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Somite Therapeutics Funding Round

On 9/3/2024, Somite Therapeutics raised $4.8 million in Seed financing from Astellas Venture Capital and private investors.

Transaction Overview

Announced On
9/3/2024
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$4,800,000
Round
Seed
Investors

Astellas Venture Capital (Nagisa Sakurai)

private investors (Kendra Harris)

private investors (Nachum Shamir)

private investors (Paul Harris)

Proceeds Purpose
The additional funding will be used to expedite data generation to train Somite's AI platform, AlphaStem, advance SMT-M01 toward the clinic, start a second clinical program, SMT-B01, using brown adipocytes to treat metabolic disorders, and begin research with hypoimmune cell lines.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Artificial Intelligence
Mailing Address
240 Longwood Ave, Building C
Boston, MA 02115
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
Somite.ai is leveraging big data and AI to introduce novel cell replacement therapies. We're developing a digital twin of the embryo, i.e. a computational model that simulates the real embryo's development and behavior to guide decision-making.
Profile
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Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Micha Breakstone
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Chief Scientific Officer
Carl Morris
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Chief Technical Officer
Jonathan Rosenfeld
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Co-Founder
Allon Klein
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Co-Founder
Olivier Pourquie
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Co-Founder
Cliff Tabin
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VP - Bus. Development
Kristy Brown
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