brandon Capital, manager of the MRCF, has been appointed by Callaghan Innovation to run a life science incubator for New Zealand startups from April 2020, offering loans matched with investment.
Brandon Capital's Medical Research Commercialisation Fund has launched its fifth vehicle, MRCF5, completing a NZ$224 million first close and targeting NZ$267 million, while recalling earlier portfolio exits of Elastagen, Spinifex and Fibrotech.
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