{"id":964798,"date":"2026-05-19T12:10:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/altitude-lab-portfolio-companies-surpass-205-million-in-funding-marking-a-new-era-for-early-stage-biotechs-in-salt-lake-city\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T12:10:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:10:01","slug":"altitude-lab-portfolio-companies-surpass-205-million-in-funding-marking-a-new-era-for-early-stage-biotechs-in-salt-lake-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/altitude-lab-portfolio-companies-surpass-205-million-in-funding-marking-a-new-era-for-early-stage-biotechs-in-salt-lake-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Altitude Lab Portfolio Companies Surpass $205 Million in Funding, Marking a New Era for Early-Stage Biotechs in Salt Lake City"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mw_release\">\n<p>SALT LAKE CITY, May  19, 2026  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=Unqk3_ynWUUI1dZLUZ-MeVQKO-JfLdjGL3Ky7Bp4QOxGZQxWamrjOT48VaIrEeL1ICFynLX1JuPiCnGBxMsHzw==\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Altitude Lab<\/u><\/a>, the platform-first biotech-startup accelerator founded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=QUxygzLjFjwSKM0KWyMWujOcDTWJvfjsY6DoOWk_Jbu-0tVnNCm_8zPcpXd75lWR4GVRZx8glWz-tUj50mhniA==\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Recursion<\/u><\/a> (NASDAQ: RXRX), announced today that its portfolio companies have collectively raised more than $205 million in early-stage funding since the program&#8217;s launch in 2020. The milestone reflects a portfolio of companies advancing into clinical trials, signing deals with global pharma, and commercializing platform technologies reshaping the boundaries of early-stage biotech despite this difficult funding climate.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Joshua Schiffman, CEO\/Co-founder of Peel Therapeutics, credits their success to initial support from Altitude Lab, &#8220;With Altitude Lab serving as our biotech basecamp, we now have become a clinical stage biotech with encouraging initial results and multiple phase trials both in Utah and throughout the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>2025 proved pivotal for Altitude Lab&#8217;s startups, with inaugural cohort alumni Peel Therapeutics and Rebel Medicine raising Series A rounds to accelerate clinical development. These companies continue to build the backbone of Salt Lake City&#8217;s maturing biotech ecosystem and define the Mountain West region on a national stage.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <strong>Portfolio Momentum &amp; Milestones:<\/strong>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=ZgxuTCwkgxOaN9TBiL4L1uC4Jytp9h967C6tzyTbIiuuMYprhQsZPZvVgjz8wl6FjJp4-mInpF4mAU6u0pW0yA==\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <u>Peel Therapeutics:<\/u><br \/>\n        <\/a> Closed a fully subscribed $20 million Series A. Lead asset PEEL-224, an optimized TOP1 inhibitor, demonstrated a 68% disease control rate with limited GI toxicity in heavily pre-treated solid tumor patients (N=47) in its Phase 1A trial. Proceeds from the Series A will support the company&#8217;s ongoing Phase 1B\/2 clinical development in metastatic colorectal cancer and pediatric solid tumors, as well as advance Peel\u2019s broader oncology pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=nTV_jMV8iNJHZVh43kdRjXnn3PIBuTX1aJJLYKR4Af9aVVA9gtuUkxP9alXB2YH5I2a0bqzQCLzacM54fuiY3UifLEOD5g9LgLBZGRnO6g4=\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <u>Rebel Medicine:<\/u><br \/>\n        <\/a> Closed a $7.5M Series A led by Crocker Ventures and received FDA IND clearance for Alevatrix, its long-acting bupivacaine reformulation designed to provide up to 72 hours of non-opioid pain relief. Rebel is running its first-in-human Phase 2 trial evaluating Alevatrix as an opioid-sparing therapy.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=sDBCEx_hx5R4jQHo98xrf_LDbvNjpYorgRt5gJcrAm_huGxkFigJyXELNZbejcHD3wGkxdA3qD2txANgrP1jjQ==\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <u>Leash Bio<\/u><br \/>\n        <\/a><br \/>\n        <strong>:<\/strong> Signed a multi-target agreement with Monte Rosa Therapeutics to accelerate discovery of degraders for difficult-to-drug targets. Leash&#8217;s platform had identified tractable material for over 500 targets prior to the partnership, enabling compounds to reach Monte Rosa&#8217;s team in a fraction of the typical timeline.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=bJJYvheunEYI2qQrBnYq8AnKDh4Qm0rLZgVA-owgfs4BQVSbjYCQBJuHBXdGJLNdgpJYScgSFsE1owkNL7WOB7awL1p-77e_-pJtOenVqKc=\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <u>Intactis Bio:<\/u><br \/>\n        <\/a> Raised $250K from Nucleus Fund, post-investment from RPV, and achieved a landmark milestone: lab-grown neurons derived from iPSCs successfully demonstrated encoding and decoding of language and math operations, with continuous learning during inference, a structural advantage over GPUs.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=MZ-LhfPQ0_QRibDJgJb_vLsr7lAYP2FosAANMERIOiIWsP04Egi-95p5cDnZRpK1qX_KMJIbJ3TwE5xSRZ4Mua4iyNPVujROuKuu5ARqQaI=\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <u>Sethera Therapeutics:<\/u><br \/>\n        <\/a> Entered award negotiations for a significant and highly competitive CDMRP Breast Cancer Research Program Breakthrough Award. Sethera continued strengthening its Scientific Advisory Board with the addition of a Nobel Laureate in Physiology and\/or Medicine, joining members Jeffery W. Kelly (Scripps Research), Alexander M. Klibanov (MIT), and Dr. Robert Langer (MIT).<\/p>\n<p>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=bwksCzRN9f2uHR5nmCD7VUidjD5wty7ahCeFaeZKy_yuVgcCQxuzwXT1YllTdm4C7_1AiH1WrCgiijKEnKKy_kT8GKhV_Z5d4sKJLdRxMWo=\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <u>3Helix:<\/u><br \/>\n        <\/a> Announced a partnership with BASF, successfully launching NeoHelix\u2122 Regenerate, the first precision peptide inspired by 3Helix&#8217;s proprietary collagen-hybridizing peptide (CHP) technology. In clinical studies, the ingredient demonstrated a 41% reduction in damaged collagen and a 65% increase in hyaluronic acid levels after 56 days.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=wurRsohal4J2U0ZCG3VMrZLNayRxFYp1drerqfqf6r79wLkTYgp_ND7TZCEYbeFWrNRVPCoULUoV2C15MxxFAW2Niq-j6Xq51cLkfpkTcjUPzaBzVCO8HfNi0M19lM3N\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <u>Calycia Biosciences:<\/u><br \/>\n        <\/a> A University of Utah spin-out and part of Altitude Lab\u2019s new cohort, won Altitude Lab&#8217;s 2026 Demo Day and secured $400,000 in pre-seed funding from University of Utah Ventures (operated by EPIC Ventures) and Cumming Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <strong>Leadership Transition<\/strong>\n      <\/p>\n<p>Altitude Lab has appointed Kapil Sharma as Interim Executive Director. Sharma has spent four years expanding the organization&#8217;s national visibility and network of investors and strategic partners to more than 200 firms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our mission remains unchanged: to build a new breed of biotech companies and a nationally interconnected ecosystem, while strengthening Salt Lake City&#8217;s position as an upcoming biotech hub,&#8221; said Sharma.<\/p>\n<p>Chandana Haque, co-founder and former Executive Director, will continue to support the organization as a board member.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <strong>About Altitude Lab<\/strong>\n      <\/p>\n<p>Altitude Lab is developing a new generation of biotech founders to seed the next cycle of health care innovation. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, Altitude Lab is a Recursion startup accelerator focused on launching early-stage life science companies, with an emphasis in TechBio and platform-based technology commercialization. The Recursion Charitable Foundation, DBA Altitude Lab, operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and is a large contributor to Utah&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=WHnFqLnKOV6A_TAaMSo7x5ggXucHcsdXtTVPjDuoIkuTdxdIzVZpiIpaGx8aqy79OwgeNXleR32AuXyCvxpJQw==\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u>BioHive<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=zkaT270L7-Fe2O0sz5W7fhfbJeVFzDvuXU4M0SH6EefeHh6JDSKjuwv_9NGHaQLDbnGR9E4QwYrTx6552kgGO_hVU-bQinNXr5iAYtew97XuaGyDs9fDmeq7ZMIGCdt51kbYlTJ76Pj8tJImXGnefJRjCpWzLFY2IU9Ifi9_fJWfHzZMML_xZgVKAQqyQ44I49trI4ZdshxqCUxCldrRLNpadZrpeKiHQsh7gVs0rZJ4Px6MVHLYL9rOexgdRsZetKxFPtoSvVa3ZdyzTLwPIi3_E-ofsiRsJVouXruB4daaqGbDSU1_fSPvgrDJXmy0BqFtVQVNnFO-cOc3_uGweQRjl7yfKSCj-_bMztsBGSGspDhM-jH6c85rK5-RRRXzEJxedZxQ9LMGyoghlmj1wA==\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u>altitudelab.org<\/u><\/a> or connect on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=0gu_9USUedX1ZOUfxvCVW9R4liZ_O06oNzJEPhbXcqkVPmkCkXlwWhNhKrpK_Zdqx-KbYvb9YDa0Ks3Lmm5W4Q==\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u>X<\/u><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=s-N2GT7lxr-Re-zbrAKlK4pk4nRUZpKPPMiQ9xsqajqHiGGfHSjmZ937I0rKCaPx5d9oX6AhG5NQWP3FKaOQX4QhXacBaxFL7qrgphB4ZW_elTZtYmqi8MHLY386jwcl\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u>LinkedIn<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"__GNW8366DE3E__IMG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/newsroom\/ti?nf=OTcyMzE0NyM3NjExNTA4IzUwMDE2MjgxNA==\" \/><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ml.globenewswire.com\/media\/MzkzM2RmNDAtZmRkMy00ZGI3LTllOTYtYzI4MWQyMTRjODZiLTUwMDE2MjgxNC0yMDI2LTA1LTE5LWVu\/tiny\/Altitude-Lab.png\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"mw_contactinfo\">\n<pre>Contact Email: Info@altitudelab.org<\/pre>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SALT LAKE CITY, May 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Altitude Lab, the platform-first biotech-startup accelerator founded by Recursion (NASDAQ: RXRX), announced today that its portfolio companies have collectively raised more than $205 million in early-stage funding since the program&#8217;s launch in 2020. The milestone reflects a portfolio of companies advancing into clinical trials, signing deals with global pharma, and commercializing platform technologies reshaping the boundaries of early-stage biotech despite this difficult funding climate. Dr. Joshua Schiffman, CEO\/Co-founder of Peel Therapeutics, credits their success to initial support from Altitude Lab, &#8220;With Altitude Lab serving as our biotech basecamp, we now have become a clinical stage biotech with encouraging initial results and multiple phase trials both in Utah and throughout the country.&#8221; &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/altitude-lab-portfolio-companies-surpass-205-million-in-funding-marking-a-new-era-for-early-stage-biotechs-in-salt-lake-city\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Altitude Lab Portfolio Companies Surpass $205 Million in Funding, Marking a New Era for Early-Stage Biotechs in Salt Lake City&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-964798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Altitude Lab Portfolio Companies Surpass $205 Million in Funding, Marking a New Era for Early-Stage Biotechs in Salt Lake City - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/altitude-lab-portfolio-companies-surpass-205-million-in-funding-marking-a-new-era-for-early-stage-biotechs-in-salt-lake-city\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Altitude Lab Portfolio Companies Surpass $205 Million in Funding, Marking a New Era for Early-Stage Biotechs in Salt Lake City - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SALT LAKE CITY, May 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Altitude Lab, the platform-first biotech-startup accelerator founded by Recursion (NASDAQ: RXRX), announced today that its portfolio companies have collectively raised more than $205 million in early-stage funding since the program&#8217;s launch in 2020. 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