# Soon-Shiong Expands Biotech Investments

> Patrick Soon-Shiong boosts biotech investments with $50m Prolific Machines round.
- Title: Soon-Shiong Expands Biotech Investments | Shortify
- Summary: Patrick Soon-Shiong boosts biotech investments with $50m Prolific Machines round. Patrick Soon-Shiong's Nant Capital co-led a $50 million investment in…
- Keywords: patrick soon-shiong, nant capital, prolific machines, optogenetics, biotech, emeryville, biologics, biosimilars, viral vectors, organ fabrication, multiply labs, physical ai
- Source: Los Angeles Business Journal — https://labusinessjournal.com/commentary/labj-insider-soon-shiong-grows-investment-pool
- Author: Zane Hill
- Published: 2026-10-19T07:50:36+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: patrick soon-shiong, nant capital, prolific machines, optogenetics, biotech, emeryville, biologics, biosimilars, viral vectors, organ fabrication, multiply labs, physical ai
## Soon-Shiong's Biotech Push
Patrick Soon-Shiong co-led a $50 million investment round into Prolific Machines, a biotech firm in Emeryville.

> Prolific Machines is the most exciting advancement I have seen in biopharma manufacturing in decades.
## Prolific Machines Focus
The firm works in optogenetics to develop biologics, biosimilars and viral vector platforms for organ and tissue fabrication.
## Recent Biotech Wins
Soon-Shiong's Nant Capital also led a $75 million round for Multiply Labs, using physical AI to automate medicinal manufacturing.

> The world of physical AI biological manufacturing has arrived.
## Key takeaway

Patrick Soon-Shiong's Nant Capital co-led a $50 million investment in Prolific Machines, a biotech firm developing optogenetics-based therapies.