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Fountain Therapeutics

681 Gateway Boulevard, South San Francisco, California, 94080, United States

Overview

Fountain Therapeutics builds a pipeline of disease-modifying therapeutics for chronic degenerative diseases using a cell-based, AI-driven technology platform that leverages machine learning and computer vision alongside biology of aging. The platform enables precise mapping of cellular biologic age and extraction of cellular features to identify novel targets and disease biomarkers. Fountain has translated these insights into an unbiased drug discovery and development engine aimed at therapies that restore cellular resilience. The company announced a $15 million Series A-2 financing, bringing its total Series A funding to $26 million. Proceeds will support expansion of the leadership team, continued R&D activities, pre-clinical research, and further development of its platform and pipeline. The announcement was released from San Francisco. Fountain Therapeutics builds a pipeline of therapeutics intended to treat age-related diseases by reversing cellular age. The company uses a cell-based, AI-driven technology platform that extracts cellular features to provide insights into the aging process. Its leadership includes CEO John Dimos, Ph.D. Fountain plans to use recent funding to expand its senior leadership team and enhance its technology platform capabilities. The company intends to advance novel therapeutics identified by the platform through preclinical testing in animal models. As of the announced financing, Fountain has increased its Series A funding to a total of $11M.

Total raised
$21M
Funding rounds
2
Latest round
Series A
Latest activity
Nov 2021

Industries

  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Therapeutics
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Recent funding

  1. Series A

    Nov 2021

    $15M

  2. Series A

    May 2020

    $6M

Team

  • William Greene

    Chief Executive Officer

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  • Joseph Rodgers

    Co-Founder and Director of Biology

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  • Tom Cheung

    Co-Founder

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  • Thomas Rando

    Co-Founder, Chair of the Board of Directors