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Exscientia Receives Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation

Exscientia, a clinical-stage Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven pharmatech company, today announced that it has won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation, recognising its pioneering work in the field of AI-driven drug discovery. Her Majesty the Queen has acknowledged the success of Exscientia’s AI-driven drug discovery platform, repeatedly taking new molecules from discovery to the clinic with unprecedented efficiency and with... Read more

Vaccitech Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering

Oxford, UK – Vaccitech plc (“Vaccitech”) (Nasdaq: VACC), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of novel immunotherapeutics and vaccines for the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases and cancer, today announced the pricing of its initial public offering in the United States of 6,500,000 American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) representing 6,500,000 ordinary shares at an initial public... Read more

Exscientia announces investment of up to $525M

Proceeds to continue expansion of proprietary pipeline and end-to-end AI drug discovery capabilities $225 million Series D round closed with access up to an additional $300 million at Exscientia’s discretion Financing led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 Exscientia, a clinical stage pharmatech company using artificial intelligence (AI) to design patient-based drugs, announced that it has completed a $225 million Series D funding round.  SoftBank... Read more

Oxford-based machine learning start-up Etcembly secures Private Seed Funding

Oxford-based machine learning start-up Etcembly secures Private Seed Funding Updated: Apr 23 Oxford, UK: 23rd April 2021. No embargo. Etcembly Ltd (Etcembly), a company building a platform to decode immune repertoires in health and disease, has closed an oversubscribed seed round with a group of private investors. The founders of Etcembly, Michelle Teng, CEO, and Jacob Hurst, CTO, bring a unique blend of machine learning... Read more

New ATDBio grant to improve oligonucleotide synthesis for COVID-19 tests

Innovate UK funding as company invests in pandemic-driven expansion 13 APR 2021 ATDBio, a leader in complex oligonucleotide synthesis, has been awarded funding by Innovate UK to develop a new method for rapid, efficient and automatable production of large quantities of oligonucleotides for COVID-19 testing. The £168,130 grant, Improved oligonucleotide synthesis for faster, more accurate COVID-19 testing, will enable the company to develop... Read more