Tech Company Financing Transactions

Protagonist Therapeutics Funding Round

Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation, Lilly Ventures and Starfish Ventures participated in a $14 million Series B funding round for Protagonist Therapeutics. The financing was announced by the company on 6/5/2013.

Transaction Overview

Announced On
6/5/2013
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$14,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation (Lead Investor) (Asish Xavier)

Lilly Ventures (Armen Shanafelt)

Starfish Ventures

Proceeds Purpose
The new funding will support the discovery and development of Protagonist's pipeline of oral di-sulfide rich peptide (DRP) therapeutics that combine the best properties of small molecule drugs and large molecule biologics in a single chemical entity.

Company Information

Company Status
Publicly-held
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
7707 Gateway Blvd. 140
Newark, CA 94560
USA
Email Address
Overview
Protagonist Therapeutics (NASDAQ: PTGX) is a biotechnology company pursuing the discovery and development of disulfide-rich peptides (DRPs) as well differentiated alternatives to biologics.
Profile
Protagonist Therapeutics LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
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Company News
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Facebook
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YouTube
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Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Dinesh Patel
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Chief Financial Officer
Donald Kalkofen
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Chief Medical Officer
Samuel Saks
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Chief Scientific Officer
David Liu
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VP - Bus. Development
Suneel Gupta
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VP - Bus. Development
Tracy Woody
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