02 Jul Biotech Pitch Decks from African + Intl Start-ups!
I love the trend where entrepreneurs are sharing their pitch decks which they used to communicate their message and raise funding with…
…except I had not seen any by biotech entrepreneurs, until I came across a LinkedIn Post where CradeBio shared theirs. This excites me immensely.
Knowledge sharing is so key to building a sustainable and successful biotech ecosystem, especially in developing countries that are busy putting measures in place to enable our local biotech sectors, like we are doing currently in South Africa.
To accelerate learnings in this space and to empower (African) biotech start-up entrepreneurs, I’m sourcing and curating high quality biotech pitch decks in this post.
If you’re a biotech entrepreneur who has raised funding and are interested in contributing to this project (please do!), you can drop me a DM via my LinkedIn page. S/O to the people below who have shared their decks publicly and/or have given me permission to publish it here.
[NOTE: Most of the pitch decks sourced from Business Insider are behind a paywall. Get the $1/month trial package to view]
African Biotech Start-Ups
International Biotech Start-Ups
CradleBio
Location : South Holland, Netherlands
Website : https://cradle.bio/
LinkedIn Page : https://www.linkedin.com/company/cradlebio/
Amount raised recently* : $6 million
What do they do : Cradle helps make programming biology easy. They do this by providing biologists with the software, machine learning & services to discover, design and optimise enzymes and their cell-factories.
Pitch Deck : https://docsend.com/view/p5r5hp973bhzttcs
Scipher Medicine
Location : Massachusetts, Unites States
Website : https://www.sciphermedicine.com/
LinkedIn Page : https://www.linkedin.com/company/sciphermedicine/
Amount raised recently* : $110 million (series D)
What do they do : Scipher Medicine is a startup working in the Precision Medicine domain. They’re building a platform that is intended to employ artificial intelligence to decide which drug will be most effective for each patient. The firm is constructing a molecular map of all protein interactions that identifies genomic signatures and link those to disease and predictive treatment outcomes.
Pitch Deck : https://bestpitchdeck.com/scipher?ref=medium
Hyasynth
Location : Montreal, Canada
Website : https://hyasynthbio.com/
LinkedIn Page : https://www.linkedin.com/company/hyasynth-biologicals/about/
Amount raised recently* : $10 million
What do they do : Hyasynth develop synthetically produced cannabinoids using yeast, which can be produced more cheaply and purely compared to growing plants. The applications of these compounds range from pharmaceuticals, food, and to beauty products.
Deep Genomics
Location : Toronto, Canada
Website : https://www.deepgenomics.com/
LinkedIn Page : https://www.linkedin.com/company/deep-genomics/
Amount raised recently* : $180 million (Series C)
What do they do : Deep Genomics is focused on RNA-based medicines, using artificial intelligence and big data, to build a new genetic therapies for “almost any gene in any genetic condition”.
Twin Health
Location : California, USA and Chennai, India.
Website : https://www.usa.twinhealth.com/
LinkedIn Page : https://www.linkedin.com/company/twinforhealth/
Amount raised recently* : $140 million (Series C)
What do they do : Twin Health invented Whole Body Digital Twin™ to help reverse and prevent chronic metabolic diseases, improve energy and physical health, and extend lifespan. They combine advanced technology and medical science to heal the human metabolism.
Moderna
Location : Massachusetts, USA
Website : https://www.modernatx.com/
LinkedIn Page : https://www.linkedin.com/company/modernatx/
Amount raised recently* : $500 million
What do they do : They are pioneering a new class of medicines made of messenger RNA, or mRNA.
Castor
Location : New Jersey, USA
Website : https://www.castoredc.com/
LinkedIn Page : https://www.linkedin.com/company/castoredc/
Amount raised recently* : $45 million
What do they do : Castor is a provider of clinical trial technology that automates the research process.
Affini-T
Location : Seattle and Boston, USA
Website : https://www.affinittx.com/
LinkedIn Page : https://www.linkedin.com/company/affini-t-therapeutics/
Amount raised recently* : $175 million
What do they do : Affini-T is unlocking the power of T cells and targeting core oncogenic drivers to develop potentially curative therapies for solid tumor cancers. Their differentiated cell therapy platform harnesses state-of-the-art engineering, and synthetic biology capabilities to target difficult cancer-driving mutations, beginning with KRAS.
Seed Health
Location : California, USA
Website : https://www.seedhealth.com/
LinkedIn Page : https://www.linkedin.com/company/seedhealth/
Amount raised recently* : $40 million
What do they do : Seed Health is a microbial sciences company working on applications of microbes for human and planetary health.They are building a pipeline of novel therapeutics, consumer health innovations and environmental solutions.
Slope
Location : Virginia, USA
Website : slope.io
LinkedIn Page : https://www.linkedin.com/company/slopeio/
Amount raised recently* : $20 million (Series A)
What do they do : Slope is an eClinical Supply Chain Management platform that enables all-stakeholder collaboration, real-time visibility, and traceable chain of custody for even the most complex clinical trials.
Pitch Deck : https://www.businessinsider.com/see-clinical-trial-startup-slopes-series-a-pitch-deck-2021-9?r=dispensed-deck-lp
64xBio
Location : California, USA
Website : https://www.64xbio.com/
LinkedIn Page : https://www.linkedin.com/company/64xbio/
Amount raised recently* : $55 million (Series A)
What do they do : 64x Bio is working on cell and gene therapy manufacturing with high throughput discovery and design of enhanced cell lines for next-generation biomanufacturing and therapeutics.
Quris
Location : Tel Aviv-Yafo, IL, Israel
Website : https://www.quris.ai/
LinkedIn Page : https://www.linkedin.com/company/quris-ai/
Amount raised recently* : $9 million
What do they do : Quris is an artificial intelligence company that is in drug development space. Its machine-learning bio-platform predicts which drug candidates will safely work in humans, avoiding tremendous costs of failed clinical trials.
Pitch Deck : https://www.businessinsider.com/see-the-presentation-quris-used-to-raise-9-million-2021-10?r=dispensed-deck-lp
Aurion Biotech
Location : Boston and Seattle, USA
Website : https://aurionbiotech.com/
LinkedIn Page : https://www.linkedin.com/company/aurion-biotech/
Amount raised recently* : $120 million (Series C)
What do they do : Aurion is developing cell therapies to cure blindness. It’s focused on a group of diseases called corneal endothelial dystrophies, where damaged cells gather in the thin outer layer of the eye and can cause progressive vision loss.
Pitch Deck : https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-cell-therapy-startup-aurion-biotech-raises-120-million-2022-4
*amount raised as per article from which deck was sourced from, at the time the startup was researched.