Swiss drugs firm funds London-based self-expression platform.

The corporate venturing unit of Switzerland-based drugs company Debiopharm Group has backed Urturn, a UK-based social platform for self-expression.

The company has raised $13.4m in Series A funding. Venture capital firm Balderton Capital led the round with a $10.7m investment with Debiopharm investing the remaining $2.7m.

Urturn provides its users with templates to customise photos, pull in music and video clips, and then share them on Urturn itself, as well as Facebook and Twitter.

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