Eterna Regeneratives Raises Funding for Tooth Enamel Regeneration
UK startup Eterna Regeneratives has closed a seed investment round led by Hoxton Ventures and The Venture Collective (TVC) to build its regenerative biomaterial platform spanning enamel repair and bone regeneration, starting with the $43bn global oral care market. Eterna Regeneratives Co-founders, Khaled Eissa (L) and Dr Sherif Elsharkawy (R) Co-founded by Khaled Eissa and Dr. Sherif Elsharkawy in 2024, the King’s College London spin-out attracted international attention last year when studies found the team’s revolutionary patented material could successfully regrow damaged tooth enamel using keratin—a protein found in human hair, skin, and wool. The research, developed by Dr. Elsharkawy and Dr. Sara Gamea, his PhD student, was widely picked up by national and international media, including the BBC, Washington Post, and Newsweek, putting keratin-based enamel regeneration on the map well before a commercial product existed. Now working to...
