Vedanta Biosciences Valuation, Funding & Investors

City Therapeutics engineers enhanced small-interfering RNAs for RNAi therapeutics targeting liver, muscle, and CNS diseases from its Boston headquarters. Founded in 2023, the biopharma advances a pipeline of siRNA candidates improving delivery and potency, backed by ARCH Venture Partners and Takeda. Its platform conjugates lipids and GalNAc for extrahepatic tissue targeting in metabolic and neuromuscular disorders.

Inceptive is a biotechnology firm that engineers RNA molecules through deep learning models refined by high-throughput wet-lab experiments. Headquartered in South San Francisco, the company builds platforms for designing mRNA vaccines, gene therapies, and protein therapeutics. Its Evo 2.0 model generates novel RNA sequences with specified properties, accelerating development of treatments for infectious diseases and rare genetic disorders.

Readline is a Shenzhen-headquartered biopharmaceutical firm pioneering enzyme-directed evolution for green manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients. Specializing in peptides, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids, it supplies intermediates for medicines, cosmetics, animal feed, and biological pesticides, emphasizing sustainable production processes at industrial scale.

Vanqua Bio is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-headquartered biotech firm developing therapies for neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and ALS using a platform that screens human genetics and patient-derived neurons targeting lysosomal storage disorders and innate immune activation pathways.

Fulcrum Therapeutics Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing small molecules for genetically defined rare diseases. Its product candidate, Pociredir, is an oral small molecule designed to induce fetal hemoglobin (HbF) and is in clinical development for sickle cell disease (SCD). The company completed dosing in the Phase 1b PIONEER trial evaluating pociredir in adults with SCD and reported clinical data showing clinically relevant HbF induction and improvements in markers of hemolysis and anemia. The company has also generated a pipeline of clinical-stage and pre-clinical programs targeting the root causes of rare genetic diseases.

Amarin Corp PLC is a biopharmaceutical company. It is focused on the commercialization and development of therapeutics to improve cardiovascular, or CV, health and reduce CV risk. Its commercialized product includes Vascepa.

PegBio Co Ltd is engaged in the discovery and development of therapies. The company's main product PB-119, is a self-developed, near-commercialized, long-acting glucagonlike peptide 1 (GLP-1, a peptide hormone that decreases blood sugar levels) receptor agonist. The Company's product candidates include PB-718, PB-1902, PB-722, PB-2301 and PB-2309.

Loyal is a biotechnology firm developing small-molecule drugs to extend healthy lifespan in dogs by targeting aging pathways like insulin signaling. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company founded in 2020 conducts clinical trials for LOY-001, an oral tablet aimed at large-breed dogs over seven years old. Loyal collaborates with veterinary clinics nationwide and plans FDA submission in 2024. Its pipeline includes therapies for kidney disease and heart conditions linked to canine aging processes.

Immuneering Corp is a biopharmaceutical company. It is focused on improving patient outcomes across a spectrum of debilitating oncologic and neurologic diseases by applying deep knowledge of translational bioinformatics to every stage of the drug development process. The company's proprietary computational Disease Cancelling Technology platform enables Immuneering's drug discovery programs. The company also provides unparalleled computational biology capabilities to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.