NEW YORK, Jan. 6, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Harris & Harris Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: TINY ), an investor in transformative companies enabled by disruptive science, notes the close of Metabolon's $15 million Series E financing. Metabolon is a metabolomics-based diagnostic tests and research services company based in Research Triangle Park, NC. Two new investors, Camden Partners and Sumitomo Corporation, joined existing investors in the Series E financing. Harris & Harris Group invested approximately $1.25 million, bringing its cumulative investment in Metabolon to $7.225 million.
Proceeds will support the recent launch by Metabolon's partner, Bostwick Laboratories, of Prostarix™, a urine-based test that provides important metabolic information on the likelihood that a patient with slightly elevated PSA scores has prostate cancer, thus confirming the need to proceed to biopsy. The funds will also be used for the continued development of Quantose™ IGT, Metabolon's surrogate test for oral glucose tolerance, as well as its test for the recurrence of bladder cancer.
"Metabolon is a rapidly growing, late-stage company in our portfolio," said Douglas Jamison, CEO of Harris & Harris Group. "As an early investor, we are pleased to see Metabolon's revenue continuing to increase and the company continuing to introduce and partner new diagnostic tests for diabetes and cancer. We believe this over-subscribed, late-stage, private financing is a prelude of good things to come for Metabolon."
Metabolon's press release may be viewed at www.metabolon.com/news/PressReleases.aspx .
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