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(Reuters) - ElevateBio said on Monday it has raised $525 million in new funding led by Matrix Capital Management, to help increase manufacturing capacity and also advance development of its cell and gene therapies.
The new financing, one of the bigger fund raises in the healthcare sector this year, also included investment from SoftBank Vision Fund 2, the cell and gene therapy developer said.
The company is the largest shareholder in cell therapy developer Allovir Inc, and its other portfolio companies include HighPassBio, which is also developing a treatment for leukemia patients.
ElevateBio is seeing demand for manufacturing services from both its portfolio companies, as well as from academic researchers and biotech companies, said co-founder and Chief Executive Officer David Hallal.