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Catalyst Biosciences Funding Round

Catalyst Biosciences closed a $40.4 million Series C funding round on 12/3/2008. Investors included EW Healthcare Partners, Burrill & Company and HealthCare Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Announced On
12/3/2008
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$40,400,000
Round
Series C
Investors

EW Healthcare Partners (Lead Investor) (Jeffrey Himawan)

Burrill & Company (Steven Burrill)

HealthCare Ventures (Augustine Lawlor)

Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation (Asish Xavier)

Morgenthaler Ventures (Ralph Christoffersen)

Novartis BioVenture Fund

Proceeds Purpose
The financing provides us with several years of funding that will allow us to build our pipeline of Alterase therapeutics including advancing our lead protease, CB 813, an improved factor VIIa product for the treatment of acute bleeding in hemophiliacs, through Phase 1/2 proof-of-concept studies in patients.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
611 Gateway Blvd. 710
San Francisco, CA 94080
USA
Email Address
Overview
Catalyst is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company leveraging exceptional science to discover and develop essential medicines.
Profile
Catalyst Biosciences LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Catalyst Biosciences Company Twitter Account
Company News
Catalyst Biosciences News
Facebook
Catalyst Biosciences on Facebook
YouTube
Catalyst Biosciences on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Nassim Usman
  Nassim Usman LinkedIn Profile  Nassim Usman Twitter Account  Nassim Usman News  Nassim Usman on Facebook
Chief Medical Officer
Howard Levy
  Howard Levy LinkedIn Profile  Howard Levy Twitter Account  Howard Levy News  Howard Levy on Facebook
VP - Bus. Development
Jeffrey Landau
  Jeffrey Landau LinkedIn Profile  Jeffrey Landau Twitter Account  Jeffrey Landau News  Jeffrey Landau on Facebook
VP - Operations
Andrew Hetherington
  Andrew Hetherington LinkedIn Profile  Andrew Hetherington Twitter Account  Andrew Hetherington News  Andrew Hetherington on Facebook


 

 

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