Tech Company Financing Transactions

Osprey Pharmaceuticals Funding Round

Osprey Pharmaceuticals, operating out of San Francisco, secured $11 million from Burrill & Company, BDC Venture Capital and GeneChem.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Osprey Pharmaceuticals
Announced On
9/3/2008
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$11,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors

Burrill & Company (Lead Investor) (John Hamer)

BDC Venture Capital (Jean-Francois Pariseau)

GeneChem (Martial Lacroix)

Novo Ventures

Western Technology Investment

Proceeds Purpose
Proceeds will also be applied to the discovery and development of additional therapeutics that have emerged from the company's proprietary platform for the discovery of therapeutic Leukocyte Population Modulators (LPMs). LPMs specifically target chemokine-activated leukocytes that drive and/or maintain a variety of inflammatory and autoimmune disorders.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
425 California Street 1300
San Francisco, CA 94104
USA
Phone
(415) 352-6262
Website
www.ospreypharma.com
Email Address
[email protected]
Overview
Osprey Pharmaceuticals USA, together with its Montreal, Canada partner, Osprey Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., is developing a series of novel fusion protein therapeutics which selectively target and neutralize activated leukocytes that are implicated in a variety of inflammatory and immune disorders.
Profile
Osprey Pharmaceuticals LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
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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
Chief Executive Officer
Jack Anthony
  Jack Anthony LinkedIn Profile  Jack Anthony Twitter Account  Jack Anthony News  Jack Anthony on Facebook
Chief Marketing Officer
Barbara Finck
  Barbara Finck LinkedIn Profile  Barbara Finck Twitter Account  Barbara Finck News  Barbara Finck on Facebook
General Manager
Laura McIntosh,
  Laura McIntosh, LinkedIn Profile  Laura McIntosh, Twitter Account  Laura McIntosh, News  Laura McIntosh, on Facebook
VP - Operations
John McDonald
  John McDonald LinkedIn Profile  John McDonald Twitter Account  John McDonald News  John McDonald on Facebook

 

 

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