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Sunflower Therapeutics Announces SK bioscience’s $2M SAFE Investment

Sunflower Therapeutics, a public benefit corporation transforming global access to protein manufacturing capacity for diverse applications, today announced that SK bioscience, a global innovative vaccine and biotech company committed to promoting human health from prevention to cure, has participated in Sunflower’s simple agreement for future equity (SAFE), a flexible agreement providing future equity rights without immediate valuation, with a $2M subscription to solidify their support for the companies’ ongoing research and development R&D collaborations.

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Sunflower Therapeutics Awarded $9+M

Grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation support the optimization of the Dahlia™ small-footprint protein manufacturing system and the de-risking of several protein candidates using Sunflower’s proprietary manufacturing approach.

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Sunflower Therapeutics Awarded $8.1M Grant

Sunflower Therapeutics, a public benefit corporation focused on improving access to biologic medicines for patients worldwide, announced that it was granted a second phase of funding to support an existing award made by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to further the foundation’s charitable purpose of improving global health. This award will support the development of a laboratory-scale, deployable manufacturing system and will culminate in the demonstrated production of a protein subunit for a COVID-19 vaccine candidate later this year.

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