DCVC Bio is a venture capital fund that invests in early-stage life science companies driven by deep-tech approaches. Advances in genetic sequencing, artificial intelligence, and automation are converging to transform existing life sciences technologies and speed the development of new ones. The firm is looking for companies affecting deep technological change in synthetic biology, medicine, and agriculture. DCVC Bio was founded in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

DCVC Bio

Hemi Ventures invests in early stage startups in autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence applications, biotech, and other emerging technology sectors. We partner with entrepreneurs whose cutting edge innovations unlock new frontiers for human potential. ‘Hemi’ (hēmi-) means ‘half’ in Greek. We serve as a complementary half to our founders. In addition to capital, we help founders establish pivotal relationships with industry partners and customers to build strong ecosystems that help them grow.

Hemi Ventures

Alpha Intelligence Capital (AIC) is an entrepreneurs-led, entrepreneurs-invested, global closed-end private venture capital fund. It invests in deep Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) technology-based companies. (AI is the science of self-learning software algorithms that execute tasks otherwise typically performed by humans.) We believe that AI is the Future. Our core focus lies in companies in the early stages (Seed to Series B), with deep expertise in the algorithmic sciences and their application to developing breakthrough products and to solving real business problems. Our investment committee and advisory team come from executive level positions at Fortune 500 companies and successful startups, universities, private equity firms, ventures and funds. With a long history and strong background in a variety of industries, we use our expert experience to promote both long and short-term wealth generation.

Alpha Intelligence Capital

X-37

X-37 is a pharmaceutical discovery and development company, which uses advanced artificial intelligence technology from Atomwise, Inc. to discover novel drug candidates by screening vast libraries of chemical compounds against high-value pharmaceutical targets.

<div>Co-founded by Atomwise and Velocity Pharmaceutical Development, X-37 is a biotechnology company focused on drug discovery and development. The company utilizes Atomwise&rsquo;s platform to discover novel drug candidates. Once discovered, X-37 leverages its team of industry professionals to advance the drugs from initial screening to preclinical testing. As of September 2020, the company had five potential drugs under development which are currently undergoing testing and screening. These drugs relate to autoimmune diseases, cancer, and anticoagulation with human testing expected to begin by 2022.</div>

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 Co-founded by Atomwise and Velocity Pharmaceutical Development, X-37 is a biotechnology company focused on drug discovery and development. The company utilizes Atomwise&rsquo;s platform to discover novel drug candidates. Once discovered, X-37 leverages its team of industry professionals to advance the drugs from initial screening to preclinical testing. As of September 2020, the company had five potential drugs under development which are currently undergoing testing and screening. These drugs relate to autoimmune diseases, cancer, and anticoagulation with human testing expected to begin by 2022.
 
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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
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 , 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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