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Fruitful partnerships

VelosBio marks the first start-up to emerge from Arix’s partnerships

October 5, 2018 11:20 PM UTC

Arix Bioscience plc (LSE:ARIX) leveraged its partnership with Takeda Ventures to co-lead a $58 million series A round for antibody-drug company VelosBio Inc., a sign that the VC’s strategic partnerships are finally bearing fruit.

Also participating in the round, which closed Oct. 1., were co-lead investor Sofinnova Ventures, new investors Pappas Ventures and Chiesi Ventures and fellow existing investor Decheng Capital...