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Dynamic duo

Medicxi backs anticoagulation play SuperX, the third newco from hematology duo

February 11, 2017 2:42 AM UTC

The asset-centric model of venture investing often sees a VC working with a stable of serial entrepreneurs who are deployed to new companies when the ones they have founded or helmed are sold. But few have been as prolific in as short a time as SuperX Ltd.’s scientific co-founders CSO Jim Huntington and CMO Trevor Baglin.

Last week Medicxi backed the duo’s latest newco with an $11 million series A round mere days after co-leading a £14 million ($17.5 million) A round for the pair’s ApcinteX Ltd. with Touchstone Innovations plc (LSE:IVO). ...