Investment company FastForward Innovations Ltd announced that its investee, BVI-based biotech firm Juvenescence Ltd, has completed the first part of its funding round, having raised US46mln at US$24.70 per share. In total, the BVI company plans to raise between US$100mln to US$125mln.
FastForward Chief Executive Lorne Abony said: “We are delighted with the progress Juvenescence is making with the pipeline of drugs, therapies and technologies they are developing. Having spent time with the company’s management in the past few weeks in San Francisco I share their optimism in relation to near-term potential of the company… The successful initial public offer of Age-X Therapeutics in which Juvenescence has a 46% interest, is a great example of the expertise Juvenescence brings to drug development companies.”
The price of the Series B funding values Juvenescence at US$400mln, which is 58% premium to the price at which FastForward invested in the company’s Series A funding.
