Tech Company Financing Transactions

Selecta Biosciences Funding Round

Selecta Biosciences closed a $38 million Series E funding round on 9/8/2015. Investors included AJU IB Investment, OrbiMed and Osage Partners.

Transaction Overview

Announced On
9/8/2015
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$38,000,000
Round
Series E
Proceeds Purpose
Proceeds from the financing will be used to advance multiple product candidates from Selecta's Synthetic Vaccine Particle (SVP) platform, which creates antigen-specific immunotherapeutics, with priority implementation of the clinical program for Selecta's lead immunotherapeutic candidate, SEL-212, which is designed to be the first non-immunogenic biologic therapy for gout.

Company Information

Company Status
Publicly-held
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
480 Arsenal St.
Watertown, MA 02472
USA
Email Address
Overview
Selecta Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: SELB) is a biopharmaceutical company developing an entirely new class of targeted vaccines that induces an antigen-specific immune activation or antigen-specific immune tolerance for therapeutic and prophylactic applications.
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Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Werner Cautreels
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Chief Financial Officer
John Leaman
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Chief Medical Officer
Earl Sands
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Chief Operating Officer
Lloyd Johnston
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Chief Scientific Officer
Takashi Kishimoto
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VP - Bus. Development
Stephen Smolinski
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VP - General Counsel
David Abraham
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