Strand was started by biological engineers working together at MIT. Building on the idea of creating smart therapies that are capable of making sophisticated decisions, they sought to apply the concept of the emerging field of mRNA therapeutics. This area was untapped by traditional synthetic biology, which led them to build their own mRNA “programming language,” creating the world’s first platform for mRNA smart therapies.
Strand’s mRNA programming technology promises to make mRNA therapies safer and more effective by programming the location, timing, and intensity of therapeutic protein expression inside a patient’s body using mRNA-encoded logic circuits. These circuits can implement cell-type specific expression by sensing and classifying the unique miRNA expression signatures of cells, as well as controlling the dosage of protein expression by responding to exogenously administered small molecules.
Location: United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $155M
Founded date: 2017
Investors 5
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | MassChalle... | masschalle... |
| - | Creative D... | creativede... |
| - | Playground... | playground... |
| - | Playground... | playground... |
| - | DHVC | dh.vc |
Funding Rounds 4
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 03.12.2022 | Series A | $45M | - |
| 31.07.2022 | - | $52M | - |
| 23.06.2021 | Series A | $52M | Playground... |
| 02.07.2019 | Seed | $6M | - |
Mentions in press and media 16
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 29.11.2022 | Strand Therapeutics Nabs $45M Series A Round | BOSTON, MA, Strand Therapeutics today announced it has added an additional $45 million to its Seri... | vcnewsdail... |
| 28.11.2022 | Strand Therapeutics Raises $45M in Series A1 Funding | Strand Therapeutics, a Boston, MA-based programmable mRNA company, raised $45M in Series A1 funding.... | finsmes.co... |
| 23.06.2021 | Strand Therapeutics Inc. announced that it has received $52 ... | Strand Therapeutics Inc. announced that it has received over-subscribed round of funding for gross p... | marketscre... |
| 23.06.2021 | Former Department of Transportation Secretary, Elaine Chao, ... | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign ... | fortune.co... |
| 23.06.2021 | Former Department of Transportation Secretary, Elaine Chao, ... | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign ... | fortune.co... |
| 23.06.2021 | Strand Therapeutics : Raises $52M in Oversubscribed Series A... | Strand Therapeutics, a privately held developer of next-generation, programmable mRNA therapeutics f... | marketscre... |
| 24.03.2020 | Among Covid-19 vaccine technologies, mRNA represents faster,... | But the hard reality is that it could be a year or longer before a vaccine actually reaches the mark... | medcitynew... |
| 05.06.2019 | Venture Capitalists Weigh In on the SEC-Kik Case: Term Sheet | THE SEC STRIKES It’s been a while since I wrote about the state of the cryptocurrency market (large... | fortune.co... |
| 05.06.2019 | Daily funding roundup - June 5th, 2019 | Strand Therapeutics raised $6M; Liveoak secured $8M; FormAssembly landed $10M; TrueLayer closed $35M... | vator.tv/n... |
| 04.06.2019 | Strand Therapeutics Announces $6 Million Seed Financing | CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Strand Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company specialized in ... | citybizlis... |
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