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NFXBio: TechBio Platforms Developing a Universal Vaccine & Beating Treatment-Resistant Cancer
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In biology we have a saying: what doesn’t kill you mutates and tries again.
Cancer. Deadly viruses. These problems are so hard to tackle because the goalposts are always moving. Thanks to evolution, these diseases often outpace therapies and vaccines.
Today, NFX General Partner and Head of NFX Bio Omri Amirav-Drory is sitting down with two Founders using platforms to stay a step ahead of evolution. Jacob Glanville, Founder of Centivax, has developed a platform to create broad spectrum vaccines capable of arming the immune system against rapidly mutating viruses (like COVID-19 or influenza). Nick Goldner, Founder of resistanceBio, discusses his approach for mapping all the possible resistance paths a cancer can take in the human body – and developing therapies to shut those escape routes down.
Here’s why we need platforms to tackle biology’s biggest problems, what it takes to build a platform company, and their advice for fundraising in Techbio.
(0:00) Introduction to the episode and guests (1:45) Founders' journeys: Nick Goldner and Jacob Glanville (8:19) Discussion on platform technologies in biotech (23:30) In-depth look at Resistance Bio and Sentivax's platforms and business models (28:45) Strategies for addressing infectious diseases (34:15) Overcoming challenges in scientific entrepreneurship (34:59) Transition to discussing fundraising experiences (43:42) Understanding the investor's perspective and adapting based on feedback (47:34) Vision for the future of their platforms and the intersection of biology and technology (51:33) Outro and podcast reminders172 episodes
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When? This feed was archived on August 08, 2025 10:09 (). Last successful fetch was on May 30, 2024 14:32 ()
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Manage episode 347786743 series 2528675
In biology we have a saying: what doesn’t kill you mutates and tries again.
Cancer. Deadly viruses. These problems are so hard to tackle because the goalposts are always moving. Thanks to evolution, these diseases often outpace therapies and vaccines.
Today, NFX General Partner and Head of NFX Bio Omri Amirav-Drory is sitting down with two Founders using platforms to stay a step ahead of evolution. Jacob Glanville, Founder of Centivax, has developed a platform to create broad spectrum vaccines capable of arming the immune system against rapidly mutating viruses (like COVID-19 or influenza). Nick Goldner, Founder of resistanceBio, discusses his approach for mapping all the possible resistance paths a cancer can take in the human body – and developing therapies to shut those escape routes down.
Here’s why we need platforms to tackle biology’s biggest problems, what it takes to build a platform company, and their advice for fundraising in Techbio.
(0:00) Introduction to the episode and guests (1:45) Founders' journeys: Nick Goldner and Jacob Glanville (8:19) Discussion on platform technologies in biotech (23:30) In-depth look at Resistance Bio and Sentivax's platforms and business models (28:45) Strategies for addressing infectious diseases (34:15) Overcoming challenges in scientific entrepreneurship (34:59) Transition to discussing fundraising experiences (43:42) Understanding the investor's perspective and adapting based on feedback (47:34) Vision for the future of their platforms and the intersection of biology and technology (51:33) Outro and podcast reminders172 episodes
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