{"id":139,"date":"2026-09-22T13:00:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T13:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bimini.jppwebdesign.nl\/?p=139"},"modified":"2026-11-11T17:09:05","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T17:09:05","slug":"bimini-biotech-raises-a-eur3m-seed-round-to-advance-first-in-class-therapeutics-for-hematological-cancers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bimini.jppwebdesign.nl\/?p=139","title":{"rendered":"BIMINI Biotech raises a EUR3M seed round to advance first-in-class therapeutics for hematological cancers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Leiden, 8 January 2025.<\/strong> BIMINI Biotech has closed a \u20ac3 million seed investment round to advance its first-in-class therapeutics for haematological cancers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The financing was led by San Diego-based Torrey Pines Investment, with participation from InnovationQuarter Capital, Libertatis Ergo Holding and a business angel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Advancing first-in-class WASp modulators<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The investment will support the preclinical development of BIMINI&#8217;s small-molecule modulators of Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein (WASp), including further assessment of efficacy, safety and developability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BIMINI is investigating WASp as a therapeutic target in leukaemia and lymphoma. The company has generated in vitro and in vivo anti-cancer activity across several disease models and is progressing its compounds through lead optimisation and preclinical development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The programme is supported by drug-discovery capabilities from Expert Systems, including computer-aided drug design and AI-supported approaches across preclinical discovery and early development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Representatives from Torrey Pines Investment and InnovationQuarter Capital highlighted the scientific rationale and development potential behind BIMINI&#8217;s programmes. BIMINI&#8217;s management said the financing provides the resources required to move its portfolio towards later-stage preclinical development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About BIMINI Biotech<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BIMINI Biotech is a preclinical-stage biotechnology company based in Leiden, developing first-in-class small-molecule therapeutics targeting WASp in haematological cancers and autoimmune disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leiden, 8 January 2025. BIMINI Biotech has closed a \u20ac3 million seed investment round to advance its first-in-class therapeutics for haematological cancers. The financing was led by San Diego-based Torrey Pines Investment, with participation from InnovationQuarter Capital, Libertatis Ergo Holding and a business angel. Advancing first-in-class WASp modulators The investment will support the preclinical development [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bimini.jppwebdesign.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bimini.jppwebdesign.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bimini.jppwebdesign.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bimini.jppwebdesign.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bimini.jppwebdesign.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bimini.jppwebdesign.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140,"href":"https:\/\/bimini.jppwebdesign.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions\/140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bimini.jppwebdesign.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bimini.jppwebdesign.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bimini.jppwebdesign.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bimini.jppwebdesign.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}