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Cambridge-based Metrion Biosciences Ltd has secured £3.5m in new equity financing – led by Maven Capital Partners and a £1m contribution from existing investor, Gresham House Ventures.

Continuing geopolitical uncertainty has perpetuated volatility in global markets, exacerbated by higher inflation and interest rates. The impact has left the biotech market in a limbo as investors eschew riskier investments, but there are signs of a potential recovery ahead.

Lausanne-based Vandria SA has cashed in CHF18m in a Series A financing led by ND Capital to drive clinical development of VNA-318.

Antibiotics specialist Antabio SAS has raised €25m in a Series B financing round with subscriptions from the AMR Action Fund, the EIC Fund and from existing investors.

Sorbonne University spin-out Carthera SA has closed its Series B financing round with an additional investment of €4.5m at €42m to launch clinical trials.
 

On the occasion of SynbiTECH in London, British Science, Research and Innovation Minister, Andrew Griffith, unveiled a £2bn strategic 10-year plan to foster engineering biology.

Eligo Bioscience secures $30m in series B funding, advancing its innovative gene-editing solutions targeting diseases linked to bacterial genes within the human microbiome.

Generative AI protein engineering specialist Cradle NV,  has raised US$24m in a Series A financing round led by Index Ventures w

Flagship Pioneering has committed US$50m to launch Quotient Therapeutics that links genetic variation at  cellular level with disease by Nanoseq, a sequencing method licenced from the Wellcome Sanger Institute.

Finnish protein maker Solar Foods has closed an oversubscribed €8M Series B financing and will expand Solein protein production and support the construction of a commercial production plant.