SkyCell raises $57M at a $600M valuation to build smart containers for pharmaceutical transport

The COVID-19 pandemic put a spotlight on how critical the development and distribution medicine can really be. Vaccines for the coronavirus typically needed to be kept at very specific temperature controls to remain active, so getting them to where they needed to be in temperature-safe condition became nearly as important as making them at all. Today, SkyCell — one of the companies that built containers to transport these medicines, along with many other un-shelf stable pharmaceuticals that are used to treat a variety of conditions — is announcing a big round of funding to fuel its growth.