Adimab's coronavirus antibody spinoff has launched with series A financing from investors including GV as it prepares for its first clinical trials.

US-based therapeutic antibody developer Adagio Therapeutics has emerged from stealth having completed a $50m series A round that included GV, a corporate venturing subsidiary of internet and technology group Alphabet.

Venture capital firms Polaris Partners and Mithril Capital co-led the round, which also featured investment and financial services group Fidelity Management and Research as well as healthcare-focused fund M28 Capital and healthcare investment firm OrbiMed.

Adagio is engineering monoclonal coronavirus antibodies focused on the types of coronaviruses present in bats,…

Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.