VC: Celladon pockets $30M

Celladon pockets $30 million in funds.
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VENTURE CAPITAL |
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COMPANY |
AMOUNT/ROUND |
LEAD INVESTORS |
DESCRIPTION |
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Celladon
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$30M
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Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers |
The funding will enable Celladon to complete preclinical testing and advance Mydicar, its product to improve calcium handling in failing hearts |
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Domantis
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$29M
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Novo Nordisk, MC Life Science Ventures |
The financing will go to developing Domantis' twelve lead programs for treating major diseases including COPD, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma and colorectal cancer |
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Optimer Pharmaceuticals
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$22.2M
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ProQuest Investments |
Money will go to development of PAR-101, a narrow-spectrum antibiotic to treat Clostridium difficile-related diarrhea |
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Cellartis
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8M euros
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Bio Fund Management |
The financing will allow Cellartis to accelerate drug discover and move forward with the company's planned international expansion |
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Lpath Therapeutics
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$6M
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Roaring Fork Capital SBIC |
Proceeds will move the company toward an IND filing of cancer drug Sphingomab and development of second product candidate. |
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AngioChem
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$6M
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BDC Venture Capital |
AngioChem expects to file an IND for the treatment of brain cancer in late 2006. |


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