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Nirogy Therapeutics Funding Round

Nirogy Therapeutics secured a $16.5 million Series A venture capital round on 1/27/2021. Investors included Sante Ventures, Sporos Bioventures and private investors.

Transaction Overview

Announced On
1/27/2021
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$16,500,000
Round
Series A
Investors

Sante Ventures (Lead Investor) (Dennis McWilliams)

Sporos Bioventures (Lead Investor) (Joseph Kekst)

Proceeds Purpose
Nirogy plans to use the proceeds to advance its drug discovery platform to generate a pipeline of small-molecule drugs designed to target the solute carrier family of transporter proteins (SLCTs) embedded in the cell membrane.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
27 Strathmore Rd.
Natick, MA 01760
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
Nirogy therapeutics, originally named as Nirogyone Therapeutics, is based in the biotech hub of Boston-Cambridge, MA. Founded in 2014, launched in 2019 with seed funding, Nirogy was born as a culmination of extensive search for new molecular targets in cellular metabolism.
Profile
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Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Vincent Sandanayaka
  Vincent Sandanayaka LinkedIn Profile  Vincent Sandanayaka Twitter Account  Vincent Sandanayaka News  Vincent Sandanayaka on Facebook
Vice President
Jaime Escobedo
  Jaime Escobedo LinkedIn Profile  Jaime Escobedo Twitter Account  Jaime Escobedo News  Jaime Escobedo on Facebook


 

 

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