Tech Company Financing Transactions

Alector Funding Round

Alector, based in San Francisco, secured $29.5 million in investment from Dementia Discovery Fund, AbbVie Biotech Ventures and Amgen Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Alector
Announced On
1/7/2016
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$29,500,000
Round
Series D
Investors

Dementia Discovery Fund (Lead Investor)

AbbVie Biotech Ventures

Amgen Ventures

GV (Krishna Yeshwant)

Merck Capital Ventures (Josh Resnick)

Mission Bay Capital

OrbiMed (Carl Gordon)

Polaris Partners (Terry McGuire)

Topspin Partners

Proceeds Purpose
These significant financial resources provide Alector the ability to independently advance its promising drug candidates into the clinic and expand our discovery pipeline of candidates for neurodegenerative disorders.

Company Information

Company Status
Publicly-held
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
131 Oyster Point Blvd. 600
San Francisco, CA 94080
USA
Phone
(415) 231-5660
Website
www.alector.com
Email Address
[email protected]
Overview
Alector (Nasdaq: ALEC) is combining state-of-the-art antibody technology and recent discoveries in neuroimmunolgy and human genetics to develop novel therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease, other forms of dementia, and mechanistically related neurodegenerative disorders.
Profile
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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
Chairman
Tillman Gerngross
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Chief Executive Officer
Arnon Rosenthal
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Chief Financial Officer
Calvin Yu
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Chief Medical Officer
Robert Paul
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VP - Bus. Development
Robert King
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VP - Bus. Development
Sabah Oney
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VP - General Counsel
Stephanie Yonker
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VP - Human Resources
Clare Hunt
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VP - Manufacturing
Christian Simonsen
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VP - Operations
Omer Siddiqui
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VP - R & D
Hua Long
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