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Ligand Pharmaceuticals

Last cheque observed Feb 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietGrowth equity

GrowthInternetMarketplaceBiotechnology

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 3 on record
Since the last cheque2822days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$6.5MRounds led0 of 3Sole investor3 rounds
Pitch Ligand Pharmaceuticals

Ligand Pharmaceuticals highlights

  1. 01

    3 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Debt: 100% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 3 rounds, median $3.0M

What they do

Type
Growth equity (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
Growth
Sectors
InternetMarketplaceBiotechnology
Based in
Jupiter, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first3 appearances

  1. 2019

    1 round

  2. Feb
    Dianomi TherapeuticsUS · FinSMEs$3.0MSole investor
  3. 2018

    1 round

  4. Dec
    Palvella TherapeuticsUS · FinSMEs$10MSole investor
  5. 2014

    1 round

  6. May
    Viking TherapeuticsDebt · US$2.5MSole investor

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

We hold 8 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

Companies it bought

Acquisitions by the firm itself

Salexis.com$4.0MMay 2015
CyDex Pharmaceuticals$31MJan 2011
Metabasis Therapeutics$1.6MOct 2009
Pharmacopeia$73MSept 2008

Recently backed

The latest companies Ligand Pharmaceuticals put money into.

Dianomi Therapeutics$3.0M · Feb 2019Palvella Therapeutics$10M · Dec 2018

Quick answers about Ligand Pharmaceuticals

What does Ligand Pharmaceuticals invest in?

Ligand Pharmaceuticals invests most often at Debt (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Internet, Marketplace and Biotechnology.

How active is Ligand Pharmaceuticals?

3 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Feb 2019.

What has Ligand Pharmaceuticals invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Dianomi Therapeutics (Undisclosed round, Feb 2019) and Palvella Therapeutics (Undisclosed round, Dec 2018).

How big are Ligand Pharmaceuticals's cheques?

The median round it joins is $6.5M.

Is Ligand Pharmaceuticals investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Feb 2019.

What kind of investor is Ligand Pharmaceuticals?

Ligand Pharmaceuticals is a growth equity firm based in Jupiter, United States.

When was Ligand Pharmaceuticals founded?

Ligand Pharmaceuticals was founded in 1987.

Where does this information on Ligand Pharmaceuticals come from?

From 2 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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