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Atai receives 130 million euros

Lisa Marie Münster | 04.03.2021

Atai receives 130 million euros — Atai ist im Bereich Biotech unterwegs. Foto: satheeshsankaran/Pixabay

With the current financing round, the biotech company Atai is said to be worth 1.7 billion euros. The round was led by German investor Christian Angermayer.

Investment duo Peter Thiel and Christian Angermayer have struck again: €130 million was raised for biotech company Atai Life Sciences via Thiel Capital and Apeiron Investment Group, Angermayer's family office. The venture capitalist Woodline Partners, which specializes in pharmaceutical investments, is a new addition.

Berlin-based start-up Atai Life Sciences is researching the effects of psychedelic substances to combat mental illnesses such as depression or anxiety. The aim is to use the substances commercially as a therapy under medical supervision; Angermayer is one of the world's largest investors in this field.

According to insiders, Atai is valued at 1.7 billion euros, in addition, an IPO on the US tech exchange Nasdaq is planned for the second quarter of 2021, according to the news agency Reuters

. Atai received 100 million euros from investors as recently as autumn 2020.

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