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Ochre Bio Closes $9.6M Seed Financing Led By Khosla Ventures

Jun 16, 2021•about 4 years ago

Amount Raised

$9.6 Million

Round Type

seed

Oxford

Description

Ochre Bio, a biotech company developing RNA medicines for chronic liver diseases, today announced the closing of a $9.6M seed financing round led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Backed VC, Apollo Health Ventures, Selvedge, Hoxton and Hermes-Epitek. The funding will be used to advance the development of Ochre Bio’s RNA therapies and expand their deep phenotyping platform to identify and validate new liver targets.

Company Information

Company

Ochre Bio

Location

Oxford, Mississippi, United States

About

Ochre Bio is a biotechnology company developing RNA medicines for chronic liver diseases, a top ten global killer. We uncover new biological pathways by using advances in 'deep phenotyping', and then study our medicines in human livers kept alive on machines. In doing so, Ochre Bio ensures that the medicines we bring to the clinic are highly likely to successfully improve patient lives. Situated within the heart of Oxford’s biotech innovation hub, Ochre is built on over 15 years experience in liver genomics and bringing advanced therapies to market. To learn more, please visit www.ochre-bio.com.