Tech Company Financing Transactions

Kite Pharma Funding Round

Kite Pharma closed a $20 million Series A funding round on 5/15/2013. Backers included Alta Partners, Commercial Street Capital and private investors.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
5/15/2013
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$20,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors

Alta Partners (Farah Champsi)

Commercial Street Capital

private investors (Arie Belldegrun)

private investors (David Bonderman)

private investors (Michael Milken)

Pontifax Fund (Ran Nussbaum)

Proceeds Purpose
The new resources will allow us to advance clinical and manufacturing activities of eACT products directed to hematological and solid tumor indications.

Company Information

Company Status
Publicly-held
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
2400 Bdwy.
Santa Monica, CA 90404
USA
Email Address
Overview
Kite Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: KITE) is a privately held development stage biotechnology company engaged in the design and development of pioneering immune-based targeted therapies to treat different cancer indications.
Profile
Kite Pharma LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Kite Pharma Company Twitter Account
Company News
Kite Pharma News
Facebook
Kite Pharma on Facebook
YouTube
Kite Pharma on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Arie Belldegrun
  Arie Belldegrun LinkedIn Profile  Arie Belldegrun Twitter Account  Arie Belldegrun News  Arie Belldegrun on Facebook
Chief Financial Officer
Cynthia Buttita
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Chief Scientific Officer
Margo Roberts
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VP - Bus. Development
Helen Kim
  Helen Kim LinkedIn Profile  Helen Kim Twitter Account  Helen Kim News  Helen Kim on Facebook
VP - R & D
David Chang
  David Chang LinkedIn Profile  David Chang Twitter Account  David Chang News  David Chang on Facebook


 

 

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