Total: $257M

Company

Location

Date

Amt. (M)

Details


Aires Pharma-ceuticals Inc.

San Diego

11/15

$20

Aires raised $20M in a Series B round led by MPM Capital, and including ProQuest Investments

Beech Tree Labs Inc.

Providence, R.I.

11/17

$7

Beech Tree raised $7M in a Series B round

Biodesix Inc.

Broomfield, Colo.

11/11

$7.1

Biodesix raised $7.1M through existing investors

Ceregene Inc.

San Diego

11/12

$11.5

Ceregene closed a Series D round worth $11.5M in preferred stock; it was led by Hamilton BioVentures and Alta Partners with MPM Capital and Investor Growth Capital participating

Cerulean Pharma Inc.

Cambridge, Mass.

11/16

$24

Cerulean raised $24M in a Series C round led by Lilly Ventures, and including Polar Venture Partners, Venrock, Lux Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners

Coronado Biosciences Inc.

New York

11/5

$21.6

Coronado raised $21.6M through a financing led by Paramount BioCapital Inc.

Delenex Therapeutics AG

Zurich, Switzerland

11/15

CHF13.5 ($14.8)

Delenex secured $14.8M in a Series A round led by SV Life Sciences, HBM BioCapital, HBM BioVentures, BioMedInvest and VI Partners

Helix Therapeutics LLC

Newhaven, Conn.

11/24

$2.5

Helix raised $2.5M through an investment from Canaan Partners and Connecticut Innovations

Hutchison MediPharma Holdings Ltd.

London

11/9

$12.5

Hutchison raised $12.5M via a private investment from Mitsui & Co. Ltd.

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.

Newton, Mass.

11/4

$20

Karyopharm raised $20M through a Series A financing from Chione Ltd.

Mind-NRG SA

Geneva, Switzerland

11/3**

€1.5 ($2.1)

Mind-NRG raised $2.1M in an initial investment from Index Ventures

Mtm Laboratories AG

Heidelberg, Germany

11/9

€7 ($9.7)

Mtm raised an additional $9.7M in its Series C round led by HBM BioVentures Ltd., Wellington Partners and Gilde Healthcare Partners, with a consortium including National Technology Enterprises Co., Heidelberg Innovation and private investors

RedHill Biopharma Ltd.

Tel Aviv, Israel

11/9

$10

RedHill raised $10M in a private placement

Sutro Biopharma Inc.

San Francisco

11/18

$36.5

Sutro raised $36.5M in a Series C led by Skyline Ventures; other investors were the corporate venture arms of Eli Lilly and Co. and Amgen Inc., SV Life Sciences and Alta Partners

Syntaxin Ltd.

Oxford, UK

11/12

£18 ($29)

Syntaxin closed a $29M financing that included Abingworth, SROne, LSP, Johnson & Johnson Development Corp. and Quest, as well as Lundbeckfond Ventures and Ipsen and Seventure

Verastem Inc.

Boston

11/17

$16

Verastem closed a $16M Series A round led by Longwood Founders Fund; Bessemer Venture Partners, Cardinal Partners and MPM Capital joined in the financing

Xention Ltd.

Cambridge, UK

11/24

£8 ($12.7)

Xention raised $12.7M in a Series D financing led by Seroba-Kernel Life Sciences Ltd., and including existing investors Forbion Capital Partners, Credit Agricole Private Equity, MVM and BTG International


Notes:

Currency conversions are based on exchange rates at the time of the deal.

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

The date indicated refers to the BioWorld Today issue in which the news item can be found.

ND = Not disclosed.