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Obsidian Therapeutics Funding Round

GV, Alexandria Venture Investments and Amgen Ventures participated in a $49.5 million Series A venture round for Obsidian Therapeutics. The round closed on 12/7/2017.

Transaction Overview

Announced On
12/7/2017
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$49,500,000
Round
Series A
Investors

GV (Lead Investor) (Blake Byers)

Alexandria Venture Investments

Amgen Ventures (Gladys Nunez)

Atlas Venture (Peter Barrett)

ShangPharma Investment Group

Takeda Ventures (Tariq Kassum)

Vertex Ventures HC (Carolyn Ng)

Proceeds Purpose
The company will use the funding to advance its lead drug candidates.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
1030 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
USA
Email Address
Overview
Obsidian Therapeutics, founded in 2015, aspires to extend adoptive immunotherapy to every patient with cancer. We do this by building cell therapies with pharmacologic operating systems to provide treating physicians with precise and dynamic control of engineered cells in patients.
Profile
Obsidian Therapeutics LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Obsidian Therapeutics Company Twitter Account
Company News
Obsidian Therapeutics News
Facebook
Obsidian Therapeutics on Facebook
YouTube
Obsidian Therapeutics on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Paul Wotton
  Paul Wotton LinkedIn Profile  Paul Wotton Twitter Account  Paul Wotton News  Paul Wotton on Facebook
Chief Financial Officer
Ryan Daws
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Chief Medical Officer
Gary Vanasse
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Chief Scientific Officer
Jan ter Meulen
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Vice President
Melanie Call
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VP - Bus. Development
Kirsten Kester
  Kirsten Kester LinkedIn Profile  Kirsten Kester Twitter Account  Kirsten Kester News  Kirsten Kester on Facebook
VP - Finance
David Aubuchon
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VP - Human Resources
Jennifer Peterson
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VP - Manufacturing
Shyam Subramanian
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