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Diabetes start-up brings in cash and a partner

 
• By Lisa LaMotta

Recently started diabetes-focused start-up Semma Therapeutics announced 24 March that it has brought in $44m in Series A funding through a variety of investors, including Fidelity Biosciences, ARCH Ventures, MPM Capital and Medtronic.

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