PanTera Funding News – PanTera secures €93 Million Oversubscribed Series A Funding

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PanTera was founded in 2022 with the primary goal of enabling large-scale production of actinium225 (225Ac), which is crucial to enable a new class of targeted cancer treatments known as Targeted Alpha Therapy. The funds raised will be used primarily to support the construction of a state-of-theart production facility in Belgium.

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In addition to EQT Life Sciences, the EUR 93 million Series A was joined by Kurma Partners, Eurazeo, Korys, Paladin and PMV. Alongside this, IBA, the world leader in particle accelerator technology, and SFPIM, a Belgian sovereign fund, will convert into equity EUR 7.2 million convertible loans, further strengthening PanTera’s balance sheet. The oversubscribed round is the largest Series A round to date in the life sciences sector in Belgium. In parallel, the Company will also receive an additional in-kind contribution from SCK CEN to expand its business opportunities. Lastly, a binding term sheet for EUR 33.75 million in debt has also been secured with KBC and Belfius with the support of Gigarant, a guarantee instrument of the Flemish Government.

Sven Van den Berghe, CEO of PanTera, said: “PanTera is looking to radically improve supply in the short and long term, in order to ensure that this potentially life-saving, highly innovative modality can reach patients. The size of this raise is testament to our strategy, our unique assets and our capabilities. We are working alongside very experienced partners with a combined expertise and a network that
goes well beyond 225Ac production and encompasses all aspects of the radiopharmaceutical revolution. With this funding, we are now en route to realise our vision of providing a “Better Fight for Life” to cancer patients worldwide by becoming a dependable global 225Ac supplier.” Martijn Kleijwegt, Partner at EQT Life Sciences, commented: “It is clear to us that PanTera has the expertise, assets and strategy in place to address the critical actinium-225 supply shortage faced by the pharmaceutical industry today, as well asthe significant increase in demand expected in the future. EQT is one of the world’s largest healthcare investors and we are committed to supporting pioneering ventures, like PanTera, to reach their fullest potential. We are excited to partner with the PanTera team, alongside IBA, SCK CEN and our fellow investors, on the next phase of PanTera’s development.”

PanTera is working to solve this global shortage. The Company’s unique, patented photo-nuclear “gamma” production process transforms Radium-226 (226Ra) into Radium-225 (225Ra), which in turn decays into 225Ac. This process provides a reliable, safe and high-quality supply of 225Ac, not only for clinical trials but also for future commercial radiopharmaceutical therapies, the first of which are due to be on the market in 2028-2029. PanTera’s process and infrastructure is designed to enable the annual production of more than 100 Curies (Ci) of clinical grade 225Ac by 2029, allowing treatment of more than 100,000 patients per year. The combination of SCK CEN’s unmatched large stock of pure 226Ra and IBA’s Rhodotron® electron accelerator, positions PanTera to become a highly successful and reliable producer of this key medical radioisotope

About PanTera

PanTera, an IBA and SCK CEN joint-venture, aims to secure the large-scale production of actinium-225 (225Ac), one of the most promising alpha-emitting radioisotopes to fight cancers. By working towards this large-scale production, PanTera’s ultimate goal is to improve the accessibility of future innovative cancer therapy based on 225Ac and theranostics in general.