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Disco Pharmaceuticals Funding Round

Disco Pharmaceuticals, based in Cologne, secured $42 million from Ackermans & Van Haaren, NRW.BANK and AbbVie Biotech Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Announced On
12/11/2025
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$42,000,000
Round
Seed
Proceeds Purpose
The company intends to use the funds to advance multiple lead antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) candidates in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and microsatellite-stable colorectal cancer (MSS-CRC) toward IND-enabling studies and expand its pipeline.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
Gottfried-Hagen-Str. 60 -- 62
Cologne, 51105
Germany
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
At DISCO we are able to unlock the entire cancer cell surface at scale by identifying surface-bound proteins and uncovering protein communities. This approach thus permits unravelling comprehensive target information that neither standard proteomics, nor genome or transcriptome sequencing can provide.
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Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Roman Thomas
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Chief Operating Officer
Johannes Heuckmann
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Chief Scientific Officer
Stefan Ries
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Chief Technical Officer
Emanuela Tschudy-Milani
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