# Ligand Pharmaceuticals: portfolio, investments and team

> Ligand Pharmaceuticals is a growth equity based in United States. 3 investments on record, latest Feb 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Ligand Pharmaceuticals

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

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Quiet Growth equity

Growth Internet Marketplace Biotechnology

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 3 on record

Since the last cheque **2822** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$6.5M** Rounds led **0 of 3** Sole investor **3 rounds**

Pitch Ligand Pharmaceuticals

## Ligand Pharmaceuticals highlights

- 01 3 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Debt: 100% of its rounds
- 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:** Internet Marketplace Biotechnology
- **Based in:** Jupiter, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **3 appearances**

- **2019** 1 round
- **Feb** **[Dianomi Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/dianomi-therapeutics)** US · FinSMEs **$3.0M** Sole investor
- **2018** 1 round
- **Dec** **[Palvella Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/palvella-therapeutics)** US · FinSMEs **$10M** Sole investor
- **2014** 1 round
- **May** **[Viking Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/viking-therapeutics)** Debt · US **$2.5M** Sole 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** **$4.0M** May 2015

**CyDex Pharmaceuticals** **$31M** Jan 2011

**Metabasis Therapeutics** **$1.6M** Oct 2009

**[Pharmacopeia](https://millionrounds.com/company/pharmacopeia)** **$73M** Sept 2008

## The cheque

Growth

Median round joined **$6.5M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$3.0M**

Led 0 of 3 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 3 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Feb 2019

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Debt *1*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2014 2019

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Ligand Pharmaceuticals put money into.

[**Dianomi Therapeutics** $3.0M · Feb 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/dianomi-therapeutics)[**Palvella Therapeutics** $10M · Dec 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/palvella-therapeutics)

## 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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