Naveen Krishnan, Mirae Asset Capital Life Science managing director

In­vest­ment firm Mi­rae launch­es its US biotech VC fund with $50M

A new biotech ven­ture cap­i­tal firm emerged Thurs­day with $50 mil­lion to back as many as eight pri­vate life sci­ences star­tups.

The firm, Mi­rae As­set Cap­i­tal Life Sci­ence, is a US af­fil­i­ate of the large Mi­rae As­set Fi­nan­cial Group, which has near­ly $600 bil­lion in as­sets un­der man­age­ment. While it’s been an in­vestor in biotechs like BioN­Tech and Vi­vid­ion over the years, the new firm said it is the first and on­ly US af­fil­i­ate of the sprawl­ing Mi­rae.

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