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Hexagon Bio Funding Round
On 9/16/2020, Hexagon Bio raised $47 million in Series A financing from The Column Group, 8VC and Two Sigma Ventures.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
9/16/2020
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$47,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors
The Column Group (Lead Investor) (David Goeddel)
8VC (Alex Kolicich)
Two Sigma Ventures (Dusan Perovic)
Proceeds Purpose
Hexagon will use the Series A funding to develop a proprietary genomics database of new secondary metabolites, and to build a drug discovery team to develop these compounds.
Company Information
Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
1490 O'Brien Dr. E
Menlo Park, CA 94025
USA
Menlo Park, CA 94025
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Website
Email Address
Overview
Hexagon Bio's mission to identify medicines encoded in the global metagenome, and bring them to patients. While nature's molecules have proven to be a rich source of potent medicines, their translation has been laborious and hindered by the lack of mechanistic understanding of the intended target.
Profile
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Company News
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Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Maureen Hillenmeyer
Founder
Colin Harvey
Founder
Brian Naughton
Founder
Yi Tang
Vice President
James Li
VP - Bus. Development
Sofia Touami
VP - Engineering
Andrew Aymeloglu
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