Venture • Life Science

Bay City Capital Invests In Cydan

On October 1, 2013, venture capital firm Bay City Capital invested in life science company Cydan

Investment Context
  • This is Bay City Capital’s 52nd transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is Bay City Capital’s 69th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Bay City Capital’s 10th transaction in Massachusetts.

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Investment Summary

Date October 1, 2013
Target Cydan
Sector Life Science
Investor(s) Bay City Capital
Deal Type Venture

Target Company

Cydan

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Cydan is an orphan drug accelerator that identifies and de-risks programs with therapeutic and commercial potential. Cydan takes advantage of recent scientific breakthroughs in rare diseases and leveraging a creative approach to drug development and operates in an externally focused, highly collaborative, and capital efficient manner. Cydan was founded in 2013 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Investor Overview 1

Investor

Bay City Capital

San Rafael, California, United States

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Category Venture Capital Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 1.3B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Bay City Capital LLC was established in 1997 as an equal partnership between The Craves Group and certain Pritzker family business interests for the purpose of managing investment funds in the life sciences industry. Bay City looks for opportunities at all stages of development in biopharmaceuticals, drug discovery, medical devices and diagnostics. Bay City Capital is based in San Francisco, California.


Deal Context for Investor #
Overall 72 of 75
Sector: Life Science 52 of 54
Type: Venture 47 of 49
State: Massachusetts 10 of 10
Country: United States 69 of 72
Year: 2013 8 of 10
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