Hillstar Bio
Series A in 2025
Hillstar Bio is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing precision immunotherapies for treating autoimmune diseases. Its innovative approach selectively targets and depletes harmful immune cells, sparing healthy ones, to address specific disease mechanisms and reduce the risks associated with chronic broad immunosuppression. The company aims to provide durable relief and immune reset for patients with autoimmune conditions, addressing unmet medical needs.
Callio Therapeutics
Series A in 2025
Callio Therapeutics specializes in the development of advanced antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for cancer treatment. Their focus is on creating multi-payload ADCs, which allow for the targeted delivery of drug combinations to tumor cells, potentially maximizing therapeutic benefits and improving patient outcomes.
Alesta Therapeutics
Series A in 2025
Alesta Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on developing cancer therapies by targeting stress response pathways and metabolic dependencies that sustain cancer cell survival. It develops small molecule programs to address novel targets within chronic stress responses and synthetic lethal metabolic dependencies in cancer, with the aim of shutting down survival pathways that cancer cells rely on for growth.
Alentis Therapeutics
Series D in 2024
Alentis Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapies for cancer and fibrotic diseases, including liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, and liver cancer. It pursues CLDN1-targeted approaches, developing anti-CLDN1 antibodies and antibody-drug conjugates to modify disease progression in CLDN1-positive cancers. Founded in 2019 and based in Basel, Switzerland, the company advances programs that aim to modulate the immune response and enhance anti-tumor activity while addressing liver-related conditions.
Halda Therapeutics
Series B in 2024
Halda Therapeutics is a research-stage drug discovery company dedicated to developing next-generation precision medicine. The company employs a unique therapeutic modality that serves as a platform for addressing various disease states. By focusing on the discovery of novel therapies that modify disease-causing pathways, Halda Therapeutics aims to enable healthcare providers to offer more targeted treatments for their patients. Through its innovative approach, the company seeks to advance the field of precision medicine and improve patient outcomes.
Bluejay Therapeutics
Series C in 2024
Bluejay Therapeutics is a private biopharmaceutical company focused on developing curative treatments for infectious and liver diseases. Its initial program targets chronic hepatitis B, a widespread infection with unmet medical need, using two approaches: fully human IgG1 monoclonal antibodies against hepatitis B surface antigen and oral small-molecule inhibitors of HBsAg. The aim is to reduce viral surface antigen and restore adaptive immunity, potentially achieving a functional cure for HBV and enabling patients to regain immune control of infection. The company’s work also contemplates extending its approach to other viral liver diseases, including chronic hepatitis D.
Tubulis GmbH, founded in 2019 and based in Munich, Germany, specializes in the research, design, and development of protein-drug conjugates, particularly focusing on antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs). The company aims to create transformative chemotherapeutic medications that are tailored to combat cancer and chronic diseases. By integrating proprietary technologies with disease-specific biology, Tubulis develops unique protein-drug combinations that enable clinicians to treat patients while minimizing the adverse effects typically associated with traditional chemotherapy. Through its innovative approach, Tubulis seeks to improve therapeutic outcomes and enhance the safety of cancer treatments.