Tech Company Financing Transactions

Follica Funding Round

InterWest Partners and PureTech Ventures participated in a $5.5 million Series A funding round for Follica. The financing round was announced by the company on 1/4/2008.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
1/4/2008
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$5,500,000
Round
Series A
Investors

InterWest Partners (Lead Investor) (Christopher Ehrlich)

PureTech Ventures (Daphne Zohar)

Proceeds Purpose
The funding is expected to take the company through a clinical proof of concept study.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
501 Boylston St. 6102
Boston, MA 02116
USA
Email Address
Overview
We've teamed up with leading dermatologists with expertise in hair loss and epithelial stem cell biology to develop a new system aimed at not just improving existing hair growth, but also growing new hair.
Profile
Follica LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Follica Company Twitter Account
Company News
Follica News
Facebook
Follica on Facebook
YouTube
Follica on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Jason Bhardwaj
  Jason Bhardwaj LinkedIn Profile  Jason Bhardwaj Twitter Account  Jason Bhardwaj News  Jason Bhardwaj on Facebook
Co-Founder
Rox Anderson
  Rox Anderson LinkedIn Profile  Rox Anderson Twitter Account  Rox Anderson News  Rox Anderson on Facebook
Co-Founder
George Cotsarelis
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Co-Founder
Daphne Zohar
  Daphne Zohar LinkedIn Profile  Daphne Zohar Twitter Account  Daphne Zohar News  Daphne Zohar on Facebook
Vice President
David Chastain
  David Chastain LinkedIn Profile  David Chastain Twitter Account  David Chastain News  David Chastain on Facebook


 

 

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