Gamma Launches With $7M in Seed Funding
02 Nov, 2021
– Macomics Ltd has closed a follow-on financing of £4.24m from its 2020 Seed round, bringing the total amount raised to £7.44m.
– The additional investment brings in new investor Caribou Property Limited alongside existing investors Epidarex Capital, who led the round, and Scottish Enterprise.
– It will be used to accelerate the company’s growth, including expansion of the team.
– Macomics is developing precision medicines to modulate macrophages for the treatment of cancer.
– The company was co-founded in 2019 by Prof Jeffrey Pollard and Dr Luca Cassetta, University of Edinburgh, internationally recognised leaders in macrophage biology.
– It is progressing a diversified portfolio of therapies targeting disease specific tumour associated macrophages (‘TAMs’) towards the clinic.