Tech Company Financing Transactions

Merganser Biotech Funding Round

On 2/19/2015, Merganser Biotech received $28 million in Series A funding from Novartis Venture Fund, BioAdvance Ventures and Frazier Healthcare Partners.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
2/19/2015
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$28,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors

Novartis Venture Fund (Lead Investor) (Markus Goebel)

BioAdvance Ventures

Frazier Healthcare Partners (James Topper)

Osage Partners (William Harrington)

Sutter Hill Ventures (Jeffrey Bird)

Proceeds Purpose
The proceeds from this financing will be used to develop hepcidin mimetic peptides as therapeutics for the treatment of rare hematological and iron overload diseases.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
1004 West 9th Ave. 115
King Of Prussia, PA 19406
USA
Email Address
Not Recorded
Overview
Merganser Biotech is committed to the development of new medicines for the treatment of rare hematological and iron overload diseases.
Profile
Merganser Biotech LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Merganser Biotech Company Twitter Account
Company News
Merganser Biotech News
Facebook
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YouTube
Merganser Biotech on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Brian MacDonald
  Brian MacDonald LinkedIn Profile  Brian MacDonald Twitter Account  Brian MacDonald News  Brian MacDonald on Facebook
Chief Operating Officer
Remy Sukhija
  Remy Sukhija LinkedIn Profile  Remy Sukhija Twitter Account  Remy Sukhija News  Remy Sukhija on Facebook
VP - Bus. Development
Gene Merutka
  Gene Merutka LinkedIn Profile  Gene Merutka Twitter Account  Gene Merutka News  Gene Merutka on Facebook


 

 

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