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Alder Biopharmaceuticals Inc

BOTHELL · Biotechnology

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Alder Biopharmaceuticals Inc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$100.0M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 11%
Sector rank · raised
Series C
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Jan 12 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Alder Biopharmaceuticals Inc looks over-valued against its niche peers and is dormant on financing cadence.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the biotech sector profile.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Over-valued
  • Modeled value is 2.00× the median modeled value of Series C Biotechnology companies in 2016–2018 (41 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 8.5 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 14 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.
Leadership

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

Explore how these operators interlock with other companies in the operator network.

Where it sits in Biotechnology

Alder Biopharmaceuticals Inc is one of 4293 Biotechnology companies tracked from BOTHELL. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 90% of sector peers), and among the largest by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
6
Investors (latest)
2018-01-12
First sale
Amount raised vs valuation, by round

Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.

Amount raised · realModeled valuation · estCumulative funded · real
$0$1.3B$2.5B$3.8B$5.0BSeries C · 2018-01-12 Raised $100M (real) Modeled valuation $4.1B (est)$100M$4.1BSeries C2018

The line shows cumulative reported funding over the period; + labels show new capital added between points when there is room. Toggle on-bar figures, plus the niche-peer and market averages, to read this company against its cohort. Benchmarks are modeled medians.

Financing ladder & sequence gaps
Series C$100.0M · 2018

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 20%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$4.1B
Base estimate est.
$309.3M
Conservative case
$10.8B
Upside case
$666.7M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Ca $40M–$100M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the biotech sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
15%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
62%
Survival probability
46% low · 72% high
1.46×/yr
Annual markup
1.68×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
8.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
biotech
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
8.5 yr
On record since
2018
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 4293 companies in Biotechnology. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages) 14× above median
This company$100.0M
Sector median$7.2M
Latest round — vs other Series C rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 2.2× above median
This company$100.0M
Sector median$46.5M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 64× above median
This company$4.1B
Sector median$64.2M

Raised more than 90% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 98% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series C) that last raised in the same ~3-year era, ranked by modeled value est. (not money raised). This is the exact set the analyst read compares against, so a like-for-like cohort is what makes "over/under-valued" meaningful. This company ranks #2 of 41.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0B$10.0B$10.0M$100.0M$1.0BCapital raised (log)Genesis Biopharma, Inc · Series C Raised $131.5M · modeled $4.1B (est)Ideaya Biosciences, Inc. · Series C Raised $111.4M · modeled $3.9B (est)Stoke Therapeutics, Inc. · Series C Raised $90.8M · modeled $3.7B (est)4D Molecular Therapeutics Inc · Series C Raised $108.6M · modeled $3.7B (est)Sutro Biopharma Inc · Series C Raised $85.4M · modeled $3.5B (est)Evelo Biosciences, Inc. · Series C Raised $131.5M · modeled $3.3B (est)Celularity Inc. · Series C Raised $117.7M · modeled $3.2B (est)Codiak BioSciences, Inc. · Series C Raised $107.5M · modeled $3.1B (est)Arcturus Therapeutics Ltd. · Series C Raised $67.8M · modeled $2.8B (est)Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. · Series C Raised $64.5M · modeled $2.6B (est)Micell Technologies Inc · Series C Raised $62.1M · modeled $2.5B (est)Alder Biopharmaceuticals Inc (this company) Raised $100.0M · modeled $4.1B (est)Alder Biopharmaceuticals Inc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Genesis Biopharma, IncSeries C$131.5M$4.1B2.00×
Alder Biopharmaceuticals Inc this companySeries C$100.0M$4.1B2.00×
Ideaya Biosciences, Inc.Series C$111.4M$3.9B1.88×
Stoke Therapeutics, Inc.Series C$90.8M$3.7B1.80×
4D Molecular Therapeutics IncSeries C$108.6M$3.7B1.80×
Sutro Biopharma IncSeries C$85.4M$3.5B1.71×
Evelo Biosciences, Inc.Series C$131.5M$3.3B1.63×
Celularity Inc.Series C$117.7M$3.2B1.55×
Codiak BioSciences, Inc.Series C$107.5M$3.1B1.53×
Arcturus Therapeutics Ltd.Series C$67.8M$2.8B1.36×
Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.Series C$64.5M$2.6B1.25×
Micell Technologies IncSeries C$62.1M$2.5B1.24×
Full financing history

Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.

StageAmount · realAnnouncedPost-money · estValue · estConf.
Series C$100.0M2018-01-12$666.7M$4.1B90%
What happened at each round

Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.

  1. Series C$100.0M2018-01-12
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series C.
    • 6 investors on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$160.0M
Modeled next size est.range $104.0M$256.0M
Last step-up
Capital velocity

Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.

Key people & operators

Officers, directors and promoters named in this company's public recordsreported — the people who run it (not its investors). "Also runs" counts come from name-matching across all records, so verify before acting.

PersonRoleAlso runsTied since
Paul Carter3 other2018-01
Stephen Dow3 other2018-01
Alan Bruce Montgomery2 other2018-01
Heather Bruce Preston1 other2018-01
Mark James Litton1 other2018-01
Randall Schatzman1 other2018-01
Clay Bruce Siegall2018-01
Deepika Bruce Pakianathan2018-01
Elisabeth James Sandoval2018-01
James James Bucher2018-01
Jeffrey James Smith2018-01
John Bruce Latham2018-01
Larry James Benedict2018-01
Paul James Cleveland2018-01
Randal James Hassler2018-01
Wendy Bruce Yarno2018-01
Registry & provenance

Alder Biopharmaceuticals Inc is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

United States
Country of record
US
Jurisdiction
1423824
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Alder Biopharmaceuticals Inc raised?
Alder Biopharmaceuticals Inc has raised approximately $100.0M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Alder Biopharmaceuticals Inc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Alder Biopharmaceuticals Inc is approximately $4.1B (modeled range $309.3M–$10.8B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Alder Biopharmaceuticals Inc at?
Alder Biopharmaceuticals Inc's latest modeled financing stage is Series C. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Jan 12.
What does Alder Biopharmaceuticals Inc do and where is it based?
Alder Biopharmaceuticals Inc operates in the Biotechnology sector, based in BOTHELL.
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