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Fortis Therapeutics Funding Round

Avalon Ventures, Lilly Asia Ventures and Osage Partners invested in a $18 million Series A venture round for Fortis Therapeutics. The financing closed on 9/28/2016.

Transaction Overview

Announced On
9/28/2016
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$18,000,000
Round
Series A
Proceeds Purpose
Proceeds purposes were not disclosed.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
11099 North Torrey Pines Rd. 290
La Jolla, CA 92037
USA
Email Address
Not Recorded
Overview
Fortis Therapeutics is an immuno-oncology biotech focused on developing new antibody drug conjugate therapies against CD46 for the treatment of late-stage multiple myeloma and late-stage prostate cancer and other indications. Fortis was founded based on technology exclusively licensed from UCSF and developed in the laboratory of Bin Liu, Ph.D.
Profile
Fortis Therapeutics LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Fortis Therapeutics Company Twitter Account
Company News
Fortis Therapeutics News
Facebook
Fortis Therapeutics on Facebook
YouTube
Fortis Therapeutics on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Jay Lichter
  Jay Lichter LinkedIn Profile  Jay Lichter Twitter Account  Jay Lichter News  Jay Lichter on Facebook
Chief Financial Officer
Tighe Reardon
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Chief Medical Officer
Andrew Dorr
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Chief Scientific Officer
Marc Nasoff
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VP - Bus. Development
Leonard Post
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