Fri, 23rd May 2008 08:09 LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Amphion Innovations Plc. said its partner company Myconostica Ltd
. has raised a further 1 million pounds from the UMIP Premier Fund at 40 pounds per share on the third close of the oversubscribed series C preferred financing.
Amphion said this takes total funds raised in this series to 5.4 million pounds
The developer of medical and technology businesses said it now owns about 23 percent of Myconostica, which is now valued, fully diluted, at about 14 million pounds post money.
Myconostica is a University of Manchester spin-out company specialising in molecular diagnostic tests for infectious diseases, particularly respiratory fungal infections.
'With the close of this successful financing, we look forward to bringing Myconostica's innovative products to market in order to help the many patients who suffer from respiratory fungal infections each year,' Richard Morgan, Amphion's chief executive, said.
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