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Founder, SYNthesis BioVentures

Prof Andrew Wilks

Coverage

Stories naming Prof Andrew Wilks. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

Funding announcement

Breakthrough Victoria is slinging another $75 million at local VC funds

Victoria's Breakthrough Victoria has committed $75m to five specialist VC funds covering climate tech, life sciences, female founders and healthcare, each pledging a quarter of its capital to local startups.

Funding announcement

BREAKTHROUGH VICTORIA INVESTS $75 MILLION IN VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDS TO BUILD VICTORIA'S INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM

Breakthrough Victoria is putting $75 million into five venture capital funds, including Virescent, SYNthesis BioVentures, Scale and Galileo, each of which has pledged a quarter of its capital to Victorian startups.

undisclosed $75m

Breakthrough Victoria commits $75 million across five VC funds

Breakthrough Victoria makes cornerstone investments totalling $75 million into five venture capital funds spanning climate-tech, biotech, diversity-focused and health sciences investing.

Funding announcement

Professor got nothing from the $2.8b sale of his molecule, and that's okay

Profile of scientist-entrepreneur Andrew Wilks covering the GSK sale of his cancer molecule, his SYNthesis BioVentures fund's family-office backers, and portfolio plays including Aculeus Therapeutics.

Fund close $30m

Andrew Wilks in Weekend Australian

Profile of scientist-entrepreneur Andrew Wilks tracing his path from cancer research to founding drug developer Cytopia and launching SYNthesis BioVentures, a therapeutics fund that recently secured $30 million from wealthy individuals and family offices.

Fund close $20m

Scientist behind Australia’s highest-priced molecule reveals how to profit from early stage biotechs

Biotech scientist Andrew Wilks launches fund SYNthesis BioVentures, which has gathered $20m and aims for $75m; his group has backed two biotech startups and he earlier sold a chemistry business to Viva Biotech.

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