Zurich, Switzerland -August 29th, 2022 – Today, Navignostics announced an investment of 1 million CHF in the form of a convertible loan from the UZH Life Sciences Fund (LSF). As a data-driven diagnostics company, Navignostics strives to identify the ideal treatment to battle each individual cancer patient’s disease and accelerate cancer drug development by providing key insights into drug mechanisms and tumor features for companion diagnostic development.
“This initial funding gives Navignostics a key boost while we are in the process of putting together the seed financing round.” said Jana Fischer, Co-Founder and CEO of Navignostics.
Navignostics is a spin-off company from Bernd Bodenmiller’s lab at the University of Zurich and was founded in April 2022 by Stephane Chevrier, Andrea Jacobs, Jana Fischer and Bernd Bodenmiller. The funding from the UZH Life Science Fund will be utilized to drive Navignostics’ company development by investing to expand a world-leading team of scientists and business professionals and boost the NX product development.
“We are thrilled to support Navignostics,” said Michio Painter, Board Secretary of the LSF and Head of the UZH Therapy Development Accelerator. “The company has a rare combination of a team, technology, and application that together has the potential to truly push forward precision medicine. We look forward to working with Jana as the company continues to progress.”
About the UZH Life Science Fund
The UZH Life Science Fund was established in 2016 to provide early financing to the most promising spinouts utilizing UZH intellectual property. As a partnership between the UZH foundation and the Novartis Venture Fund, the LSF aims to invest in 1-2 companies per year with up to 1M CHF.
About Navignostics
Navignostics is a spin-off company from the University of Zurich, founded in April 2022, which is leveraging spatial single-cell proteomics to perform advanced analyses of tumor samples. As a start–up active in the personalized medicine field, Navignostics strives to provide innovative solutions to identify the best possible treatment for each cancer patient. In addition, Navignostics provides advanced services to pharmaceutical companies to accelerate cancer drug development and to contribute to companion diagnostic development.
Contacts
UZH LSF
Michio Painter, Board Secretary :
michio.painter@uzh.ch
Navignostics
Jana Fischer, Founding CEO :
jana.fischer@navignostics.ch
