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CF Foundation’s Longwood incubator fund to push early tech toward CF

Non-profit commits $20M to jump-start genetic therapies for cystic fibrosis 

August 21, 2020 10:20 PM UTC

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s partnership with Longwood Fund aims to instill CF research as a priority in start-ups built around new technologies. If successful, the charity is hoping to partner with other VCs to broaden the early-stage CF development pipeline.

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) is well known for its venture philanthropy model, which uses two main approaches to accelerate CF research. ...