
Seventure backs MaaT
Seventure Partners has made a €1m investment in MaaT Pharma, a French microbiome company, becoming the first investor in the business.
Seventure is the first investor in MaaT, and has committed to investing a further €1m in the company depending on the achievement of scientific milestones.
The technology transfer office of the French National Institute for Agricultural Research has also become a shareholder in MaaT following the transaction.
Company
Seventure helped launch MaaT in August 2013 with its co-founders Pierre Belichard, Hervé Affagard, Joël Doré and Pierre Rimbaud.
MaaT is developing a microbiotherapy treatment for hospital use. It is designed to treat patients who are suffering from treatment-induced microbial imbalance, also known as dysbiotic enteropathies.
The microbiotherapeutic treatment is designed to reduce or eliminate gastrointestinal side-effects.
People
Hervé Affagard is the CEO of MaaT. Isabelle de Cremoux is CEO and managing partner of Seventure.
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