Se­quoia helps fu­el Whole Bio­me's planned launch for 'med­ical pro­bi­otic­s' in $35M Se­ries B

Im­age: Colleen Cut­cliffe WHOLE BIO­ME

The boom in mi­cro­bio­me ther­a­peu­tics has el­e­vat­ed the “good” gut bac­te­ria from pro­bi­otics to drug sta­tus, spurring some up­starts backed by promi­nent ven­ture in­vestors to take their ther­a­pies on the high­ly reg­u­lat­ed jour­ney to­ward an FDA ap­proval. But Whole Bio­me wants to go a sep­a­rate di­rec­tion by oc­cu­py­ing the mid­dle ground with what it’s call­ing “med­ical pro­bi­otics.”

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