January 23, 2019 07:59 AM EST

KKR backs monster $300M raise to build up a new-model biotech — designed by Neil Kumar and MIT’s Andrew Lo

John Carroll

Editor & Founder

Neil Kumar always wanted to build a different kind of biotech company at BridgeBio. And now the CEO has banked right under $300 million to continue construction work on the grand design as he thinks about growing the pipeline and starting their first marketing efforts.

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