Montana Biotech Company Receives $2 M Small Business Innovation Research Grant to Advance Vaccine Technologies
Inimmune Corporation, a biotechnology company located in Missoula, MT, was recently awarded a $2 M grant from the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Direct to Phase II program to advance a novel adjuvant and delivery system for vaccines. Adjuvants are vaccine components that stimulate and […]
Biotech Company Announces $22 Million Investment Led by Mike Goguen’s Firm
Inimmune, a Missoula-based biotech company founded by nationally recognized vaccine scientists that has been working on a vaccine for COVID-19, announced today that it has raised $22 million in Series A funding led by Two Bear Capital, a venture-capital firm founded by Whitefish philanthropist Mike Goguen. The firm plans to use the Series A investment […]
Inimmune raises $22 Million in Series A Funding Led by Two Bear Capital
(Missoula, MT) Inimmune, www.inimmune.com, a biotechnology company developing immune therapies and components for more effective vaccines, announced today that it raised $22 million in Series A funding. It was the Missoula-based company’s first outside investment. The round was led by Two Bear Capital, www.twobearcapital.com, a new firm based in Whitefish, Montana. Two Bear Capital Founder and Managing Partner Michael […]
UM Receives Largest Single Research Award in its History
MISSOULA – The National Institutes of Health has awarded the University of Montana a five-year, $33.4 million award for the development and clinical trials of opioid vaccines. It is the largest such award in University history. The award was funded through the NIH HEAL Initiative, a national effort to speed scientific solutions to the national opioid […]
Nation angler Evans helping with vital COVID research
LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. — Many anglers like to escape to the water, leaving the cares of the world back on land. Jay Evans is certainly one of them, but he knows that a day of fishing always is followed by a hard day of work, and it’s not necessarily work he can wait a […]
For Missoula’s Inimmune, a $22 M Series A Round with Two Bear Capital is the latest record set – MT High Tech Business Alliance
In July 2020, Missoula-based biotech therapeutics company Inimmune Corporation announced the largest Series A investment in Montana history: a $22 million round led by Two Bear Capital out of Whitefish. Founded in 2016, Inimmune develops vaccines and immunotherapeutics in allergy, autoimmunity, infectious disease, opioid addiction and cancer with multiple candidates rapidly advancing to Phase I […]
The Rise of Venture Capital in Montana
When the Bozeman-based venture capital firm Next Frontier Capital was founded in 2015, Montana ranked dead last in the United States in per-capita venture capital investment, according to a national association that tracks the industry. Within five years, the state’s venture capital investment grew 10 fold, surpassing $150 million in 2019, according to a report […]
Inimmune receives Small Business Innovation Research Contract to develop novel treatments targeting Allergic Rhinitis.
Inimmune Corporation, a biotechnology company located in Missoula, MT, was recently awarded $1,836,453 from the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program to advance a new immunotherapeutic for the treatment of seasonal Allergic Rhinitis (AR). AR is a chronic inflammatory disease, characterized with nasal […]
Inimmune Receives $598K Small Business Innovation Research Contract to Advance Vaccine Technologies
Inimmune Corporation, a biotechnology company located in Missoula, MT, was recently awarded Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award of $ 598,808 from the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The contract will fund early discovery research efforts at Inimmune to develop new synthetic adjuvants which can be produced as single chemical […]
Inimmune – Montana Ambassadors Business of the Year
Missoula-based Inimmune Corporation was named the Montana Ambassadors Business of the Year in an announcement this week by Governor Gianforte. This award is presented annually to a Montana business that “has demonstrated extraordinary innovation and success in their field of business (www.montanaambassadors.com).” Inimmune, www.inimmune.com, is emblematic of the type of startup success story that is […]