Tech Company Financing Transactions
Akouos Funding Round
Akouos, based in Boston, secured $50 million from 5AM Ventures, New Enterprise Associates and Novartis Venture Fund.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
8/8/2018
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$50,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors
5AM Ventures (Lead Investor) (Kush Parmar)
New Enterprise Associates (Lead Investor) (Ed Mathers)
Proceeds Purpose
Proceeds from the financing will allow the Company to advance its lead program to first-in-human clinical studies, and to accelerate the development of multiple pipeline programs that address other forms of sensorineural hearing loss with validated mechanisms and gene targets.
Company Information
Company Status
Publicly-held
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
645 Summer St. 200
Boston, MA 02210
USA
Boston, MA 02210
USA
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
Akouos (Nasdaq: AKUS) is developing targeted therapies to restore and preserve hearing in genetically-defined patient populations.
Profile
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Company News
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Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Emmanuel Simons
Chief Medical Officer
Michael McKenna
Chief Scientific Officer
Gregory Robinson
VP - Bus. Development
Morgan Molloy
VP - Bus. Development
Rabia Ozden
VP - Finance
Aninda Katragadda
VP - General Counsel
Karoline Shair
VP - Human Resources
Steve Burke
VP - Product Management
John Connelly
VP - Regulatory Affairs
Jennifer Wellman
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