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Conatus Pharmaceuticals Funding Round

AgeChem Venture Fund, Aberdare Ventures and Advent Venture Partners joined a $20 million Series B funding round for Conatus Pharmaceuticals. The round was announced by the company on 2/13/2011.

Transaction Overview

Announced On
2/13/2011
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$20,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

AgeChem Venture Fund (Lead Investor) (Louis Lacasse)

Aberdare Ventures (Paul Klingenstein)

Advent Venture Partners (Patrick Lee)

Bay City Capital (William Gerber)

Glide Healthcare Partners

Roche Venture Fund

Proceeds Purpose
Conatus will use the proceeds to advance the clinical development of CTS-1027, a novel clinical-stage drug candidate the Company has licensed from F. Hoffman-La Roche, Ltd. and is the subject of multiple Phase 2 clinical trials in hepatitis C (HCV)-infected patients.

Company Information

Company Status
Publicly-held
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
16745 West Bernardo Dr. 200
San Diego, CA 92127
USA
Email Address
Overview
Conatus Pharmaceuticals is focused on the development of human therapeutics to treat liver failures and cancer.
Profile
Conatus Pharmaceuticals LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Conatus Pharmaceuticals Company Twitter Account
Company News
Conatus Pharmaceuticals News
Facebook
Conatus Pharmaceuticals on Facebook
YouTube
Conatus Pharmaceuticals on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Steven Mento
  Steven Mento LinkedIn Profile  Steven Mento Twitter Account  Steven Mento News  Steven Mento on Facebook
Chief Operating Officer
Keith Marshall
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VP - Finance
Michelle Vandertie
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VP - R & D
Alfred Spada
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