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Atmo Biosciences CEO Mal Hebblewhite with the ingestible gas-sensing capsule

Atmo Biosciences secures $9.6 million in oversubscribed capital raise

Atmo Biosciences, a digital health company that is developing the world’s first ingestible gas-sensing capsule for monitoring gut health, has closed an oversubscribed A$9.6m capital raise.

SURAYA SALEH

Posted September 2021

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