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Camena Bioscience Funding Round

Camena Bioscience, based in Cambridge, secured $9.9 million from MEIF Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
7/3/2023
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$9,911,000
Round
Series A
Proceeds Purpose
The company intends to use the funds to scale operations and continue development of its DNA synthesis platform, gSynth.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
The Science Village Chesterford Research Park
Cambridge, CB10 1XL
UK
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
Founded in 2016, Camena Bioscience is a synthetic biology company that was born out of ideas from Cambridge and Pasadena. Camena's CEO and co-founder is Steve Harvey, a leader in genomics research, and the CSO and co-founder is Derek Stemple, a world-renowned molecular biologist and previously a co-founder of TwistDX which was acquired by Alere (now a part of Abbott)
Profile
Camena Bioscience LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Camena Bioscience Company Twitter Account
Company News
Camena Bioscience News
Facebook
Camena Bioscience on Facebook
YouTube
Camena Bioscience on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Steve Harvey
  Steve Harvey LinkedIn Profile  Steve Harvey Twitter Account  Steve Harvey News  Steve Harvey on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Derek Stemple
  Derek Stemple LinkedIn Profile  Derek Stemple Twitter Account  Derek Stemple News  Derek Stemple on Facebook
Co-Founder
Scott Fraser
  Scott Fraser LinkedIn Profile  Scott Fraser Twitter Account  Scott Fraser News  Scott Fraser on Facebook


 

 

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