3/16/2023 0 Comments Notetaker ai![]() ![]() Jason Fontana, David Sparkman-Yager, and Chuhern HwangĪre perfect examples of scientists with a mission to translate and commercialize exciting technologies. Seed round led by Notation Capital & Divergent Capital! □ #lifesciences #healthcare #science #covid19 #opensource #fundingnews #biotech #venturecapital #biotechĮxcited to share that Wayfinder Biosciences raised $3.5M No better time to be a pre-seed / seed investor than now. There are other amazing companies out there that are looking for early-stage support. Today, they are the leading provider of data orchestration and workflow software for the life sciences industry being used by over 150 leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, including AstraZeneca, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Oxford Nanopore and Invitae. They have had explosive growth subsequently leading to a $4.4 million seed round in 2021, several grants from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and now their series A. However, they did have a brilliant, young team going after a very big market with an approach grounded on a foundational open-source platform and a community (built organically) that was vocal in their support.Įvan Floden and Paolo Di Tommaso are perfect examples of technical founders willing to be coached, constantly listening to their customers, prioritizing team culture, and giving back to the Barcelona and Toronto tech ecosystem. This company wasn’t based in Silicon Valley, didn’t have any big names attached to it, didn’t have revenue numbers to normally justify excitement in a round, and had many aspects left to de-risk around the business model and product roadmap. Sometimes investors chase the wrong signals and miss incredible companies. We led their pre-seed financing round during the start of the pandemic in 2020.ĭuring that time, many other investors disappeared, some even stopped investing altogether, or were only supporting existing portfolio companies. Congratulations to Seqera Labs on the $22 million in series A funding led by Addition along with the existing investors BoxOne Ventures, Talis Capital, Speedinvest, and Amino Collective. ![]()
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