Tech Company Financing Transactions

Trellis Bioscience Funding Round

Trellis Bioscience, operating out of Menlo Park, raised $10 million from Novartis BioVenture Fund, Easton Capital and Morgenthaler Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
2/13/2007
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$10,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

Novartis BioVenture Fund (Lead Investor) (Markus Goebel)

Easton Capital (John Friedman)

Morgenthaler Ventures (James Broderick)

Pac-Link Bio

Sagamore Ventures

Proceeds Purpose
Proceeds from the financing will be used to develop Trellis' own product candidates, as well as its corporate partnering product candidates, and for general corporate purposes.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
845 Oak Grove Ave. 202
Menlo Park, CA 94025
USA
Email Address
Not Recorded
Overview
Trellis Bioscience, Inc. has developed a breakthrough technology platform for discovery and selection of very rare cells that produce ideal proteins such as antibodies, selected for specificity, selectivity, affinity, secretion rate and other desired characteristics.
Profile
Trellis Bioscience LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Trellis Bioscience Company Twitter Account
Company News
Trellis Bioscience News
Facebook
Trellis Bioscience on Facebook
YouTube
Trellis Bioscience on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Stefan Ryser
  Stefan Ryser LinkedIn Profile  Stefan Ryser Twitter Account  Stefan Ryser News  Stefan Ryser on Facebook
Chief Marketing Officer
Anton Leighton
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Chief Technical Officer
Stote Ellsworth
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Founder
Lawrence Kauvar
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VP - R & D
Mikhail Gishizky
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