Overview
Total raised
$1.3M
Funding Rounds 1
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| Nov 20, 2014 | 80 million bacteria are swapped with each French kiss | When little kids think about French kissing, they are likely to express an emphatic “Ew!” Their response isn’t unfounded. Who knew so much bacteria exchange was going on during a time of romance? Research from Remco Kort of TNO Microbiology... |
| Aug 18, 2014 | uBiome (YC S14) Raises $4.5M From Angel Investors, Andreessen Horowitz To Crowdsource Microbiome Research | Microbiome is the ecosystem of bacteria that lives within us, which outnumber the number of human cells 10-to-1. Microbes in the microbiome perform functions such as digesting food and synthesizing vitamins and have also been linked to huma... |
| Aug 18, 2014 | uBiome Raises $4.5M From Angel Investors, Andreessen Horowitz To Crowdsource Microbiome Research | Microbiome is the ecosystem of bacteria that lives within us, which outnumber the number of human cells 10-to-1. Microbes in the microbiome perform functions such as digesting food and synthesizing vitamins and have also been linked to huma... |
| Dec 16, 2013 | Diabetes-focused Microbiome Therapeutics raises $1.3M to test meds that alter gut bacteria | To carry the company through those trials, its investors, including BVM Capital, have provided $1.3 million in bridge financing. Microbiome Therapeutics completed a $1.5 million Series A last year. “These additional funds will enable us to ... |
| Diabetes-focused Microbiome Therapeutics raises $1.3M to test meds that alter gut bacteria | The microbiome and metabolic diseases like obesity and diabetes might be more closely linked than previously thought. As that research continues to advance, a company called Microbiome Therapeutics is hoping that, by altering certain bacter... | |
| 80 million bacteria are swapped with each French kiss | When little kids think about French kissing, they are likely to express an emphatic “Ew!” Their response isn’t unfounded. Who knew so much bacteria exchange was going on during a time of romance? Research from Remco Kort of TNO Microbiology... | |
| One gene from a mother can affect the bacteria in a baby’s gut upon birth | When a baby is born, their bodies are overwhelmed in many ways. But in one particular way, a surge of microbes go into their gut, which come from the mother’s birth canal, gut and skin. That kind of sounds bad, but there is an upside, and i... |