Total: $628.81M

 

Company

Location

Date

Amt. (M)

Details


Advanced Cancer Therapeutics LLC

Louisville, Ky.

7/2

$10

Advanced Cancer secured $10M in investments from high net-worth individuals and institutions

 

Agennix AG

Planegg/ Munich, Germany

7/26

€15 ($19.3)

Agennix entered an agreement with shareholder dievini Hopp BioTech holding GmbH & Co. KG for a $19.3M loan at an interest rate of 6% per annum

 

Biosystems International SAS

Paris

7/20

$2.7

Biosystems closed a $2.7M round of funding

 

Calistoga Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Seattle

7/1

$40

Calistoga raised $40M in a Series C financing led by Quogue Capital LLC, along with Alta Partners, Amgen Ventures, Frazier Healthcare, Three Arch Partners and Latterell Venture Partners

 

Calithera Biosciences Inc.

San Francisco

7/9

$40

Calithera raised $40M in a Series A round led by Morgenthaler Ventures, with participation from U.S. Venture Partners, Advanced Technology Ventures, Delphi Ventures and Mission Bay Capital

 

Cara Therapeutics Inc.

Shelton, Conn.

7/22

$15

Cara raised $15M in a Series D round led by Rho Ventures, with participation from Alta Biopharma, Ascent Biomedical Ventures, CT Innovations, Devon Park BioVentures, Healthcare Private Equity, Mitsubishi International Corp. and MVM Life Science Partners

 

Cerenis Therapeutics SA

Toulouse, France

7/27

€40 ($51.9)

Cerenis raised $51.9M in a Series C round led by Fund for Strategic Investment

 

CMP Therapeutics Ltd.

London

7/30

€1.5 ($1.96)

CMP raised $1.96M through a convertible loan from Inventages Venture Capital

 

Euthymics Bioscience Inc.

Cambridge, Mass.

7/22

$24

Euthymics raised $24M in a Series A round from Novartis Venture Fund and Venture Investors as well as Hambrecht & Quist Capital Management LLC, GBS Venture Partners and the State of Wisconsin Investment Board

 

Excelimmune

Woburn, Mass.

7/8

$4.5

Excelimmune raised $4.5M in a new financing

 

HemaQuest Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Seattle

7/29

$4

HemaQuest raised $4M in a Series B by Latterell Venture Partners, bringing the total to $16M; other investors were Aberdare Ventures, De Novo Ventures, Forward Ventures and Lilly Ventures

 

Immune Design Corp.

Seattle

7/27

$32

Immune Design raised $32M in Series B funding led by ProQuest Investments and including the Column Group, Versant Ventures and Alta Partners

 

InVasc Therapeutics Inc.

Atlanta

7/12

$3.15

InVasc raised $3.15M in an initial closing of its first institutional financing led by Trois I Investments Industriels Internationaux SA

 

iPierian Inc.

South San Francisco

7/9

$22

iPierian raised $22M in a Series B equity financing led by new investor Google Ventures; other investors were Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Highland Capital Partners, MPM Capital and FinTech Global Capital

 

Kymab Ltd.

London

7/13

£20 ($30.1)

Kymab raised $30.1M in a first round from the Wellcome Trust

 

Metamark Genetics Inc.

Cambridge, Mass.

7/14

$22

Metamark completed a $22M Series B round

 

Nitric BioTherapeutics Inc.

Bristol, Pa.

7/16

$6

Nitric closed a $6M financing led by inside investors

 

Pacific Biosciences

Menlo Park, Calif.

7/15

$59

Pacific Biosciences raised $109M in a Series F financing, including a $50M investment by Gen-Probe Inc., which was disclosed in June

 

Pantec Biosolutions AG

Ruggell, Liechtenstein

7/21

CHF20 ($19)

Pantec raised $19M in two private financing rounds with StemCell Holding AG as lead investor

 

Poxel SA

Lyon, France

7/9

€16 ($20.2)

Poxel raised $20.2M in a Series A round led by Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners and including the InnoBio fund, which is managed by CDC Entreprises and Credit Agricole Private Equity

 

Reata Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Irving, Texas

7/12

$78

Reata added $78M in a Series G round led by CPMG Inc. and Novo A/S

 

Tethys Bioscience Inc.

Emeryville, Calif.

7/22

$33

Tethys raised $33M, of which $23M was venture funding and $10M was a working capital loan; investors were Greenspring Associates Inc., Paul Capital Investments and current investors; the loan was provided by Oxford Finance Corp. and Silicon Valley Bank

 

Trevena Inc.

King of Prussia, Pa.

7/14

$35

Trevena raised $35M in a Series B round led by New Enterprise Associates and Polaris Venture Partners; it also included Alta Partners, Healthcare Ventures and Yasuda Economic Development Corp.

 

Vicept Therapeutics Inc.

Malvern, Pa.

7/1

$16

Vicept secured $10M to complete a total $16M Series A led by Vivo Ventures, Sofinnova Ventures and Fidelity Biosciences

 

Zogenix Inc.

San Diego

7/14

$40

Zogenix secured a $35M debt facility led by Oxford Finance Corp., which included Silicon Valley Bank; the facility consists of a $25M term loan and a $10M revolving line of credit; in addition to the $25M loan, the company is now getting a $15M investment from Clarus Ventures, Domain Associates, Scale Venture Partners, Thomas, McNerney & Partners, Abingworth Management and Chicago Growth Partners


Notes:

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** Denotes the date the item ran in BioWorld International.

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ND = Not disclosed.