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Oncorus Funding Round

Oncorus secured a $57 million Series A venture capital round on 7/20/2016. Investors included MPM Capital, Celgene and Deerfield Capital.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
7/20/2016
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$57,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors

MPM Capital (Lead Investor) (Luke Evnin)

Celgene

Deerfield Capital (Cameron Wheeler)

Proceeds Purpose
Proceeds from the Series A financing round will be used to advance Oncorus's immunotherapy platform using its next-generation oncolytic herpes simplex virus (oHSV).

Company Information

Company Status
Publicly-held
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
50 Hampshire St. 401
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
Email Address
Overview
Oncorus, Inc. (Nasdaq: ONCR) is a biotechnology company developing a next-generation immunotherapy platform of oncolytic viruses to treat several types of cancer, including highly malignant and aggressive cancers.
Profile
Oncorus LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Oncorus Company Twitter Account
Company News
Oncorus News
Facebook
Oncorus on Facebook
YouTube
Oncorus on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Theodore Ashburn
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Chief Scientific Officer
Christophe Quéva
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Vice President
Lorena Lerner
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VP - Bus. Development
Stephanie Duncanson
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VP - Bus. Development
John Goldberg
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VP - Operations
Brett Belongia
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