Tech Company Financing Transactions

Hexagon Bio Funding Round

Nextech Invest, 8VC and Casdin Capital invested in a $61 million venture round for Hexagon Bio. The round was recorded on 9/23/2021.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
9/23/2021
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$61,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

Nextech Invest (Lead Investor) (Jakob Loven)

8VC (Alex Kolicich)

Casdin Capital

SoftBank Vision Fund

The Column Group (David Goeddel)

Two Sigma Ventures (Dusan Perovic)

Proceeds Purpose
Proceeds from the financing will enable the company to further expand its genomics database and accelerate its drug discovery efforts with an initial focus on high-value anti-infective and oncology targets.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
1490 O'Brien Dr. E
Menlo Park, CA 94025
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
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
Hexagon Bio LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Hexagon Bio Company Twitter Account
Company News
Hexagon Bio News
Facebook
Hexagon Bio on Facebook
YouTube
Hexagon Bio on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Maureen Hillenmeyer
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Founder
Colin Harvey
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Founder
Brian Naughton
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Founder
Yi Tang
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Vice President
James Li
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VP - Bus. Development
Sofia Touami
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VP - Engineering
Andrew Aymeloglu
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