Ascencia raises seed capital investment for further development of their lab digitization technology

Ascenscia is an emerging tech startup in laboratory automation. Their product comprises a highly specialized voice assistant for scientific laboratories. It understands scientific terminologies and workflows efficiently and enables scientists to communicate with other lab systems by voice.
Synerkine Pharma secures EUR 12.1 million to accelerate novel pain therapeutics towards clinical proof-of-concept

Synerkine Pharma, a Dutch biopharmaceutical company creating innovative pain solutions, today announced an extension of its Series A financing led by Flerie with support from new investors, InnovationQuarter Capital and Utrecht Health Seed Fund, and existing investor Thuja Capital.
Academic Startup Competition – 4th Edition – APPLICATIONS OPEN

The Academic Startup Competition (ASC) is a joint initiative of Techleap, UNL, NFU, NAE, UTwente, VU and EZK. The competition offers a curated batch of 20 selected academic startups the chance to showcase themselves to an audience of (international) investors and businesses.
UMC Utrecht spin-out Cordys Analytics secures investment for improved early detection of heart disease.

LUMO Labs, ROM Utrecht Region and Utrecht Health Seed Fund are investing 900,000 euros in Cordys Analytics. The startup is a Dutch healthtech spin-out from the University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU) and incubated at UtrechtInc.
Phlox Therapeutics Raises Additional Seed Funding to Further Develop RNA Therapies for Genetic Laminopathies

A very warm welcome to new portfolio company Phlox Therapeutics, a private biotechnology company specializing in developing innovative RNA-therapeutics for rare genetic cardiomyopathies.