– GERMANY, Tübingen – CureVac AG, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of transformative medicines based on optimized mRNA, today announced the closing of its latest private financing round, raising a total of USD 640 million. The financing round included previously announced equity investments by the German government via the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau with USD 343 million and GSK with USD 171 million as well as additional new equity investments from Qatar Investment Authority and a group of existing and new investors with approximately USD 126 million.
About CureVac AG
CureVac is a leading clinical-stage biotechnology company in the field of messenger RNA technology with 20 years of expertise in developing and optimizing this versatile molecule for medical purposes. The principle of CureVac’s proprietary technology is the use of mRNA as a data carrier to instruct the human body to produce its own proteins capable of fighting a wide range of diseases. The company applies its technologies for the development of cancer therapies, antibody therapies, the treatment of rare diseases, and prophylactic vaccines. CureVac has received significant investments, amongst others from dievini Hopp BioTech holding, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the German Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau. CureVac has also entered into collaborations with multinational corporations and organizations, including Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, Genmab, CRISPR Therapeutics, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CEPI and others.
CureVac is headquartered in Tübingen, Germany with sites in Frankfurt and Boston, USA.
For more information: https://www.curevac.com
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