Genentech alumni including Kyunghyun Cho co-found Ortet with $500M initial backing
keunwoochoi · x · 2026-09-29
Three Genentech alumni — NYU professor Kyunghyun Cho, Keunwoo Choi and Henri Dwyer — have co-founded a new startup called Ortet, with $500M in initial backing.
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