Investment Summary

Truffle Capital Invests In Altimmune

On February 17, 2015, private equity firm Truffle Capital invested in life science company Altimmune

Investment Highlights
  • This is Truffle Capital’s 8th transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is Truffle Capital’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Truffle Capital’s 1st transaction in Maryland.

Investment Summary

Date 2015-02-17
Target Altimmune
Sector Life Science
Investor(s) Truffle Capital
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Altimmune

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States
Altimmune is an operator of clinical stage biotechnology company developing next-generation immunotherapeutics and vaccines to address significant public health and biodefense needs. By leveraging specific attributes of its two independent and complementary platform technologies, Altimmune rapidly designs product candidates against a wide range of disease targets, including respiratory diseases, chronic infections, and cancer. Altimmune was incorporated in 1997 and is based in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

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Investor

Truffle Capital

Paris, France

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 700M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Truffle Capital is a French private equity firm focused on majority investments in life science and information technology companies. Within IT, Truffle seeks businesses dealing in mobile content and connectivity, internet, technical software, IT security, and VOIP. Within the life science sector, the Firm looks at opportunities in therapeutic drugs and vaccines, medical devices, as well as other breakthrough technologies. Truffle Capital was formed in 2001 and is based in Paris.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 41 of 45
Sector: Life Science M&A 8 of 9
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 3 of 4
State: Maryland M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-02-17 Immune Targeting Systems

London, United Kingdom

Immune Targeting Systems Ltd. develops synthetic vaccines for mutating viruses. Immune Targeting Systems enabling the T-cell vaccine platform enables it to target highly conserved parts of the virus (“antigens”) and direct a T-cell immune response to those cells in the body infected with one of these difficult viruses. Immune Targeting Systems was founded in 2003 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-06-23 Abivax

Paris, France

Abivax is a clinical-stage company leveraging its antiviral and immune platforms to optimize its drug candidates to cure HIV and treat inflammatory conditions, as well as cancer. Abivax was founded in 2013 and is based in Paris, France.

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