Auriga Partners leads €7m series-A for Nextbiotix
French VC Auriga Partners has led a €7m series-A funding round for Nextbiotix, a microbiome biotech company developing biotherapeutics to treat inflammatory bowel diseases.
Early-stage private equity firm Sofimac Innovation, startup fund Cap Innov'Est, Inra, and pharmaceutical company Biocodex, also participated in the funding round.
The fresh funding will be used to support research to bring its new class of medicine – live biotherapeutics – to patients.
Company
Established in 2016 and headquartered in Dijon, Nextbiotix was founded by scientists working in the field of gut microbiota. The company's vision is to bring gut microbiota back into therapeutic use through a bacterium called faecalibacterium prausnitzii.
People
Nextbiotix – Benjamin Hadida (co-founder, CEO).
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