Tech Company Financing Transactions

Cerevance Funding Round

Dementia Discovery Fund, Foresite Capital and GV participated in a $45 million Series B capital raise for Cerevance. The financing was announced on 4/15/2020.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Cerevance
Announced On
4/15/2020
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$45,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

Dementia Discovery Fund (Tetsuyuki Maruyama)

Foresite Capital

GV (David Schenkein)

private investors (William Gates)

Lightstone Ventures

Takeda Ventures (Mark Carlton)

Proceeds Purpose
Cerevance will use the proceeds of the financing to continue identifying novel therapeutic targets for central nervous system diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, by transcriptionally and epigenetically profiling specific neuronal and glial cell populations in thousands of post-mortem human brain tissue samples and advancing a diverse portfolio of therapeutic programs against them.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
1 Marina Park Dr. 1410
Boston, MA 02210
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Website
www.cerevance.com
Email Address
[email protected]
Overview
Cerevance is a neuroscience company focused on discovering and developing novel therapeutics for neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Profile
Cerevance LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Cerevance Company Twitter Account
Company News
Cerevance News
Facebook
Cerevance on Facebook
YouTube
Cerevance on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Brad Margus
  Brad Margus LinkedIn Profile  Brad Margus Twitter Account  Brad Margus News  Brad Margus on Facebook
Chief Financial Officer
Robert Middlebrook
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Chief Scientific Officer
Mark Carlton
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Chief Scientific Officer
Nathaniel Heintz
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Vice President
Roland Bürli
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Vice President
Lee Dawson
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Vice President
David Margolin
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VP - Bus. Development
Ted Hibben
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