Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2243d1cf-e0e2-4510-ab68-5bc405168f2d&Preview=1
Date 7/8/2010
Company Name iPierian
Mailing Address 951 Gateway Blvd South San Francisco, CA 94080
Company Description iPierian is a pioneering biopharmaceutical company that is taking the cutting-edge technologies of cellular reprogramming and directed differentiation to an entirely new level to harness the power of induced pluripotent stem cells to advance the understanding of human diseases and accelerate the discovery of more effective therapeutics for patients. iPierian has built one of the most qualified teams of stem cell scientists in the world, combining the expertise of the founding scientists of what was formerly iZumi Bio with internationally-renowned scientists from top institutions such as the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and University of California San Francisco among others. iPierian is the first company to apply cellular reprogramming and directed differentiation to cells that are derived from patients representing a broad spectrum of diseases.