Kallyope

Kallyope is a biotechnology and therapeutic microbiome company that was founded by Charles Zucker, Tom Maniatis, and Richard Axel in 2015 that is headquartered in New York City, New York. Kallyope uses gene sequencing, computational biology, neural imaging, cellular/molecular biology, and human genetics to understand the relationship between the human gut and the human brain in combination with their own drug discovery expertise to develop effective gut-brain therapies that improve human health and nutrition.

On December 10, 2015 Kallyope closed their series A funding round with $44 million in funding from The Column Group, Polaris Partners, Lux Capital, Illumina Ventures, Alexandria Venture investments, and Tony Evnin.

On February 22, 2018 Kallyope closed their series B funding round with $66 million in funding from Two Sigma Ventures, The Column Group, Polaris Partners, Lux Capital, Illumina Ventures, Euclidean Capital, and Alexandria Venture Investments.