Tech Company Financing Transactions

Chiasma Funding Round

Abingworth, MPM Capital and 7 Med Health Ventures participated in a $38.5 million Series D capital raise for Chiasma. The financing round was announced by the company on 7/24/2012.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
7/24/2012
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$38,500,000
Round
Series D
Investors

Abingworth (Lead Investor) (Vincent Miles)

MPM Capital (Lead Investor) (Todd Foley)

7 Med Health Ventures (Dror Brandwein)

Arch Venture Partners (Scott Minick)

F3 Ventures

Proceeds Purpose
The new investment (the D round) is expected to provide funding for the completion of the Phase 3 pivotal program in acromegaly patients for Octreolin (pronounced Ock-tree-o-lin), the Company's proprietary investigational oral form of the peptide octreotide, which is planned to be completed in the second quarter of 2013. It is also intended to finance a clinical study for the Company's second product, a small molecule to be investigated as a possible treatment for a complication of chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
460 Totten Pond Rd. 530
Waltham, MA 02451
USA
Email Address
Overview
Chiasma is focused on improving the lives of patients by developing and ultimately commercializing oral therapies that eliminate the significant limitations and burdens generally associated with therapies that are currently only available as injections.
Profile
Chiasma LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Chiasma Company Twitter Account
Company News
Chiasma News
Facebook
Chiasma on Facebook
YouTube
Chiasma on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Raj Kannan
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Chief Medical Officer
William Ludlam
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President
Mark Fitzpatrick
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VP - Client Services
Asi Haviv
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VP - Finance
Drew Enamait
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VP - Marketing
Dana Gelbaum
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VP - Regulatory Affairs
Shoshie Katz
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