Tech Company Financing Transactions

SQZ Biotechnologies Funding Round

On 5/19/2020, SQZ Biotechnologies raised $65 million in Series D funding from Temasek Holdings, GV and Illumina Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Announced On
5/19/2020
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$65,000,000
Round
Series D
Investors

Temasek Holdings (Lead Investor)

GV

Illumina Ventures

Invus

JDRF T1D Fund (Jonathan Behr)

NanoDimension (Eric Moessinger)

Polaris Partners (Amy Schulman)

Proceeds Purpose
The financing will support the advancement of SQZ's current pipeline of multi-functional cell therapies, designed to direct specific immune responses, and its expansion into infectious diseases.

Company Information

Company Status
Publicly-held
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
200 Arsenal Yards Blvd.
Watertown, MA 02472
USA
Email Address
Overview
SQZ Biotechnologies (Nasdaq: SQZ). Many promising therapeutic modalities have limited clinical efficacy due to the challenges of delivering molecules into cells. SQZ Biotech seeks to address this fundamental problem by developing its CellSqueeze platform for use in drug discovery and clinical applications.
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Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Armon Sharei
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Chief Financial Officer
Teri Loxam
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Chief Medical Officer
Oliver Rosen
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Chief Scientific Officer
Howard Bernstein
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Vice President
Katherine Seidl
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Vice President
Marija Tadin-Strapps
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VP - Finance
Alex Balcom
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VP - General Counsel
Larry Knopf
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VP - Human Resources
David First
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VP - Regulatory Affairs
Nicole D'Auteuil
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