# Velicept Therapeutics funding: rounds and investors

> Velicept Therapeutics has raised $27M across 2 rounds since 2015. Investors include Longitude Capital, Samsara BioCapital and CAM Capital.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/velicept-therapeutics (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Velicept Therapeutics*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 3 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Biotech

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$27M** raised across 2 rounds since 2015, from 2 sources

**$21M** Series B **$6.0M** Debt

- **Latest round:** Debt, $6.0M Nov 2019
- **Biggest round:** $21M Series B · Dec 2015
- **Investors:** 3

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## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2016 2017 2018 2019

**$21M** Series B

**$6.0M** Debt

- **First round:** Series B, $21M
- **Biggest round:** $21M
- **Between rounds:** 3.9 years

## The rounds

- **Nov 2019** Debt **$6.0M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Samsara BioCapital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsara-biocapital) [Longitude Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/longitude-capital) Source recorded SEC filing: $6.0M sold, first sale Nov 2019
- **Dec 2015** Series B **$21M** *2 new* [Longitude Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/longitude-capital) [CAM Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cam-capital) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $12M sold, first sale Nov 2015

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

- **Doug Becker Gessl** Executive Officer i
- **James C. Walker** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Aidan S. King* *Cory S. Freedland* *David Becker Hirsch* *Jill Becker Mast* *Scott S. Morenstein* *Stephen S. Tullman*

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Series B** 2015 **Debt** 2019 [Longitude Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/longitude-capital) [Samsara BioCapital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsara-biocapital) [CAM Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cam-capital)

## Everyone who backed them

[Longitude Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/longitude-capital) VC firm **2** rounds

[Samsara BioCapital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsara-biocapital) VC firm **1** round

[CAM Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cam-capital) Family office **1** round

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## Quick answers about Velicept Therapeutics

### Who invested in Velicept Therapeutics?

Velicept Therapeutics's investors include Longitude Capital, Samsara BioCapital and CAM Capital.

### How much has Velicept Therapeutics raised?

Velicept Therapeutics has raised $27M across 2 rounds since 2015.

### When did Velicept Therapeutics last raise?

Velicept Therapeutics's most recent round was a Debt of $6.0M in Nov 2019.

### What was Velicept Therapeutics's biggest round?

Velicept Therapeutics's largest round on record is $21M (Series B), in Dec 2015.

### Who backed Velicept Therapeutics first?

Velicept Therapeutics's first round on record, in Dec 2015, was backed by Longitude Capital and CAM Capital.

### What stage is Velicept Therapeutics at?

Velicept Therapeutics's latest named round is a Debt, in Nov 2019.

### Where is Velicept Therapeutics based?

Velicept Therapeutics is based in the United States.

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