Tech Company Financing Transactions

Dicerna Pharmaceuticals Funding Round

On 8/1/2013, Dicerna Pharmaceuticals landed $60 million in Series C funding from RA Capital, Abingworth and Brookside Capital.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Dicerna Pharmaceuticals
Announced On
8/1/2013
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$60,000,000
Round
Series C
Investors

RA Capital (Lead Investor) (Peter Kolchinsky)

Abingworth (Vincent Miles)

Brookside Capital

Deerfield Capital

Domain Associates (Brian Halak)

Omega Funds

Oxford Bioscience Partners (Jonathan Fleming)

Skyline Ventures (Stephen Hoffman)

SR One Capital Management

Proceeds Purpose
Proceeds from the financing will be used to advance two or more programs into the clinic and to progress other preclinical programs. The company also plans to use the proceeds to continue to develop innovative drug delivery systems, which combine Dicerna's DsiRNA molecules with targeting moieties allowing for direct delivery into specific cells of interest.

Company Information

Company Status
Publicly-held
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
33 Hayden Ave.
Lexington, MA 02421
USA
Phone
(617) 621-8097
Website
www.dicerna.com
Email Address
[email protected]
Overview
Dicerna (NASDAQ: DRNA) is working to improve the lives of people suffering from rare diseases, chronic liver diseases, cardiovascular disease, and viral liver infectious diseases. We discover and develop innovative therapies to stop or turn off destructive disease processes by silencing the genes underlying these processes.
Profile
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YouTube
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Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Douglas Fambrough
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Chief Financial Officer
Jack Green
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Chief Medical Officer
Ralf Rosskamp
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Chief Scientific Officer
Bob Brown
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Vice President
Jennifer Lockridge
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VP - Bus. Development
James Weissman
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VP - Operations
David Miller
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