Mantis Biotech raises $7.4M to build digital human twins
Mantis Biotech raised $7.4 million in seed funding to develop physics-based digital twins that could help address data scarcity in medical research and clinical applications.
Monday, August 3, 2026
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Mantis Biotech raised $7.4 million in seed funding to develop physics-based digital twins that could help address data scarcity in medical research and clinical applications.
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