# Forcyte Biotechnologies

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/forcyte-biotechnologies

- Industry: Biotechnology
- Headquarters: Los Angeles, US
- Website: www.forcytebio.com
- Total disclosed funding: $32M
- Latest round: Seed (Aug 23, 2021)
- Investors on record: 6

## About

Based in California, US, and founded in 2017, Forcyte Biotechnology Inc operates as a biotechnology company that is charting human mechanobiology to discover better drugs. The company was founded by Ivan Pushkarsky (CEO), Dino Di Carlo, and Robert Damoiseaux. In June 2022, Forcyte Biotechnologies, Inc. raised USD 5.7 million in venture funding led by Milestone View, Pioneer Fund, Acequia Capital, and Y Combinator.

The biotechnology firm develops medicine for research for diseases like Preterm labor, Asthma, Hypertension, Fibrosis, and Contraction in the bladder. The platform uses FLECS technology and works on mechanical diseases such as glaucoma, hypertension, fibrosis, spastic bladder, etc. The technology used by the company is for high-throughput single-cell force biology and screening. It uses Micro patterning of fluorescent elastomeric contractible surfaces (FLECS), computer vision that enables direct quantification of cellular contractility, and provides Automated and intuitive image analysis.

The company plans to use June 2022 funding to develop a "Mechanotherapeutic" pipeline that focuses on fibrosis.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Aug 23, 2021 — FAST by GETTYLAB
- Series A, Jul 1, 2021, $24M — KittyHawk Ventures, Bicycle Day Ventures LLC, Integrated.vc
- Seed, May 1, 2021, $8M — KittyHawk Ventures, Bicycle Day Ventures LLC, Integrated.vc
- Seed, Mar 22, 2021 — Y Combinator, Acequia Capital

## Investors

- Y Combinator (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/y-combinator) — Seed
- Acequia Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/acequia-capital) — Seed
- KittyHawk Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/kittyhawk-ventures) — Seed, Series A
- Bicycle Day Ventures LLC — Seed, Series A
- Integrated.vc — Seed, Series A
- FAST by GETTYLAB (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/fast-by-gettylab) — Seed