Synthorx
AcquiredSan Diego, United States · Founded 2014 · $79.0M raised
- Headquarters
- San Diego, California
- Employees
- 11–50
- Founded
- 2014
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- synthorx.com
- Total Funding
- $79.0M
- Last Round
- $63.0M Series CApr 2018
- Rounds
- 3
About
Synthorx was a La Jolla, California biotechnology company that used synthetic biology and a proprietary expanded DNA alphabet — an engineered base pair beyond the natural A, T, G, and C — to discover and develop novel protein therapeutics, diagnostics, and vaccines. Founded on research from Dr. Floyd Romesberg's lab at The Scripps Research Institute, the company was acquired by Sanofi in December 2019 for $2.5 billion.
Summary
Synthorx is a Biotech company based in San Diego, United States, founded in 2014. It has raised $79.0M in total across 3 rounds, most recently a $63.0M Series C round in Apr 2018. Investors include Avalon Ventures, Sanofi Ventures and OrbiMed.
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Funding History
Dec 2019
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