AesRx, a US-based biopharmaceutical company backed by MedImmune Ventures (wholly-owned corporate venturing fund within the AstraZeneca Group, founded in 2002 for investing in emerging healthcare), has raised $1.36m convertible debt out of a $1.53m offering, according to a 9 May regulatory filing.
AesRX is also backed by Fidelity Biosciences, a venture capital division of mututal fund manager Fidelity Investments.
Prior to founding AesRX, the firm’s chief executive, Stephen Seiler, headed the pharmaceutical industry investment banking group for Paribas Capital…