Specific Biologics

Specific Biologics develops novel gene editing technologies to treat diseases at the genetic level in cells inside the body.

Health and bio

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Specific Biologics | 1660 days from website to first raise on record

@SpecificBio·Raised $35M in 1 sourced round·2 signals before the first raise

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Funding rounds

1. November 2, 2026
   Series A · $35M
   Source: app.dealroom.co
2. December 16, 2021
   Seed · amount undisclosed
   LLumira Ventures (lead), AadMare Bio Innovations
   Source: prnewswire.com
3. January 18, 2019
   X account created
4. May 31, 2017
   Website created

Founders and team

• BS
  Brent Stead Founder
• OI
  Odi Israel Founder

Investors

• AadMare Bio Innovations
• CCreative Destruction Lab
• GGenome Canada
• LLumira Ventureslead investor
• OOntario Genomics

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