Sujal Patel (L) and Parag Mallick

Nau­tilus set to go pub­lic in re­verse merg­er with Per­cep­tive SPAC, aims to test pro­teomics plat­form with big-name back­ers

With the back­ing of Paul Allen and Jeff Be­zos, among oth­ers, Nau­tilus Biotech­nol­o­gy is set­ting sail for Nas­daq, ink­ing a deal with one of Per­cep­tive’s blank-check com­pa­nies to un­lock the mys­ter­ies of the hu­man pro­teome.

The Seat­tle-based biotech will re­verse merge with Arya Sci­ences Ac­qui­si­tion Corp III, which pen­ciled in a $143.7 mil­lion IPO raise back in late-Ju­ly, Nau­tilus said Mon­day. In Au­gust, the SPAC priced 13,000,000 shares at $10 apiece.

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