Vedere Bio II Launches with $77 Million Series A Financing to Develop Next Generation Ocular Gene Therapies

Vedere Bio II, Inc., a company developing next generation ocular gene therapies designed for vision restoration and preservation for patients with vision loss due to photoreceptor death, today announced the completion of its $77 million Series A financing. Founded by the leadership and research team behind the former Vedere Bio, which was acquired by Novartis in September 2020, Vedere Bio II (Vedere) will leverage its new, proprietary, mutation agnostic optogenetics technology to improve upon current gene therapies by restoring functional vision to patients. The financing was led by Octagon Capital, who was also joined by new investors Samsara BioCapital and Casdin Capital, and Vedere's founding investors, Atlas Venture, Mission BioCapital and the RD Fund, the venture arm of Foundation Fighting Blindness.
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