The Agency for Science, Technology and Research

The Agency for Science, Technology and Research

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Overview

The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR) is the lead agency for fostering world-class scientific research and talent for a vibrant knowledge-based and innovation-driven Singapore. ASTAR oversees 18 biomedical sciences and physical sciences and engineering research entities, located in Biopolis and Fusionopolis as well as their immediate vicinity.

A*STAR supports Singapore's key economic clusters by providing intellectual, human and industrial capital to its partners in industry. It also supports extramural research in the universities, hospitals, research centres, and with other local and international partners.

Highlights

Founded

1987

Industry

Biotechnology

Employees

5001-10000

Investment

4

Lead Investment

0

Exits

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Stages

Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture

Investor Type

N/A

Location

Asia

Contact Information

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Profile Resume

The Agency for Science, Technology and Research, established in 1987 and headquartered in Asia., specializes in Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture investments across Biotechnology, Life Science, Health Care, Financial Services, Venture Capital, FinTech, Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Finance, Sales, Logistics. Their recent investments include Mirxes, EDBI, Mitsui & Co, China Fellow Partners, Nalagenetics. The highest investment round they participated in was $4.9B. Among their most notable exits are Mirxes and EDBI. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

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Wieslaw Nowinski

Director/Principal Scientist

imagePlace Jia Cheong

Jia Cheong

Scientist

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Anbanandam Parthiban

Scientist

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Joshua Au

Head, Data Centre

Investment portfolio

The Agency for Science, Technology and Research has made 4 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jul 25, 2023, when Mirxes raised $50.0M.

investments

4

Diversity investments

0

Lead investments

0

Number of exits

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Investments

4

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Oct 12, 2021
AUM Biosciences AUM Biosciences
Biotechnology27.0M
Oct 27, 2021
Sentient.io Sentient.io
Information Technologynull
Mar 25, 2022
Nalagenetics Nalagenetics
Biotechnology12.6M
Jul 25, 2023
Mirxes Mirxes
Biotechnology50.0M

Exits

0

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

4

Investors

3

Funds

0

Funding Rounds

4

The Agency for Science, Technology and Research has raised 4 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jul 25, 2023 from a Series D - Mirxes round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Oct 12, 2021
Series A - AUM Biosciences Series A - AUM Biosciences
-27.0M-
Oct 27, 2021
Series B - Sentient.io Series B - Sentient.io
-0-
Mar 25, 2022
Series A - Nalagenetics Series A - Nalagenetics
-12.6M-
Jul 25, 2023
Series D - Mirxes Series D - Mirxes
-50.0M-

Investors

3

The Agency for Science, Technology and Research is funded by 3 investor(s). Integra Partners and Trendlines Group Kantor are the most recent investors.

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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