Tech Company Financing Transactions

TherAchon Funding Round

Bpifrance, OrbiMed and Versant Ventures joined a $5 million Series A funding round for TherAchon. The financing was recorded on 1/11/2017.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
1/11/2017
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$5,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors

Bpifrance

OrbiMed (Stephen Squinto)

Versant Ventures (Tom Woiwode)

Proceeds Purpose
Proceeds from this financing will be used to advance the company's emerging portfolio, including its lead program in achondroplasia, the most common form of short-limbed dwarfism.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
Aeschenvorstadt 36
Basel, 4051
Switzerland
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
TherAchon is a biotech compagny, specialized in research and development for achondroplasia and its associated complications. It is a spin off of the Mediterranean Center of Molecular Medicine, Inserm Unit 1065 based in Nice, France.
Profile
TherAchon LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
TherAchon Company Twitter Account
Company News
TherAchon News
Facebook
TherAchon on Facebook
YouTube
TherAchon on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Luca Santarelli
  Luca Santarelli LinkedIn Profile  Luca Santarelli Twitter Account  Luca Santarelli News  Luca Santarelli on Facebook
Chief Financial Officer
Claudia D'Augusta
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Chief Medical Officer
Christian Meyer
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Chief Operating Officer
Richard Porter
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Vice President
Jeffrey Stavenhagen
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VP - Bus. Development
Behrad Derakhshan
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