Tech Company Financing Transactions

Exicure Funding Round

Exicure, operating out of Skokie, secured $20 million from private investors, Katalyst Securities and AbbVie Biotech Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
9/29/2017
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$20,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

private investors (Lead Investor) (Mark Tompkins)

Katalyst Securities (Lead Investor)

AbbVie Biotech Ventures

Groupon (Eric Lefkofsky)

Illumina Ventures (David Walt)

private investors (Craig Mundie)

private investors (Patrick Ryan)

private investors (William Gates)

Rathmann Family Foundation

Proceeds Purpose
Net proceeds from the transaction will be used primarily for research, pre-clinical and clinical development and for general and working capital purposes.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
8045 Lamon Ave. 410
Skokie, IL 60077
USA
Email Address
Not Recorded
Overview
AuraSense Therapeutics is a development-stage biotechnology company founded to pursue the unique commercial potential of Spherical Nucleic Acid (SNA) constructs. These novel constructs possess unparalleled biocompatibility and versatility as therapeutics.
Profile
Exicure LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Exicure Company Twitter Account
Company News
Exicure News
Facebook
Exicure on Facebook
YouTube
Exicure on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
David Giljohann
  David Giljohann LinkedIn Profile  David Giljohann Twitter Account  David Giljohann News  David Giljohann on Facebook
Chief Financial Officer
David Snyder
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Chief Operating Officer
Matthias Schroff
  Matthias Schroff LinkedIn Profile  Matthias Schroff Twitter Account  Matthias Schroff News  Matthias Schroff on Facebook


 

 

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