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CytomX Therapeutics Funding Round

CytomX Therapeutics, based in San Francisco, secured $20 million in investment from Pfizer Venture Investments, Canaan Partners and Roche Venture Fund.

Transaction Overview

Announced On
1/6/2015
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$20,000,000
Round
Series C
Investors

Pfizer Venture Investments (Lead Investor) (Elaine Jones)

Canaan Partners (Timothy Shannon)

Roche Venture Fund

Third Rock Ventures (Neil Exter)

Proceeds Purpose
The proceeds from this financing will help enable CytomX to advance our proprietary pipeline of Probody Drug Conjugates and Probodies against cancer immunotherapy checkpoint targets towards the clinic, while we also pursue Probody applications with bispecific antibodies and engineered T-cell therapies.

Company Information

Company Status
Publicly-held
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
151 Oyster Point Blvd. 400
San Francisco, CA 94080
USA
Email Address
Overview
CytomX (NASDAQ: CTMX) is unlocking the potential of antibody therapeutics in oncology by developing a novel therapeutic antibody class of highly targeted Probody therapeutics.
Profile
CytomX Therapeutics LinkedIn Company Profile
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Facebook
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YouTube
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Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Sean McCarthy
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Chief Scientific Officer
Michael Kavanaugh
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Vice President
Alison Joly
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VP - Human Resources
Danielle Olander
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VP - Manufacturing
Sridhar Viswanathan
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