JSR Life Sci­ences spawns new ven­ture fund; IL-2 biotech com­pletes merg­er with triv­ia com­pa­ny sub­sidiary

There’s a new ven­ture fund in town — this one led by a for­mer Eli Lil­ly re­searcher with a sea­soned re­sume that in­cludes roles at Pru­den­tial Eq­ui­ty, BMO Cap­i­tal Mar­kets, and Edi­son Group.

JSR Life Sci­ences un­veiled its new Life Sci­ences Cor­po­rate Ven­ture Fund on Tues­day, with the goal of in­vest­ing in “mul­ti­ple deals with­in the next few years.” The ini­tial fo­cus will be emerg­ing com­pa­nies, ac­cord­ing to a state­ment.

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