DT Capital Partners is a private equity investment firm that provides growth capital to early and expansion stage companies. They invest in dynamic businesses that have high growth potential, strong management teams, and demonstrated revenue models in both technology-based and traditional industries.  DT Capital Partners currently manages over USD$500 Million in capital across multiple US dollar and RMB funds, and also has a close affiliation with Madrone Capital in the US, the investment entity for members of the Walton family. In addition to funds, the invested company also benefits from their extensive experience in operating capital markets across the country, close relationships with local governments and companies, and synergies with other investment companies. DT Capital Partners was awarded the “Top 10 China's Best Return Venture Capital Institution” in 2016, and the founding partners of Detong Capital, Shao Jun and Tian Lixin.  DT Capital Partner was founded in 2006 and is based in Shanghai, China.

DT Capital Partners

WuXi AppTec provides a broad portfolio of R&D and manufacturing services that enable companies in the pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device industries worldwide to advance discoveries and deliver groundbreaking treatments to patients. As an innovation-driven and customer-focused company, WuXi AppTec helps our partners improve the productivity of advancing healthcare products through cost-effective and efficient solutions,With industry-leading capabilities such as R&D and manufacturing for small molecule drugs, cell and gene therapies, and testing for medical devices, WuXi AppTec's open-access platform is enabling more than 3,900 collaborators from over 30 countries to improve the health of those in need – and to realize our vision that ''every drug can be made and every disease can be treated''.

WuXi AppTec

In 2005, Bvcf Became The First International Private Equity Firm To Come To China Dedicated To Investing In China'S Life Sciences. Dr. Zhi Yang Founded The Firm With The Vision That It Would Be The Key Investor In China'S Life Sciences Golden Age By Being First And Bringing Unmatched Domain Expertise.

BVCF

Zhejiang United Investment Group (''ZUIG'') is a major investment platform established in April, 2015 by eight leading private enterprises and ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management, the first of its kind in Zhejiang, drawing on the guidance and support from the Zhejiang Federation of Industry and Commerce, Zhejiang Provincial Financial Service Office, and Zhejiang Branch, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.  ZUIG's nine founding shareholders include CHINT Group, FuTong Group, GreatStar Holding Group, Wolong Holding Group, Wanfeng Auto Holding Group, Aux Group, Sunon Group, Hangzhou Jinjiang Group, and ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management, with sector verticals covering smart appliances, renewable energy, communications, machinery manufacturing, auto parts, furniture, home appliances, environmental protection, healthcare, and financial services. Initial registered capital amounts to RMB 5 billion, and is targeted to increase gradually to RMB 30 billion throughout the next few years.   ZUIG's investment priorities encompass fields such as advanced manufacturing, high-end equipment, renewable energy, environmental, consumer goods, and healthcare, employing an innovative investment approach combining direct project investment, fund of funds, structured product and market oriented fund. Building on our strong industry know-how, financial prowess and managerial expertise, ZUIG will actively participate in strategic M&As, restructuring and reorganization transactions involving state-owned-enterprises, and investments in strategic emerging industries, enabling it to establish itself as a top asset management company.

Zuig Investment

South China Venture Capital is a private equity investment fund management as the main business of professional investment management organization. Under the jurisdiction of the three branch of the fund management company: Shenzhen South China Invsetment Management Co.Ltd, South China (Tianjin) Equity Investment Fund Management Co. Ltd., Shenzhen Zhongnan Hongyuan Invsetment Management Co. Ltd.

South China Venture Capital

WeDo Capital Management is a Beijing-based venture capital and investment firm focused on healthcare and technology. It began operation on February 2, 2016, with its headquarters in Beijing in China

WeDo Capital Management

YD Capital

Jiashan County State-owned Assets Investment is an investment company.

Jiashan County State-owned Assets Investment

Betta Capital

Drug Farm

Drug Farm is a China and US-based biotech developing innovative treatments targeting innate immunity for HBV, cancer, and autoimmune diseases. Drug Farm's unique IDInVivo platform combines breakthrough technologies in genetics and AI to discover new treatments.

<div>Drug Farm is an AI-powered biotechnology company engaged in developing immune-modulating therapies that regulates patients' innate immunity. These therapies are targeted at hepatitis B virus (HBV), cancer, and autoimmune diseases. The company uses its drug discovery platform, IDInVivo which combines genetics and AI to assess gene targets and identify novel immunity targets. Its technology uses piggyBac transposon mutagenesis to create genetic mutations in mice, which are then analyzed to study drug targets linked to host immunity.&nbsp;</div>

Artificial intelligence is identifying and testing new therapies faster than ever.

AI Drug Discovery

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 Drug Farm is an AI-powered biotechnology company engaged in developing immune-modulating therapies that regulates patients' innate immunity. These therapies are targeted at hepatitis B virus (HBV), cancer, and autoimmune diseases. The company uses its drug discovery platform, IDInVivo which combines genetics and AI to assess gene targets and identify novel immunity targets. Its technology uses piggyBac transposon mutagenesis to create genetic mutations in mice, which are then analyzed to study drug targets linked to host immunity.&nbsp;
 
 
 As of March 2024, the company had four drug candidates in its pipeline. Its lead drug, DF-006, an orally bioavailable drug for hepatitis B virus infection and other liver diseases, was in Phase I clinical trials. 
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 In 
 <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230516005008/en/Drug-Farm-Raises-27M-USD-Financing-for-Advancement-of-First-In-Class-Hepatitis-B-and-Cardiovascular-Renal-Drugs-into-Clinical-Trials">
 May 2023
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 , the company raised USD 27 million in a Series C funding round led by YD Capital. The funds were expected to develop its DF-006 and DF-003 programs.&nbsp; 
 
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 e-Therapeutics is a UK-based company specializing in drug discovery and development. It leverages computational biology to expedite the drug discovery process, particularly in RNA interference (RNAi) medicines. The company's approach integrates network analysis, machine learning, AI, data mining, and optimization into its proprietary databases and computational tools to identify and develop therapies.&nbsp;
 
 
 The company utilizes two platforms: 1) The HepNet Computational Platform, which is an in-silico (performed via computer simulation) laboratory that allows users to conduct hypotheses, phenotypic screening, and the identification and prioritization of novel therapeutic targets, and 2) the GalOmic RNAi Platform that enables highly specific silencing of gene expression and specializes in the development of RNAi therapies.
 
 
 Further, it has four drug candidates in the pipeline, namely 1) ETX-312 to treat metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), 2) ETX-407 to treat dry age-related macular degeneration (dAMD), 3) ETX-148 to treat pan-haemophilia, and 4) ETX-291 to treat a broad spectrum of cardiometabolic diseases.
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 The company&rsquo;s customers include several pharmaceutical companies to develop therapies using its proprietary platforms. These include partnerships with 
 <a href="https://www.etherapeutics.co.uk/news-and-media/press-releases/e-therapeutics-signs-research-collaboration-agreement-novo-nordisk/">
 Novo Nordisk
 </a>
 (December 2018), 
 <a href="https://www.etherapeutics.co.uk/news-and-media/press-releases/collaboration-galapagos-discover-new-therapeutic-strategies-treatment-idiopathic-pulmonary-fibrosis-and-other-fibrotic-condition/">
 Galapagos
 </a>
 (June 2020), and 
 <a href="https://www.etherapeutics.co.uk/news-and-media/press-releases/immuno-oncology-research-collaboration-iteos-therapeutics/">
 iTeos Therapeutics 
 </a>
 (April 2022). It is also working with another undisclosed top-five pharma company in a specific area of neurodegeneration.&nbsp;
 
 
 Further in May 2018, the company partnered with C4X Discovery to identify new pathophysiological mechanisms in Parkinson&rsquo;s disease.&nbsp;
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 In 2007, the company was listed on the Alternative Investment Market, the London Stock Exchange&rsquo;s public market for small and medium-sized growth companies, under the ticker symbol &ldquo;ETX&rdquo;. Further in 
 <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/13462">
 September 2022
 </a>
 , the company raised GBP 13.5 million (USD 15.1 million) from funds managed by institutional investor M&amp;G Investment Management Limited via the subscription of new ordinary shares. The funds were expected to be used for the company's growth initiatives.
 
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eTherapeutics

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 HiberCell is a biotechnology company that develops novel therapies focused on oncology. It entered the AI drug discovery space when it acquired AI genomics analysis company Genuity Science (and its subsidiaries in Iceland and Ireland) in August 2021.&nbsp;
 
 
 Genuity Science&rsquo;s solutions include end-to-end therapeutic discovery and development services such as building custom disease datasets, discovering and prioritizing targets, identifying biomarkers, and optimizing clinical trials. Genuity Science leverages its AI-powered platform to manage, process, and analyze genomic data. HiberCell intends to use Genuity Science&rsquo;s AI/ML capabilities to advance its oncology pipeline of five programs, of which one has reached the Phase 2 clinical trial stage.
 
 
 As of March 2024, the company&rsquo;s pipeline included three drug candidates, namely: 1) HC-7366, targeting the general control nonderepressible 2 (GCN2) kinase as part of the integrated stress response (ISR) signaling pathway; 2) HC-5404, aimed at inhibiting the PKR-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase (PERK) involved in the unfolded protein response (UPR) signaling pathway; and 3) odetiglucan, a therapy targeting tumor-immune interactions within the tumor microenvironment​.&nbsp;
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 In December 2023, HiberCell and Merck &amp; Co partnered to conduct a Phase Ib trial to evaluate the combination therapy of belzutifan and HC-7366 for treating clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Further, in January 2021, the company partnered with Biodesix to develop an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay as a companion diagnostic test.
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 In 
 <a href="https://hibercell.com/news/hibercell-closes-67-4-million-series-b-financing-and-secures-30-million-debt-facility-from-hercules-capital/">
 May 2021
 </a>
 , HiberCell completed a Series B financing round, raising USD 67.4 million, and secured an additional USD 30 million in debt financing from Hercules Capital. The funds were expected to be used for clinical advancement of its novel therapeutic candidates. 
 
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HiberCell

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 Arbor Biotechnologies specializes in gene editing to develop novel therapeutics for a variety of indications, starting with liver-related diseases. It operates an AI-powered biodiscovery platform to discover novel CRISPR enzymes, which are sequences of repeating genetic code. To do this, its platform deploys computational search techniques, genome sequencing, gene synthesis, and high-throughput screening. This can eventually be turned into drugs or even applied to agriculture and other industrial uses. In 2018, the company announced the discovery of Cas13d, a new type of gene editing enzyme that helps to alter RNA to treat genetic diseases.&nbsp;
 
 
 As of February 2024, the company had five internal drug discovery programs, of which one was in the IND-enabling stage. It also has multiple collaborative programs under development focused on oncology and various other therapeutic areas.
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 The company has a long-standing partnership with Vertex Pharmaceuticals since
 <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190103005194/en/Vertex-and-Arbor-Biotechnologies-Establish-Collaboration-to-Discover-Novel-Proteins-to-Advance-Discovery-of-Gene-Editing-Therapies">
 January 2019
 </a>
 , which focused on developing gene-editing treatments for cystic fibrosis and four other diseases. The alliance was further extended in 
 <a href="https://www.biospace.com/article/vertex-and-arbor-strike-a-1-2-billion-deal-for-gene-editing-programs/">
 August 2021
 </a>
 and 
 <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/15741">
 January 2023
 </a>
 .&nbsp;
 
 
 Other partnerships included a collaboration with 
 <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/arbor-biotechnologies-announces-collaboration-with-ginkgo-bioworks-to-advance-the-discovery-and-development-of-precision-gene-editors-302011991.html">
 Ginkgo Bioworks
 </a>
 (December 2023) to leverage Ginkgo's R&amp;D services to further optimize Arbor's novel precision editors, a non-exclusive licensing agreement with 
 <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/02/08/2380680/0/en/EdiGene-and-Arbor-Biotechnologies-Announce-Worldwide-Non-exclusive-License-Agreement-to-Advance-Ex-Vivo-Engineered-Cell-Therapy-Programs.html">
 EdiGene
 </a>
 (February 2022) to leverage Arbor&rsquo;s platform for ex vivo oncology therapies, a strategic research and non-exclusive licensing agreement with 
 <a href="https://investors.tcr2.com/news-releases/news-release-details/tcr2-therapeutics-and-arbor-biotechnologies-establish">
 TCR2 Therapeutics
 </a>
 (January 2022) to develop allogeneic TRuC T-cell therapies using Arbor&rsquo;s CRISPR technology, and a license agreement with 
 <a href="https://www.lonza.com/news/2020-12-23-14-00">
 Lonza
 </a>
 (December 2020) to use Arbor&rsquo;s gene-editing technology for Lonza&rsquo;s bioproduction products and services.
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 In its latest Series B funding round in November 2021, which was led by Ally Bridge Group, TCG Crossover, and Temasek, Arbor Biotechnologies raised USD 215 million. The proceeds of the round were earmarked to fuel the company&rsquo;s clinical development pipeline.
 
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Arbor Biotechnologies

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 Based in the UK, Arctoris provides an automated drug discovery platform, offering fully validated research and development (R&amp;D) processes under an Experiments-as-a-Service model. The company works with biotechnology companies, AI drug discovery companies, pharma and academic institutions enabling these institutions to run experiments in Arctoris&rsquo;s platform and provides on-demand access to a broad scale of datasets for AI drug discovery companies to train their algorithms.
 
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Arctoris

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 Frontier Medicines leverages AI/ML technologies to develop treatments for cancer-causing proteins that are dismissed by traditional pharma companies as undruggable.&nbsp;
 
 
 The company has a proprietary chemoproteomic platform which entails an approach based on the interaction of small-molecule compounds and proteins to screen a large number of targets and combine them with a protein database that contains more than 150,000 novel binding pockets (hotspots). This enables it to access 90% of the human proteome that were not previously targeted due to lack of hotspots. The platform&rsquo;s AI/ML engine incorporates a library of diverse compounds, a hotspot map that serves as the starting point for understanding the druggability of a potential therapeutic target, and lead design and generation.&nbsp;
 
 
 The company focuses on oncology and immunology target and, as of February 2024, it had five wholly-owned therapeutic programs and three AbbVie-partnered programs in its pipeline. All programs were in their discovery stage, except the company&rsquo;s lead candidate, FMC-376 (activated and inactivated forms), focused on treating different cancer types, including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), colorectal carcinoma (CRC), and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), which is in the IND-enabling stage.
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 The company entered a USD 100 million partnership with 
 <a href="https://news.abbvie.com/2020-12-02-AbbVie-and-Frontier-Medicines-Establish-Global-Partnership-to-Discover-and-Develop-Novel-Therapies-and-E3-Degraders-Against-Difficult-to-Drug-Targets">
 AbbVie
 </a>
 In December 2020 to develop small-molecule therapeutics against hard-to-drug protein targets including around 600 E3 ligases (the enzymes that drive the ubiquitination and degradation of proteins.&nbsp;
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 In July 2021, the company raised USD 88.5 million in a 
 <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/4347">
 Series B
 </a>
 funding round co-led by Woodline Partners LP and RA Capital Management, with equal participation from Deerfield Management Company. The proceeds were earmarked for advancing the company&rsquo;s drug pipeline and expanding operations in Boston, where its new facility was to complement the company&rsquo;s headquarters in California. 
 
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