Last deal

Amount

Series A

Stage

04.10.2022

Date

3

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$27.65M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

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About Company
Wheeler Bio accelerates therapeutic innovation into clinical impact.

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founded date

01.01.2020

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Number of employees

Last funding type

Series A

IPO status

Private

Description

Wheeler Bio is a biomanufacturing company that addresses the challenges faced by emerging biopharma companies in the transition from discovery to development. By democratizing access to comprehensive discovery-to-IND programs through its rapid, biomanufacturing and portable CMC platform, Wheeler Bio aims to reduce technical, financial, and regulatory risks. Founded in 2020 by Jesse McCool in Oklahoma City, Wheeler Bio brings together biologics drug innovators, discovery CROs, and CDMOs to push the boundaries of biomanufacturing and solve industry bottlenecks.
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Jesse McCool
Jesse McCool

Jesse McCool

Jesse McCool is a Co-Founder and CEO at Wheeler Bio company. He Attended University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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Wheeler Bio
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Jesse McCool

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Jesse McCool

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