2 years ago
Camena Bioscience Secures £7.9 Million for DNA Synthesis Platform
Camena Bioscience, a health tech startup providing synthetic genes to the pharmaceutical industry, has raised £7.9 million in a Series A funding round led by Mercia
The company's enzymatic technology is more accurate and cost effective than traditional DNA synthesis methods
The funding will be used to scale operations and continue development of its gSynth synthesis platform.
ProblemTechnology
"Making complex genes accurately is difficult and expensive, limiting the potential of synthetic biology."
Solution
"Camena Bioscience has developed a more accurate and cost-effective enzymatic technology for DNA synthesis, enabling researchers to 'write' DNA with the same ease as they can 'read' it."