Bay Area biotech company Synthego, raised $392M, forced into bankruptcy

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duxup · 9h ago

Biotech seems to historically require a lot of iterations / failures before breakthroughs happen.

I'm not sure the typical VC "startup" type expectations / speed really lends itself to that kind of business.

hoseyor · 9h ago

I wonder if that was private lending/credit. There seems to be a huge issue building in that unregulated space.

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Bay Area biotech company Synthego, raised $392M, forced into bankruptcy

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