Tech Company Financing Transactions

Synthekine Funding Round

Canaan Partners, Samsara BioCapital and The Column Group participated in a $82 million Series A venture round for Synthekine. The round closed on 9/18/2020.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
9/18/2020
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$82,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors

Canaan Partners (Lead Investor) (Julie Grant)

Samsara BioCapital (Lead Investor) (Srinivas Akkaraju)

The Column Group (Lead Investor) (Timothy Kutzkey)

Proceeds Purpose
Proceeds from this Series A financing will be used to advance Synthekine's lead therapeutic programs into clinical studies, expand its discovery pipeline and hone its proprietary cytokine engineering platforms.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
1505 O'Brien Dr.
Menlo Park, CA 94025
USA
Email Address
Not Recorded
Overview
Synthekine is a development stage biotherapeutics company focused on the engineering of novel specific, selective and potent cytokine therapies. Our targeted protein engineering guided by our deep experience in immunology provides transformative immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune disorders.
Profile
Synthekine LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Synthekine Company Twitter Account
Company News
Synthekine News
Facebook
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YouTube
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Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Debanjan Ray
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Chief Medical Officer
Naiyer Rizvi
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Vice President
Richard Murphy
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Vice President
Gregory Yedinak
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VP - Bus. Development
Martin Oft
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VP - Finance
Robin Knifsend
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VP - Operations
Christine Rocha
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VP - R & D
Robert Kastelein
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VP - R & D
Patrick Lupardus
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