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Biotechnology company engaged in the development and delivery of novel protein

Durham, United StatesFounded 2001Biotech & Life Sciences
Valuation $2.5–5B Last recorded · 2026
Headcount 500–1k Current team size
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At a glance

Founded
2001
Headquarters
Durham, United States
Sector
Biotech & Life Sciences
Outcome tier
Unicorn$1–10B valuation tier

Knowledge graph

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News

News Spain's Columbus returns 3.25x on its first €41.4M biotech fund Nov 5, 2026

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AskBio in the Durham ecosystem

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Investors

3 investors on the cap table

From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.

Series B and later3 investors entered at this stage

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Vida Ventures
  • TPG

Talent

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Employees mapped 526 incl. 4 AI specialists
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Key operators 9 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
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Global footprint

Workforce and web traffic by country
Workforce by country
7 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States81.1%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom10.1%
🇫🇷 France4.6%
🇩🇪 Germany3.2%
🇪🇸 Spain0.8%
Top 5 of 7 shown
Web traffic by country
16K monthly visits
across markets
🇺🇸 United States65%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom15%
🇮🇳 India11.9%
🇩🇪 Germany4.4%
🇵🇭 Philippines3.1%
Top 5 markets shown

Patents

Estimated portfolio value
$19M

41 active patent families included in this estimate.

A patent family groups patent filings for the same invention. Source: Dealroom · PatSnap.

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Investments and acquisitions

Disclosed deals where AskBio was the backer or acquirer, 2019–2021. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.

Portfolio analysis

3 deals across AskBio's capital deployment.

Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.

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        Where AskBio deploys vs peers

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        3 of 3 deals

        Market sentiment

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        Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

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