Inversago Pharma Closes US$35M Series B Financing Round and Expands Board of Directors
09/08/20, 12:03 PM
Location
montreal
Money raised
$35 million
Industry
biotechnology
health care
Round Type
series b
Inversago Pharma Inc. (“Inversago” or “the Company”), the peripheral CB1 blockade company, today announced it has secured a US$35 million (CDN$47 million) Series B financing round led by Forbion, with co-investment from the Fonds de solidarité FTQ, and strong participation from existing investors Genesys, JDRF T1D Fund, Amorchem, Anges Québec Capital, adMare BioInnovations and angels.
Company Info
Location
montreal, quebec, canada
Additional Info
Located in Montreal, Inversago Pharma is a privately-owned Canadian biotech company at clinical-stage, specialized in the development of new therapies focusing on CB1 blockade, based on first-in-class, peripherally-acting, CB1 inverse agonists. The Company aims to provide new treatment options that improve the lives of patients affected by metabolic conditions such as Diabetic Kidney Disease (DKD), including Diabetic Nephropathy, Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes (T1D / T2D), Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), complications of obesity, hypertriglyceridemia (HTG), as well as fibrotic indications such as Progressive Fibrosis – Interstitial Lung Disease (PF-ILD), including Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF).