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8VC backs startup breeding 30,000 research monkeys in US
Original: Joe Lonsdale's 8VC put $20M into Safer Human Medicine, a startup planning to breed 30,000 research monkeys in the US
Safer Human Medicine, a startup planning to breed 30,000 research monkeys in the United States, has raised $20 million from 8VC, the venture firm co-founded by Palantir investor Joe Lonsdale. The funding highlights growing interest in domestic supply of lab primates, which has been a bottleneck for US biomedical research as imports from Asia have tightened.
Why now: The unusual combination of venture capital funding and large-scale monkey breeding for laboratories is drawing attention and debate.
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