Biotech startup Metastop has raised Rs 1.3 crore or $173K in its seed round

Metastop Solutions, a biotechnology startup, has raised Rs 1.3 crore or $173K in its seed round drove by CIIE.CO. IKP Knowledge Park and angels have also participated.

According to the Bengaluru-based startup, the funds will be utilized to scale its AI-based platform METSCAN, which characterizes cancer cells using patient data samples and their assay panels to understand the cell behavior.

It will additionally be used for running PoC animal model investigations to validate verification of idea for Cancer drug disclosure and repurposing.

Established by Arnab Roy Chowdhury and Debabani Roy Chowdhury, Metastop is creating a cancer metastasis focussed platform, which uses wet lab science and prescient analytics to recognize and distinguish novel properties of metastasis and leverage them for drug disclosure and patient treatment.