RE: Affyxell IPO 2026 Avacta windfall14 May 2026 10:51
Pick a number between 22% and 25%! Avacta are remarkably quiet about this venture. The last mention was in the Preliminary Results for the Year Ended December 31, 2024 RNS on 6 June 2025: https://avacta.com/preliminary-results-for-the-year-ended-december-31-2024/
"The Group investment [in AffyXell Therapeutics] decreased from 25% to 21% at 31 December 2024 as a result of a dilution in shares."
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Background: https://avacta.com/affyxell-joint-venture-milestone-and-increased-equity-stake/ (13 April 2022)
"AffyXell joint venture milestone and increased equity stake
"Avacta Group plc (AIM: AVCT), a clinical stage oncology drug company and developer of powerful diagnostics based on its innovative Affimer® and pre|CISION™ platforms, is pleased to announce that a milestone equity payment has been triggered resulting in an increase in Avacta’s shareholding in AffyXell Therapeutics (“AffyXell”), a joint venture between Avacta and Daewoong Pharmaceutical (“Daewoong”) in South Korea.
"Avacta has successfully developed and characterised Affimer® proteins against the first target for AffyXell and has now transferred intellectual property relating to Affimer® proteins against that target into AffyXell, triggering an agreed milestone in the joint venture agreement. In exchange for this, Avacta has received an increase in its equity stake in AffyXell, which was diluted from its founding equity stake in February 2021 when AffyXell completed a Series A financing of $7.3 million from a group of venture funds in February 2021. Avacta’s shareholding in the joint venture now stands at 22%.
"AffyXell was established in January 2020 by Avacta and Daewoong as a joint venture to develop novel mesenchymal stem cell (“MSC”) therapies. AffyXell is combining Avacta’s Affimer® platform with Daewoong’s MSC platform such that the stem cells are genetically modified to produce and secrete therapeutic Affimer® proteins with immuno-modulatory effects in situ in the patient. The Affimer® proteins are designed to enhance the therapeutic effects of the MSC creating a novel, next generation cell therapy platform."
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AI summary:
• February 2021: Avacta's founding stake was diluted following a $7.3 million Series A financing round
• April 2022: The stake rose to 22% after the first development milestone was met
• June 2023: Avacta announced a second milestone, which eventually led to the stake increasing further toward 25%
• December 2024: The stake was reported to have diluted back to 21%
• Current (May 2026): Avacta's holding is approximately 25% as the venture prepares for an IPO
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NOTE: I couldn't find a definite reference to a current 25% holding and Gemini didn't provide one amongst the given sources.