Tag: Series B
Mabylon AG Raises CHF 30 Million to Advance Peanut Allergy Lead Program MY006 to Clinical Proof-of-Concept
— Funding combines equity investment and convertible loan
— Focus on best-in-class, clinical-stage peanut allergen neutralizing antibody
— Further potential for developing Mabylon’s discovery and pre-clinical pipeline programs
— Thomas Hecht has joined Board of Directors
Mabylon AG, a leader in the high-throughput discovery, characterization, and development of human-derived antibodies, today announced that it has raised a total of CHF 30 million (USD 37 million) to further develop its clinical-stage lead candidate MY006 and advance its early-stage pipeline. The funding combines a capital increase and a convertible loan of CHF 15 million, respectively. The funds are provided by Mabylon’s existing private investors, with the major investment coming from former management and board members of Roche. Read more…
ImmunOs Therapeutics Raises $74 Million Series B Financing Round
– New investors Samsara, Lightspeed, Gimv, and Mission BioCapital further strengthen investor base and expand transatlantic footprint
– Company establishes U.S. subsidiary to accelerate international operations
ImmunOs Therapeutics AG, a biopharmaceutical company leveraging its HLA-based technology platform to develop first-in-class therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases, today announced the closing of an oversubscribed Series B financing round totaling $74 million. The round was led by new investors Samsara BioCapital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Gimv, and joined by new investors Mission BioCapital, GL Capital, PEAK6 Strategic Capital, and Fiscus Financial, as well as existing investors Pfizer Ventures, BioMed Partners, and Schroder Adveq. Read more…
Company News: Curetis Raises EUR 12.5 Million in Series B Round Led by New Investor HBM Partners
– Co-investment of all current institutional investors as well as several private investors and management
– Company now has access to over EUR 20 million in cash for the next phase of commercial and operational growth
Curetis AG today announced the closing of a Series B financing round totaling EUR 12.5 million. The financing was led by HBM Partners, which has taken a EUR 6.0 million equity stake in Curetis. Dr. Alexander Asam of HBM will join Curetis’ supervisory board.
In addition, the company’s existing institutional investors aeris Capital, LSP Life Sciences Partners, Forbion Capital, BioMedInvest, Roche Venture Fund, CD Venture and KfW have contributed a total of EUR 5.6 million to the round on a pro rata basis. Curetis’ management as well as several of the company’s founders, private investors and board members also co-invested.
Including the latest Series B financing, Curetis has raised a total of EUR 49.1 million in equity capital to date.
Curetis will use the proceeds for the next phase of commercial and operational growth, including a prospective, multi-center FDA registrational trial with 2,000 patients and the further expansion of the company’s commercial activities and team in Europe.
Curetis anticipates a phase of rapid market adoption in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) where more than 50 top tier hospitals have agreed to install Unyvero™ for local testing. The inclusion of Unyvero™ in an upcoming global Phase IIb trial by Sanofi Pasteur is expected to add further momentum to the market penetration of Unyvero™.
Moreover, the company expects to continue the rapid international expansion of its commercial distribution network across Europe and the Middle East, but also towards Asia, Latin America and, following FDA clearance, to the USA.
Further upcoming milestones include the market launch of a second Unyvero™ cartridge application (ITI) together with Heraeus Medical and clinical data from a global Phase III trial in community-acquired bacterial pneumonia conducted by Cempra Pharmaceuticals.