Tech Company Financing Transactions

NeuCyte Funding Round

Cowin Venture Capital, Leaguer Ventures and private investors participated in a $6.7 million Series A funding round for NeuCyte. This venture round was announced on 5/9/2018.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
5/9/2018
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$6,700,000
Round
Series A
Investors

Cowin Venture Capital (Lead Investor) (Xin Huang)

Leaguer Ventures (Lead Investor)

Proceeds Purpose
NeuCyte intends to use the proceeds of the Series A financing to further develop their SynFire in vitro CNS drug discovery platform for the identification of novel drug targets for Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) and other genetically defined neurological disorders.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
1561 Industrial Rd.
San Carlos, CA 94070
USA
Email Address
Overview
The high attrition rates of novel CNS drugs in clinical trials is a clear indication that current drug discovery paradigms are failing to serve the unmet needs of millions of patients. Our mission is to improve the lives of these individuals by developing better translatable assays to accelerate and optimize CNS drug discovery.
Profile
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Company News
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YouTube
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Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Tao Huang
  Tao Huang LinkedIn Profile  Tao Huang Twitter Account  Tao Huang News  Tao Huang on Facebook
Chief Scientific Officer
Daniel Haag
  Daniel Haag LinkedIn Profile  Daniel Haag Twitter Account  Daniel Haag News  Daniel Haag on Facebook
VP - Operations
Ji Wu
  Ji Wu LinkedIn Profile  Ji Wu Twitter Account  Ji Wu News  Ji Wu on Facebook
VP - R & D
Thomas Portman
  Thomas Portman LinkedIn Profile  Thomas Portman Twitter Account  Thomas Portman News  Thomas Portman on Facebook


 

 

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