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Startup news
Big Picture Bio leaves stealth with £2.2m, £700k of it non-dilutive
The London biotech split its pre-seed between two co-leads and an Innovate UK programme, keeping roughly a third of the money off the cap table.
№ 248 · 20 September 2026
Startup news
Startup edits three allergy proteins out of the peanut
AgriNetica says it has used CRISPR to remove three allergy-triggering proteins from peanuts, and is selling first to schools, hospitals and airlines rather than supermarkets.
№ 170 · 2 September 2026
Biotech funding
US voucher worth up to $200m pulls rare-disease money west
The FDA's Priority Review Voucher scheme was signed back into law in February. UK rare-disease founders have no equivalent, and one of them says investors notice.
№ 87 · 17 August 2026