Company (location) |
Type of financing |
Number of shares, units or warrants (M) |
Amount raised (US$M) |
Investors; placement agents; details |
Date |
Total: $1,142M | |||||
Ablynx NV (Ghent, Belgium) |
Private placement |
N/A |
N/A |
Ablynx conducted a private placement in Europe concurrent with an IPO of American Depositary Shares in the U.S |
10/4/17 |
Adma Biologics Inc. (Ramsey, N.J.) |
Credit facility |
N/A |
$30.00 |
Credit agreement for up to $40M with affiliated entities of Marathon Asset Management; proceeds will refinance debt with Oxford Finance LLC, pay transaction expenses and provide for working and growth capital; upon the closing, Adma received $30M of a senior secured single draw term loan, with an additional $10M senior secured single draw term loan to be provided by Marathon upon the achievement of a milestone |
10/12/17 |
Ampio Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) |
Registered direct offering |
7.7S |
$6.75 |
$6.75M in a registered sale of common stock priced at $0.875 per share; Joseph Gunnar & Co. LLC and Forham Financial Management Inc. acted as placement agents |
10/17/17 |
Aptose Biosciences Inc. (Toronto) |
Common shares purchase agreement |
N/A |
$0.50 |
Common shares purchase agreement of up to $15.5M with Aspire Capital Fund LLC who has made an initial investment via the purchase of $500,000 of the company's common shares at $1.40 each; in addition, Aspire Capital has committed to purchase up to an additional $15 million of common shares over a 30-month period |
10/31/17 |
Arbutus Biopharma Corp. (Vancouver, British Columbia) |
Share purchase agreement |
0.5S |
$116.40 |
Signed a share purchase agreement for 500,000 convertible series A preferred shares with Roivant Sciences Inc., of New York, for gross proceeds of $116.4M |
10/3/17 |
Arch Biopartners Inc. (Toronto) |
Non-brokered, unsecured convertible note financing |
N/A |
$0.40 |
C$500,000 (US$395,000) in a note that matures on Oct. 31, 2020, and will be convertible, at the option of the holder, into common shares at $0.50 each |
10/25/17 |
Arqule Inc. (Burlington, Mass.) |
Private placement |
13.9S and 3.1W |
$15.70 |
$15.7M through the private placement led by BVF Partners LP, involving 13.9M shares of common stock and about 3.1M warrants |
10/17/17 |
Asterias Biotherapeutics Inc. (Fremont, Calif.) |
Registered direct offering |
4S |
$10.40 |
$10.4M in a registered direct offering of 4M shares of series A common stock at an offering price of $2.60 per share; Chardan acted as the sole placement agent |
10/17/17 |
Auris Medical Holding AG (Zug, Switzerland) |
Share purchase agreement |
N/A |
$15.00 |
$15M from Lincoln Park Capital Fund LLC (LPC), a Chicago-based institutional investor |
10/12/17 |
Biophytis SA (Paris) |
Private placement |
N/A |
$12.30 |
€10.4M (US$12.3M) capital raise via the issuance of new ordinary shares without shareholders' preferential subscription rights and reserved to institutional investors in Europe and the U.S. |
10/12/17 |
CASI Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Rockville, Md.) |
Registered direct offering |
N/A |
$23.80 |
$23.8M through certain institutional and accredited investors, including existing shareholders; the company has agreed to sell approximately 7.95M shares of its common stock and warrants to purchase shares of its common stock; each unit, consisting of one share of common stock and a warrant to purchase 0.2 share of common stock will be sold for a purchase price of $3; the warrants will become exercisable six months after the issuance date and have a term of 2.5 years and an exercise price equal to $3.75 |
10/16/17 |
Cellectar Biosciences Inc. (Madison, Wis.) |
Registered direct offering |
4.1S and W for 3.1S |
$7.76 |
$7.76M through the sale of 4.1M shares of common stock and warrants to purchase about 3.1M shares, at an offering price of $1.87375 per share and related warrant; Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. is acting as exclusive placement agent |
10/11/17 |
Celsion Corp. (Lawrenceville, N.J.) |
Exercise of warrants |
2.4W |
$15.60 |
$15.6M through securities purchase agreement with certain investors pursuant to which the company agreed, among other things, to issue 2.4M series AAA warrants at an exercise price of $2.07 per share and 2.4M series BBB warrants at an exercise price of $4.75 per share, each to purchase one share of common stock of the company to such investors in a private placement |
10/6/17 |
Cidara Therapeutics Inc. (San Diego) |
Private placement of common stock |
3.36S |
$20.00 |
$20M through a private placement of 3.36M shares of common stock at $6 per share; investors were Great Point Partners LLC, BB Biotech AG, Prosight Capital, Broadfin Capital LLC and certain other institutional investors; Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. acted as sole placement agent |
10/20/17 |
Critical Outcome Technologies Inc. (London) |
Nonbrokered private placement |
0.48U |
$0.45 |
C$560,000 (US$449,400) through a private placement of 482,686 units at C$1.16 per unit; a unit consists of one share and one warrant to buy another share at C$1.21 per share for a period of 12 months from the date of issue; this is the second tranche of a C$2M (US$1.6M) private placement announced Sept. 20 |
10/19/17 |
Emergent Biosolutions Inc. (Gaithersburg, Md.) |
Senior secured credit facility |
N/A |
(up to $200) |
Five-year, $200M syndicated senior secured credit facility, which replaces and represents an increase from the previous $100M facility, which was scheduled to expire in December 2018 |
10/3/17 |
Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy (Turku, Finland) |
Private placement |
1.1S |
$11.55 |
£10M ($11.55M) through the placing of 1.1M shares and a proposed subscription of up to 126,250 new ordinary shares at 800 pence (US$10.50) per share; Panmure Gordon (U.K.) Ltd. is acting as sole bookrunner and corporate broker |
10/6/17 |
Genfit SA (Lille, France) |
Private placement |
N/A |
$213.30 |
Offering of bonds convertible into new shares and/or exchangeable for existing shares due Oct. 16, 2022, by way of a private placement to institutional investors for €180M (US$213.3M) |
10/2/17 |
Genfit SA (Lille, France) |
Private placement |
Bonds |
$211.50 |
Settled its offering of bonds convertible into new shares and/or exchangeable for existing shares due Oct. 16, 2022, by way of a private placement to institutional investors for a nominal amount of €180M (US$211.5M) |
10/18/17 |
Helix Biopharma Corp. (Toronto) |
Private placement |
Units |
$3.09 |
C$3.9M (US$3.09M) for the purchase of units at $1.20 each; each unit is comprised of one common share and one common share purchase warrant that will entitle the holder to purchase one common share at an exercise price of $1.50 |
10/23/17 |
Herantis Pharma plc (Espoo, Finland) |
Private placement |
0.8S |
$5.40 |
€4.6M (US$5.4M) through a new share issue of up to 800,000 shares |
10/20/17 |
Intellipharmaceutics International Inc. (Toronto) |
Registered direct offering |
3.6S |
$4.00 |
$4M through the sale of 3.6M common shares at $1.10 per share and unregistered warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1.8M common shares at $1.25 per share |
10/12/17 |
Intrexon Corp. (Germantown, Md.) |
Preferred stock equity facility |
N/A |
(up to $100) |
Entered a preferred stock equity facility with an affiliate of Third Security LLC, a venture capital firm founded by Randal J. Kirk, Intrexon's chairman and CEO; under the facility, Intrexon may, at its discretion, sell to the investor up to $100M of newly issued series A redeemable preferred stock |
10/18/17 |
Mabvax Therapeutics Holdings Inc. (San Diego) |
Private placement |
0.769S |
$0.50 |
Agreed to sell 769,231 shares of its common stock at 65 cents each for gross proceeds of about $500,000 to certain accredited investors |
10/12/17 |
Mannkind Corp. (Westlake Village, Calif.) |
Registered direct offering |
10.1S |
$61.00 |
$61M through the offering of 10.1M shares at $6 each; H.C. Wainwright & Co. is acting as the exclusive placement agent |
10/12/17 |
Myovant Sciences Ltd. (Basel, Switzerland) |
Private placement and loan |
N/A |
$140.00 |
$140M in flexible financing commitments from Novaquest Capital Management and Hercules Capital Inc.; the Novaquest financing comprises a note purchase commitment of up to $60M and an equity purchase commitment of up to $40M; an additional $40M of debt financing is committed in a term loan facility from Hercules |
10/17/17 |
Nexstim plc (Helsinki, Finland) |
Private placement |
7S |
$2.07 |
€1.75M (US$2.07M) through a London-based fund managed by City Financial Investment Co. Ltd.; involves up to 7M new shares at a subscription price of €0.25 per share |
10/26/17 |
Obseva SA (Geneva) |
Private placement of common shares and prepaid warrants |
N/A |
$60.00 |
$60M through the sale of common shares and prepaid warrants to a group of institutional accredited investors |
10/11/17 |
Oncosec Medical Inc. (San Diego) |
Registered direct offering |
5.27S and W for 3.95S |
$7.10 |
$7.1M through certain accredited investors who purchased 5.27M shares of its common stock at $1.34375 and issued unregistered warrants to purchase up to 3.95M shares of common stock at $1.25 per share for a term of 5.5 years |
10/24/17 |
Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. (Haifa, Israel) |
Private placement |
8.87S |
$15.00 |
Concluded an Israeli institutional investors tender in which the company received overall commitments from Israeli institutional investors and accredited investors for the purchase of 8.87M shares in different prices for a total amount of approximately $15M |
10/31/17 |
Prometic Life Sciences Inc. (Laval, Quebec) |
Credit facility |
10W and 44W |
(up to $80) |
Entered into a binding letter of intent to secure an $80M (C$100M) line of credit from Structured Alpha LP, an affiliate of Peter J. Thomson's investment firm, Thomvest Asset Management Inc.; the first two tranches can be drawn within 15 days of closing, with each additional tranche becoming available on a monthly basis thereafter; any amount drawn down will bear interest of 8.5% per annum and will be repayable within two years; Prometic will grant Structured Alpha an initial 10M warrants with an exercise price of C$1.70 per common share with a term expiring June 30, 2026, alongside an additional 44M warrants at the same exercise price and term, which will vest in tranches each time Prometic draws an additional amount of $10M (C$12.5M) under the facility |
10/24/17 |
Relmada Therapeutics Inc. (New York) |
Private placement of convertible promissory notes and warrants |
N/A |
$6.90 |
$6.9M in 7% convertible promissory notes, with a two-year term that automatically converts into common stock in a future equity financing, and 4.6M seven-year warrants exercisable at $1.50 per share; Alexander Capital LP acted as exclusive placement agent |
10/6/17 |
Replicel Life Sciences Inc. (Vancouver, British Columbia) |
Private placement |
2.81S |
$1.15 |
$1.15M in a non-brokered private placement of 2.81M shares at $0.41 each |
10/23/17 |
Resverlogix Corp. (Calgary) |
Private placement |
60U |
$18.20 |
$18.2M in a private placement that raised $87M, with proceeds paying off a loan of $68.8M; a total of 60M equity units were sold to Shenzhen Hepalink Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. at $1.44 each |
10/16/17 |
Rexahn Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Rockville, Md.) |
Private placement of common stock and warrants |
3.27S and W for 1.63S |
$8.00 |
$8M through definitive agreements with institutional investors to purchase approximately 3.27M shares of its common stock and warrants exercisable for up to approximately 1.63M shares of its common stock |
10/16/17 |
Sirona Biochem Corp. (Vancouver, British Columbia) |
Non-brokered private placement |
3.56U |
$0.54 |
$535,000 through a placement of 3.56M units at $0.15 each; each unit consists of one common share and one transferable share purchase warrant, each whole warrant exercisable into one additional common share of the company for a period of two years from the date of issue at $0.25 per share |
10/26/17 |
Supreme Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Toronto) |
Private placement of convertible debenture units |
Units |
$35.00 |
$35M in a bought deal agreement with Canaccord Genuity Corp. |
10/19/17 |
Syndax Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Waltham, Mass.) |
Registered direct offering |
2S |
$25.00 |
$25M through the sale of 2M shares of common stock to Biotechnology Value Fund LP and certain of its affiliates based on the offering price of $12.37 per share; BTIG LLC served as a capital markets advisor |
10/18/17 |
VBI Vaccines Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.) |
Registered direct offering |
7.47S |
$22.80 |
$22.8M through the registered direct offering of 7.47M shares at $3.05 each, which is in addition to $49.1M raised in an underwritten public offering of 16.1M shares at the same price; total proceeds were $71.9M |
10/27/17 |
Viking Therapeutics Inc. (San Diego) |
Common stock purchase agreement |
N/A |
$15.00 |
$15M common stock purchase agreement with Lincoln Park Capital Fund LLC; under a separate purchase agreement, LPC has agreed to purchase $1.25M of Viking's registered common stock at $1.78 per share |
10/2/17 |
Notes Currency conversions are based on exchange rates at the time of the deal. This chart includes only biotech companies that develop therapeutics. |