
Medicxi's David Grainger and Francesco De Rubertis pump €200M into six companies and what they say is a first-of-its kind fund
In what they’re billing as a first for biotech, David Grainger, Francesco De Rubertis and their team at Medicxi have put down €200 million to sweep up stakes in six companies from their predecessor VC and pump new money into them.
Medicxi didn’t disclose which companies it was investing in but the portfolio draws from Index Ventures Life VI, one of the last funds the Medicxi team launched while they were still part of the multinational, tech-focused VC firm Index Ventures. That team kept advising Index on their life sciences portfolio even after they spun out to form their own firm in the middle of 2016.
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