Citryll, an Oss, Netherlands-based pharmaceutical company, closed a total funding of €18.5m.
The round was led by Seventure (including their Health for Life Capital II fund), co-led by BioGeneration Ventures (BGV) with existing investors BOM Brabant Ventures, BrightGene and ModiQuest contributing to this round. In addition, Citryll has been awarded an Innovation Credit from the Dutch Government through its agency RVO of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy set up to stimulate the development of high potential innovations.
The company intends to use the funds to advance the pre-clinical and clinical development of its CIT-013 therapeutic antibody, an inhibitor of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) and their formation (NETosis).
Founded by ModiQuest B.V., originator of the tACPA patents, Helmuth van Es, CEO Citryll, and Renato Chirivi of ModiQuest B.V., CSO Citryll and co-inventor of tACPA, Citryll is a pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of therapeutics that target NETosis and NETs.
The preclinical development and manufacturing process of CIT-013 was accelerated in 2019 through the first closing of the financing round by existing investors BOM Brabant Ventures, BrightGene, Curie Capital, and ModiQuest.
The program is on track to reach the clinic in 2021.
FinSMEs
02/07/2020