Tech Company Financing Transactions

BigHat Biosciences Funding Round

On 2/12/2021, BigHat Biosciences received $19 million in Series A funding from Andreessen Horowitz, 8VC and AME Cloud Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
2/12/2021
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$19,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors
Proceeds Purpose
The company intends to use the new capital to expand the scientific and technical teams, hiring antibody and protein engineers, AI/ML engineers, and computational biologists, further develop the platform, scaling capacity and advancement of its own internal therapeutic programs towards human clinical trials.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
733 Industrial Rd.
San Carlos, CA 94070
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
BigHat's mission is to improve human health by making it far easier to design advanced, next-generation antibody therapeutics. Our AI-enabled experimental platform integrates a high-speed characterization or wet lab with machine learning technologies to speed the antibody engineering process.
Profile
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Company News
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Facebook
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YouTube
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Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Mark DePristo
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Chief Scientific Officer
Peyton Greenside
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VP - Bus. Development
Elizabeth Schwarzbach
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VP - Engineering
Eddie Abrams
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