Portfolio News

Kyverna Therapeutics Announces Leadership Update

Warner Biddle Appointed as Chief Executive Officer and to Board of Directors, Bringing Over 30 Years of Commercial, Product Planning and Franchise Leadership Experience, Including Successful Launches for CAR T Pioneer in Hematology

Latigo Biotherapeutics Appoints Tim Lugo as Chief Financial Officer and Adds Beth Seidenberg and Jim Tananbaum to Board of Directors

Latigo Biotherapeutics Inc. (“Latigo”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing best-in-class non-opioid pain medicines that target pain at its source, today announced the appointment of Tim Lugo as chief financial officer (CFO). In addition, Latigo has appointed Beth Seidenberg, M.D., and Jim Tananbaum, M.D., to its board of directors. These appointments bring deep expertise and leadership as Latigo scales to rapidly advance its lead clinical programs.

ArsenalBio Announces $325 Million Financing to Advance Programmable Cell Therapy Programs Through Clinical Development

Arsenal Biosciences, Inc. (ArsenalBio), a clinical stage programmable cell therapy company focused on engineering advanced CAR T-cell therapies for solid tumors, today announced the close of an oversubscribed $325 million Series C financing round. The funding round included new investors ARCH Venture Partners, Milky Way Investments Group, Regeneron Ventures, NVentures (NVIDIA’s venture capital arm), Luma Group, funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., Rock Springs Capital, among others, with ongoing support from existing investors the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (PICI), SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Westlake Village BioPartners, Kleiner Perkins, Byers Capital, and Hitachi Ventures.