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Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Funding Round

On 9/21/2015, Deciphera Pharmaceuticals landed $75 million in Series B financing from New Leaf Venture Partners and private investors.

Transaction Overview

Announced On
9/21/2015
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$75,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

New Leaf Venture Partners (Lead Investor) (Liam Ratcliffe)

Proceeds Purpose
The proceeds will enable Deciphera to advance its pipeline of proprietary switch control kinase inhibitors through multiple key clinical milestones.

Company Information

Company Status
Publicly-held
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
200 Smith St.
Waltham, MA 02451
USA
Email Address
Overview
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: DCPH) was established in 2003 as a drug discovery and development company with the mission to design, optimize and introduce best-in-class small molecule switch inhibitors of protein kinases for human clinical trials and the global pharmaceutical marketplace through the use of its proprietary drug discovery technology platform.
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Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Steven Hoerter
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Chief Financial Officer
Tucker Kelly
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Chief Scientific Officer
Daniel Flynn
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VP - General Counsel
Jeffrey Held
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VP - Human Resources
Peter Lasky
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