Participated · Series B · Aug 2022

Porton Advanced Solutions is a Suzhou, China-based CDMO dedicated to gene and cell therapy (GCT) development and manufacturing. The company provides an integrated GCT CDMO platform covering plasmids, cell therapy, gene therapy, oncolytic virus, nucleic acid therapy and microbial vectors used for gene therapy. It currently operates a 40,000 sqft R&D and GMP production facility that has been in operation for over two years and has delivered plasmids, viruses and cell batches to sponsors. Porton Advanced plans to bring a 160,000 sqft commercial production facility online in late 2022/early 2023, bringing total PD, AD and GMP manufacturing to over 200,000 sqft. The firm intends to scale capacity to support AAV, oncolytic virus and mRNA CDMO capabilities, and will deploy proceeds to expand into different markets, invest in core manufacturing infrastructure and build global commercial operations. The company is led by CEO Dr. Wang Yangzhou.

Participated · Series B · Apr 2012

DataPop is a Los Angeles-based digital marketing technology company founded in 2008 by CEO and co-founder Jason Lehmbeck. Its patent-pending "Creative Science" platform applies semantic algorithms and natural language processing to analyze brand and product attributes and generate tailored online ads. The technology aims to determine what will matter most to consumers and create the best possible ad for each product or service a marketer sells. In April 2012 the company raised $7M in Series B funding. DataPop intends to use the proceeds to expand operations and recruit new professionals. DataPop is a paid search ad management platform that generates ad campaigns optimized for relevance. Its platform leverages advertisers' offer data — including pricing, promotions, product specifications, and retail locations — to algorithmically create keywords, landing pages, geo-targets, and ad copy. Each offer is matched to a searcher's specific intent to increase ad performance and reduce costs. The company was founded in 2008 and is currently in private beta. DataPop plans to roll out a self-serve platform throughout the coming year. It has closed a $1.7M funding round led by Rincon Ventures with participation from IA Ventures, Momentum Ventures, Accelerator Ventures and a group of angel investors.