T-CURX GmbH (T-CURX) today announces the first closing of a $ 20M (€ 17.7M) Series A financing with a syndicate of European and Asian investors for accelerating clinical development of T-CURX non-viral clinical CAR-T therapies in AML and solid tumor indications, as well as advancing T-CURX proprietary non-viral technologies for in vivo CAR-T generation.
The Series A syndicate was led by BiomedVC and included Bayern Kapital, HighLight Capital (HLC), and i&iBio Fund, as additional investors along with existing and new individual investors.
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Ulf Grawunder, PhD, co-founder and CEO of T-CURX, commented on the closing of this Series A financing round for T-CURX:
“I am very excited that T-CURX attracted such a high-profile, international investor’s syndicate, led by BiomedVC, for financing T-CURX`s non-clinical and clinical CAR-T technologies and CAR-T pipeline programs, respectively. It is a testament of the high quality of T-CURX data and the promise of our non-clinical and clinical non-viral CAR-T pipeline in AML & CLL and solid tumor indications going after novel targets. It also highlights the high value of our unique approach to leverage non-viral CAR-vector and LNP technologies for highly economical and scalable in vivo CAR-T generation, in order to “democratize” CAR-T therapies for patients globally.”
“I am thrilled about leading a highly dedicated international syndicate of early-stage investors from Europe and Asia in this Series A financing for T-CURX. We were deeply impressed by the data on non-viral CAR-T product and technology development at T-CURX, the track-record and experience of T-CURX Founder’s and Management team and the promise of T-CURX non-viral CAR-T technolgies hold for making CAR-T therapies accessible and affordable for many cancer patients globally. We are very much looking forward to support T-CURX to achieve all of their therapeutic and commercial ambitions”
T-CURX is a German Biotech company located in Würzburg and Munich, Germany, spun-out of the laboratory of its co-founder, Prof. Michael Hudecek, University of Würzburg, who is a European KOL and pioneer in the development and clinical translation of non-viral CAR-T cell therapies to target various types of cancer.
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