TVM Capital Life Science is a dedicated life science venture capital firm, with offices in Montreal, Canada and Munich, Germany. Since inception, TVM Capital Life Science has invested in entrepreneurial venture backed companies. Over several fund generations, their investment strategy has included a multi-stage investment approach spanning discovery to market ready companies as well as profitable companies searching for growth capital. Their investment focus has always been broad and includes investments in therapeutics, technology platforms, medtech and diagnostics. They invest in Canada, the U.S., Germany and Western Europe with their dedicated team of investment professionals based in Montreal and Munich.

TVM Capital Life Science

DPE Deutsche Private Equity (''DPE'') provides growth capital to companies in sectors with long-term fundamental growth prospects. They are an independent German private equity firm.

DPE Deutsche Private Equity

CIC Capital is the international private equity arm of CM-CIC Investissement.CM-CIC Investissement supports companies over the long term, at all stages of their development.cic capital are an attentive and responsive partner to investees, and cic capital can take part in technology venture capital, LBO and development capital transactions.

CIC Capital

Careventures is an independent pan-European private equity firm that invests in high-growth and profitable small and mid-cap companies in the healthcare services sector. It builds and grows successful business platforms in unconsolidated niches within European healthcare services by executing multiple follow-on acquisitions, accurately addressing and exploiting technological shifts and changes in regulatory environments.

Careventures

Centogene

Lifera Omics delivers cutting-edge genetic and multi-omic testing services to patients, health systems, biopharma companies, and research institutions throughout the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) area.

CENTOGENE is one of the largest genetic biotech companies worldwide, the European market leader, and one of the global leaders in genetic diagnostic analyses of rare inherited diseases. Transforming global genetic data into medical decisions, that are focused on creating broarder awareness for patients of all ethnicities around the world. CENTOGENE is a rare disease company focused on transforming clinical, genetic, and biochemical data into medical solutions for Patients.  With headquarters in Rostock, Germany and further operations in Berlin, Germany as well as Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, CENTOGENE is dedicated to transforming the science of genetic information into solutions and hope for patients with rare diseases and their families. CENTOGENE provides the full spectrum of modern methods and technology for human genetics analysis; it is active in research and is constantly developing new and innovative products for human genetics.

<div>Germany-based Centogene is a commercial-stage genetic testing and bioinformatics company that provides data-driven insights to diagnose and treat rare hereditary diseases. Its proprietary platform contains an epidemiologic, phenotypic, and genetic data repository as well as a biobank of patients&rsquo; blood samples and cell cultures collected from more than 650,000 individuals across more than 120 countries. Unlike its competitors, the company focuses on rare diseases with geographical diversity.</div>

Leveraging personal data for custom-fit diagnosis and treatment

Precision Medicine

Centogene receives delisting notice from Nasdaq

Takeda

Extended the agreement to provide genetic testing for patients with Lysosomal Storage Disorders.

Companies providing genetic tests to identify individuals with high risk or at-risk of having hereditary disease, aid physicians with a diagnosis, and support clinical decision making.

Lifera Omics

Deutsche Lufthansa

Lufthansa introduces new offer for travel to the U.S.: Passengers who have had a Covid19 test done at Lufthansa partner Centogene before departure can conveniently receive their test results in the internationally recognized app CommonPass. This

Centogene has expanded its partnership with PTC Therapeutics to make its genetic and biomarker testing services, to help diagnose aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) deficiency.

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 Germany-based Centogene is a commercial-stage genetic testing and bioinformatics company that provides data-driven insights to diagnose and treat rare hereditary diseases. Its proprietary platform contains an epidemiologic, phenotypic, and genetic data repository as well as a biobank of patients&rsquo; blood samples and cell cultures collected from more than 650,000 individuals across more than 120 countries. Unlike its competitors, the company focuses on rare diseases with geographical diversity.
 
 
 The company claims to have the broadest genetic testing portfolio for rare diseases with 10,000 tests that cover more than 19,000 genes in four broad categories consisting of diagnostic, predictive, carrier, and prenatal testing. Additionally, it provides support services to pharmaceuticals during the drug discovery and development process. These services include clinical trial support, patient identification, and stratification, as well as tools to accelerate drug discovery.
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 As of April 2023, the company had collaborations with more than 50 pharmaceuticals including Denali Therapeutics, Evotec AG, Orphazyme, Aldeyra Therapeutics, Chiesi Germany, and 
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 In June 2023, the company formed a strategic collaboration with
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 Lifera
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 , a biopharmaceutical company owned by the Public Investment Fund, to form a joint venture (JV) that will focus on providing multi-omic testing services in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.
 
 
 Funding and Financials
 
 
 Centogene went public in November 2019, trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol &ldquo;CNTG.&rdquo;&nbsp; It reported a revenue of EUR 147.1 million (USD 162.4&nbsp; million) for 9M 2021, up 153% YoY, while net losses increased 40% YoY to EUR 34.6 million (USD 38.2 million). The company raised EUR 15 million (USD 17 million) in a private placement led by DPE Deutsche Private Equity as well a USD 45 million senior secured loan facility provided by Oxford Finance in February 2022 to enhance its service offerings available to patients, clinicians, and biopharmaceutical companies in rare metabolic and neurodegenerative disorders. 
 
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 Praxis Precision Medicines is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that develops precision medicine for central nervous system disorders based on neuronal imbalance caused by genetic mutations.
 
 
 The company has four clinical-stage product candidates in its pipeline for treating disorders such as depression, epilepsy, movement disorders, and pain syndromes. The company&rsquo;s drug candidates include 1) PRAX-944, which is an inhibitor for essential tremor disorder linked to Parkinson&rsquo;s disease and is set to begin Phase 3 in mid-2023, 2) PRAX-222 in Phase 2 of clinical trials targets the SCN2A gene most commonly associated with early-onset epilepsy, 3) PRAX-562 was designed to block persistent sodium for patients suffering from rare diseases such as headache disorders and severe seizures and completed Phase 1 of clinical trials, and 4) PRAX-628 in Phase 2 clinical trials for treating focal epilepsy that originates in one side or area of the brain and affects one side of the body. Additionally, the firm has six pre-clinical drug candidates.
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 The company went public in October 2020, trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol &ldquo;PRAX&rdquo;. 
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 , the company announced an underwritten public offering of its common shares and pre-funded warrants, to raise approximately USD 59.1 million. The capital raised was used to support the company&rsquo;s ongoing operations and strategic initiatives, furthering the development of its pipeline and potential future endeavors.
 
 
 For the year 
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 2022
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 , net losses increased by 28% YoY to USD 214 million arising from a significant increase in R&amp;D expense (up by 29% YoY). For the six months ended June 2023, the company is yet to generate revenue from drugs, however received collaboration revenue of USD 1.5 million. Further, it reported a decline in net loss by 43.0% YoY to USD 34.3 million. Its cash and cash equivalent as of June 2023 was at USD 124.3 million, compared to USD 61.6 million in December 2022, which the company believes will be adequate to fund operations till Q1 2025. 
 
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Praxis Precision Medicines

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 Mirati Therapeutics is a commercial-stage biotechnology company developing oncology-targeted therapies to address KRAS mutations present in 25% of tumors, including lung, colorectal and pancreatic cancers. Mirati&rsquo;s lead product KRAZATI (adagrasib/ MRTX849) is an oral&nbsp; KRASG12C inhibitor approved in 2022 for certain non-small cell lung cancers.The company also has sitravatinib, a multi-kinase inhibitor, in Phase 3 trials for non-small cell lung cancer in combination with a Bristol-Myers Squibb checkpoint inhibitor.
 
 
 
 
 Additionally, Mirati is advancing multiple early-stage programs including KRAS G12D inhibitor MRTX1133 for pancreatic and colorectal cancers, which entered Phase 1 in 2023, as well as a synthetic lethal inhibitor MRTX1719. In December 2022, the company submitted an IND application for MRTX1133, a potent and selective KRAS G12D inhibitor, which was cleared by the FDA in January 2023. 
 
 
 Key partnerships and customers
 
 
 
 
 Mirati has multiple partnerships with leading biopharma companies to advance its pipeline, including discovery collaborations with Pfizer and clinical collaborations with Novartis, Boehringer Ingelheim, and 
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 Incyte
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 . The company also has licensing agreements with BeiGene for sitravatinib and Zai Lab for MRTX849 in certain Asian markets.
 
 
 
 
 
 Funding and Financials
 
 
 
 
 The company went public in June 2013 to trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol &ldquo;MRTX&rdquo;. In August 2023, the company closed an 
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 at USD 345 million. The new funds were used towards drug development and leadership expansion.&nbsp;
 
 
 
 
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Mirati Therapeutics

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 Tvardi Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing precision medicine for different cancers, chronic inflammatory diseases, and fibrotic diseases. The company&rsquo;s pipeline focuses on the development of small-molecule inhibitors of STAT3, a regulatory protein that allows cancer cells to evade the immune system and survive.
 
 
 The company&rsquo;s orally administered monotherapy and lead product, TTI-101, is in Phase 1 clinical trials for patients with advanced solid tumors who have failed all other lines of therapy. Additionally, the drug is in preclinical trials for treating fibrosis and inflammation. The company is also developing TTI-102, a next-generation STAT3 inhibitor that is structurally similar but chemically different from TTI-101.&nbsp;
 
 
 Founded in 2017, the Texas-based company closed a Series B funding round in June 2021, which brought total funding to USD 81 million and the proceeds will be used to advance Tvardi&rsquo;s drug candidates through its clinical data readouts in mid-stage trials for cancer and fibrosis.
 
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Tvardi Therapeutics

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 Tango Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotech company developing precision oncology therapies targeting synthetic lethality in cancer which leads to cell death. Its discovery platform identifies novel targets to develop drugs focused on: 1) countering tumor suppressor gene loss to help the immune system recognize and kill cancer cells, and 2) reversing cancer cell evasion of the immune system.
 
 
 
 
 Tango has five pipeline programs, including lead candidate TNG908, an inhibitor for multiple cancer indicators. The FDA approved TNG908's IND in January 2022 and granted it Orphan Drug Designation. TNG908 is in Phase I/II trials, with preliminary efficacy data expected in H1 2023. Tango also plans to file INDs for TNG260 (STK11 mutant cancers) and TNG348 (BRCA1/2-mutant cancers). In 
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 , the FDA cleared the IND for TNG462, a next-gen PRMT5 inhibitor for cancers with MTAP deletion.
 
 
 
 
 Key partnerships and customers
 
 
 
 
 
 Outside its pipeline, the company also entered into a collaborative partnership with big pharma Gilead Sciences Inc., in October 2018 which was later expanded for two years in August 2020 to identify new immune evasion targets.
 
 
 
 
 Funding and financials&nbsp;
 
 
 
 
 
 Tango went public in August 2021 via a SPAC deal, trading on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol &ldquo;TNGX&rdquo;, and the company received gross proceeds of USD 353 million. In August 2023, the company raised USD 80 million via a 
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 , which was led by Nextech. The new funds were used toward expanding its TNG908 and TNG462 PRMT5 programs to various other indications.
 
 
 
 
 Tango has not yet generated any drug sales and does not expect to do so for several years. However, for the full-year the company reported collaboration revenue of USD 24.9 million (down 4.42% YoY) and a net loss of USD 108.2 million (up 85.9% YoY).
 
 
 
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Tango Therapeutics

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 IDEAYA Biosciences is a clinical-stage biotech developing precision cancer therapies based on synthetic lethality - when specific gene mutations pair to cause cell death. The company also studies combining synthetic lethality with immunotherapies and DNA damage to enhance treatment efficacy. While current drugs target limited mutations like BRCA1/2, IDEAYA aims to treat broader genetic subpopulations.&nbsp;
 
 
 
 
 Its pipeline includes synthetic lethality-driven precision medicines across four potential first-in-class clinical-stage product candidates. Of these, the company owns/controls commercial rights of the three most-advanced of these product candidates: darovasertib, IDE397, and IDE161. As of May 2024, the company was also advancing Werner Helicase program for which a development candidate has been selected in collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline, and, subject to investigational new drug-, or IND-, enabling studies, are targeting an IND in 2024. In addition. the company also works on multiple earlier-stage preclinical programs. 
 
 
 By targeting specific genetic drivers, IDEAYA advances precision oncology using synthetic lethality approaches. The company is focused on developing novel targeted therapies for patient populations with high unmet need and limited treatment options.&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
 
 In December 2023, IDEAYA Biosciences teamed up with Gilead Sciences to test the combination of IDE397 and Trodelvy in a Phase I clinical trial for MTAP-deletion bladder cancer.
 
 
 
 
 Key partnerships and customers
 
 
 
 
 The company collaborates with pharmaceutical partners to advance its pipeline, including a strategic partnership with GSK in June 2020. The collaboration with GSK covers co-development and commercialization of two synthetic lethality programs. IDEAYA received USD 100 million upfront and USD 20 million in a direct private placement through the GSK deal. In June 2022, IDEAYA announced it would co-develop its Pol Theta candidate with GSK, with a Phase 1 trial starting in the first half of 2023.&nbsp;
 
 
 
 
 IDEAYA also holds an exclusive license from Novartis for LXS196 (IDE196), a PKC inhibitor for metastatic uveal melanoma. Additionally, the company is exploring IDE196 combinations with Pfizer and its potential in other rare skin diseases. In July 2022, IDEAYA signed an agreement with Amgen to evaluate IDE397 with Amgen's AMG 193 in solid tumors. Strategic pharma partnerships help advance and expand IDEAYA's pipeline of synthetic lethality precision oncology programs.
 
 
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 
 
 
 The company was listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol &ldquo;IDYA&rdquo; in May 2019, raising USD 50 million via an initial public offering. In September 2022, the company raised USD 92 million.&nbsp;
 
 
 
 
 For 2022, the company reported a net loss of USD 58.7 million (up 17.9% YoY) while collaboration revenue was USD 50.9 million (up 82.3% YoY). 
 
 
 On October 24, 2023, IDEAYA Biosciences priced an underwritten public offering of 5 million shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants to purchase 319,150 shares of common stock. The common stock offered was priced at USD 23.50 per share, while the exercise price of a pre-funded warrant was USD 0.0001. The offering was expected to bring in approximately USD 125 million in gross proceeds.
 
 
 
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IDEAYA Biosciences

Secure cloud-based platforms and data sharing networks that collect, index, store, and analyze large amounts of health data and patient population data sets from sources including genomic, clinical, wearables, imaging, and population data.

Biopharma and biotechnology companies that develop precision medicine drugs based on novel disease biomarkers present in multi-omic patient population data and genetic insights.

Companies that study intergenomic variations in genes associated with drug response and metabolism to match patients with the appropriate drug and dosage.

Companies that develop an in-vitro medical device or imaging tools and tests that identify genetic mutations for both diagnostic (nature of the disease) and prognostic (likely course of the disease) purposes, allowing providers to match a patient to a specific drug or therapy.

Software analytics platforms that integrate multiple omics datasets (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics) to gain insights and support target discovery, drug development, clinical trials, and diagnostics.

Some companies leverage AI/ML to develop tailored medication

Considers individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle for each person

Genomics is used across all the segments of precision medicine from diagnostic solutions to treatments

AI/ML analyzes genomic data to find drug targets, predict disease progression, and treatment response

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 Centogene revealed it will sell its operating subsidiaries to Charme Capital Partners Limited affiliate. The deal, worth about EUR 8.7 million, is estimated to be finalized in the first quarter of 2025.
 This sale to Charme Capital is anticipated to enhance Centogene's stability and expand potential. Additionally, Centogene will get more funds from its joint venture Genomics Innovations in Saudi Arabia to bolster its financial state.
 
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