Lumicks Raises $93M in Series D Financing

Lumicks

Lumicks, an Amsterdam, The Netherlands-based life science tools company that develops innovative platforms for Dynamic Single-Molecule and Cell Avidity analysis, closed a $93m Series D funding.

The round was led by new investors Farallon Capital Management and Lauxera Capital Partners, with participation from Softbank Vision 2, funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Parian Global Management, Pura Vida Investments, and Irving Investors, as well as existing investor Gilde Healthcare and select members of the management team.

The company intends to use the funds to accelerate growth initiatives including expansion of both research and development and commercial activities for the z-Movi® Cell Avidity Analyzer.

Founded in 2014 as an academic spin-off from the research group of Prof. Gijs Wuite, Prof. Erwin Peterman, and Prof. Iddo Heller at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and led by Olivier Heyning, CEO, Lumicks is a life science tools company that develops equipment for Dynamic Single-Molecule and Cell Avidity analysis, two emerging areas in biology research and immuno-oncology. Built upon innovative technologies, such as optical tweezers (Nobel Prize for Physics 2018) and STED super-resolution (Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2014), the company’s tools facilitate the understanding of life to the smallest detail.

Using the C-Trap® Optical Tweezers – Fluorescence Microscopy, scientists are able to analyze complex biological processes in real-time. Similarly, the z-Movi® Cell Avidity Analyzer enables the measurement and selection of immune cells based on their real-time interactions with target cells.

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16/04/2021