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Silverback Therapeutics Raises $78.5 Million in Oversubscribed Series B Financing

PRIVATEMar 11, 2020

Amount Raised

$78 Million

Round Type

Series B

LausanneBiotechnologyHealth CareTherapeutics

Description

Silverback Therapeutics™ (“Silverback”) (“the Company”), a private biopharmaceutical company pioneering a new class of immune-modulating ImmunoTAC™ drug conjugates targeting previously inaccessible disease pathways, today announced the close of an oversubscribed $78.5 million Series B financing round. U.S. Venture Partners (“USVP”) led the round, with participation from new investors including Nextech Invest Ltd., Hunt Investment Group, Pontifax Venture Capital, Colt Ventures LP and NS Investment. Existing investors participating in the financing include OrbiMed Advisors LLC, Bristol-Meyers Squibb and Alexandria Venture Investments, LLC

Quick answer

Asceneuron raised $78 Million in a Series B round, dated March 11, 2020. Asceneuron is based in Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland.

How much did Asceneuron raise?
Asceneuron raised $78 Million in a Series B round on March 11, 2020.
What does Asceneuron do?
Asceneuron is a clinical stage biotech company focused on the development of orally bioavailable therapeutics for debilitating neurodegenerative disorders with high unmet medical need.
Where is Asceneuron based and how big is it?
Asceneuron is based in Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland.

Source: Fundz verified event record.

Who else raised in Therapeutics and Biotechnology around the same time

Companies in the same sectors as Asceneuron that raised within 45 days of this round, from Fundz verified event records.

  • Fate Therapeutics raised $50M on April 21, 2020.
  • Phio Pharmaceuticals raised $4.4M on April 14, 2020.
  • Crispr Therapeutics raised $1M (Seed) on April 9, 2020.
  • Legend Biotech raised $150M on April 7, 2020.
  • Vaxcyte, Inc. raised $110M on April 3, 2020.
  • Windtree Therapeutics raised an undisclosed amount (Grant) on March 31, 2020.

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Company Information

Company

Asceneuron

Location

Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

About

Asceneuron is a clinical stage biotech company focused on the development of orally bioavailable therapeutics for debilitating neurodegenerative disorders with high unmet medical need. The company's pipeline reflects its ambition and commitment to developing treatments for a wide a range of neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, as well as orphan tauopathies. Asceneuron has two clinical-stage small molecule O-GlcNAcase inhibitors in development for the treatment of proteinopathies: OGA inhibitor ASN90 (licenced to Ferrer Pharmaceuticals) for the treatment of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and a potential best-in-class OGA inhibitor, ASN51 for Alzheimer's disease. Details of the ongoing clinical trial in healthy volunteers can be found on clinicaltrials.gov under the identifiers NCT04759365 and NCT05725005. Asceneuron is a privately held company financed by a renowned syndicate of investors consisting of Sofinnova Partners, M Ventures, SR One, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc. (JJDC) and Kurma Partners. For more information, please visit www.asceneuron.com. SOURCE Asceneuron SA

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Timeline to next round
Series B companies typically work for 15-20 months before raising new capital
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