# Halo Cures

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/halo-cures

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: Chicago, US
- Website: www.halo.science
- Total disclosed funding: $2.6M
- Latest round: Seed (Sep 20, 2022)
- Investors on record: 3

## About

Based in Illinois, US, and founded in 2016, Halo Cures, Inc., began as a platform provider to support crowdfunding research projects. In 2020, the firm changed its focus and launched an R&D collaboration platform that allows scientists and companies can connect for new discoveries. In September 2022, the firm raised USD 2.6 million in seed funding led by new investor Asymmetric Capital Partners, with participation from other investors Village Global and AirAngels. The firm as of September 2022, has a network of over 4,000 scientists on the platform from more than 95 countries, 730 universities, 550 startups, and 100 government labs, and is led by its founder and CEO, Kevin Leland.

The company connects a global network of scientists from universities and startups with the companies and resources to identify and meet their mutual interest of complementing strengths, collaboratively developing solutions, etc. The company’s platform helps corporate R&D teams to empower them to discover new technologies, and scientists to uncover the latest applications of their work, find alternative sources of funding, and identify industry partners to advance their research by creating a partnering page or account on the platform and posting or browsing the opportunity there. The platform offers respond and evaluate features along with the opportunity to track progress and build relationships over time.

The company plans to utilize its September 2022 funding to grow its team, develop additional collaboration features and tools for effective collaboration internally and externally using AI, and expand its network of scientists worldwide.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Sep 20, 2022, $2.6M — Village Global, AirAngels, Asymmetric Capital Partners

## Investors

- Village Global (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/village-global) — Seed
- AirAngels (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/airangels) — Seed
- Asymmetric Capital Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/asymmetric-capital-partners) — Seed