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Aclaris Therapeutics Funding Round

On 10/2/2014, Aclaris Therapeutics received $21 million in Series B funding from F-Prime Capital, Sofinnova Ventures and Vivo Capital.

Transaction Overview

Announced On
10/2/2014
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$21,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

F-Prime Capital (Ketan Patel)

Sofinnova Ventures (Anand Mehra)

Vivo Capital (Albert Cha)

Proceeds Purpose
This financing will enable Aclaris to advance A-101 through to the filing of a new drug application (NDA) with the FDA.

Company Information

Company Status
Publicly-held
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
640 Lee Rd. 200
Wayne, PA 19087
USA
Email Address
Overview
Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. (ACRS) is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on identifying, developing and commercializing novel dermatologic treatments.
Profile
Aclaris Therapeutics LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Aclaris Therapeutics Company Twitter Account
Company News
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Facebook
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YouTube
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Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Neal Walker
  Neal Walker LinkedIn Profile  Neal Walker Twitter Account  Neal Walker News  Neal Walker on Facebook
Chief Financial Officer
Frank Ruffo
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Chief Medical Officer
David Gordon
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Chief Scientific Officer
Stuart Shanler
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VP - General Counsel
Kamil Ali-Jackson
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VP - R & D
Joseph Monahan
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