# Funding A Virtual Biotech Without Institutional Capital With Sarcomatrix's David Craig

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Podcast: [Business Of Biotech](https://stenobird.com/podcast/business-of-biotech-123501)
Published: 2026-09-07T10:00:00+00:00
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We love to hear from our listeners. Send us a message. On this week's episode of the Business of Biotech, David Craig, Cofounder, President, and CEO at Sarcomatrix, explains why the old biotech playbook breaks down in today’s funding environment and what it takes to build a lean virtual drug development company without institutional financing. Craig describes practical financing paths, hard truths about costs, and the tradeoffs that make a rare disease program investable through alternative ...

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