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Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

TUCSON · Pharmaceuticals

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$18.0M
Total raised · real
8
Rounds
0.1×
Latest step-up
Top 36%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Jan 20 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc. looks under-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 pharma sector profile.

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

Under-valued
  • Modeled value is 0.06× the median modeled value of Series A Pharmaceuticals companies in 2019–2021 (76 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 5.4 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
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 Pharmaceuticals

Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is one of 1613 Pharmaceuticals companies tracked from TUCSON. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 65% of sector peers), and in the long tail 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)
2021-01-20
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$50M$100M$150M$200MSeed · 2009-08-17 Raised $1.3M (real) Modeled valuation $48M (est)Seed2009Seed · 2011-03-09 Raised $550K (real) Modeled valuation $21M (est)Seed2011Series A · 2012-10-23 Raised $4.3M (real) Modeled valuation $132M (est)Series A2012Pre-Seed · 2012-10-23 Raised $355K (real) Modeled valuation $17M (est)Pre-Seed2012Series A · 2015-12-31 Raised $835K (real) Modeled valuation $26M (est)Series A2015Series A · 2016-01-09 Raised $5.0M (real) Modeled valuation $155M (est)Series A2016Series A · 2017-04-10 Raised $700K (real) Modeled valuation $22M (est)Series A2017Series A · 2017-09-06 Raised $5.0M (real) Modeled valuation $155M (est)Series A2017Series A · 2021-01-20 Raised $400K (real) Modeled valuation $9.7M (est)Series A2021+$550K+$4.3M+$355K+$835K+$5.0M+$700K+$5.0M+$400KCumulative $18M

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
Seed$1.3M · 2009
Seed extension$550K · 2011
Series A$4.3M · 2012
Bridge · Series A-stage$355K · 2012smaller follow-on
Series A extension$835K · 2015
Series A extension$5.0M · 2016
Series A extension$700K · 2017
Series A extension$5.0M · 2017
Series A extension$400K · 2021

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). Ladder is contiguous — every modeled rung has a record.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$9.7M
Base estimate est.
$458K
Conservative case
$46.2M
Upside case
$1.8M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Aa $4.0M–$15M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the pharma sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $47.6M · 2009-08-172009Seed · modeled $20.9M · 2011-03-09Series A · modeled $132.3M · 2012-10-23Pre-Seed · modeled $16.8M · 2012-10-23Series A · modeled $25.9M · 2015-12-31Series A · modeled $154.9M · 2016-01-09Series A · modeled $21.7M · 2017-04-10Series A · modeled $154.9M · 2017-09-06Series A · modeled $9.7M · 2021-01-202021
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
46%
Survival probability
25% low · 63% high
1.57×/yr
Annual markup
1.97×/yr upside case
5.5 yr
Elapsed time used
5.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
pharma
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
17 mo
Avg between rounds
$1.6M/yr
Capital velocity
16.9 yr
On record since
2009
First round
9
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 1613 companies in Pharmaceuticals. 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) 2.2× above median
This company$18.0M
Sector median$8.1M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.1× of median
This company$400K
Sector median$5.2M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.1× of median
This company$9.7M
Sector median$76.1M

Raised more than 65% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 17% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series A) 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 #71 of 76.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Xynomic Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $464.6M (est)Honest Globe Inc. · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $464.6M (est)Athenen Therapeutics, Inc. · Series A Raised $12.0M · modeled $371.7M (est)Zomedica Pharmaceuticals Corp. · Series A Raised $25.6M · modeled $371.7M (est)CerSci Therapeutics Inc. · Series A Raised $12.0M · modeled $371.7M (est)Rational Vaccines, Inc. · Series A Raised $27.8M · modeled $363.5M (est)Primmune Therapeutics, Inc. · Series A Raised $20.1M · modeled $350.3M (est)Aytu Bioscience, Inc · Series A Raised $28.8M · modeled $309.7M (est)Solaris Pharma Corp · Series A Raised $23.4M · modeled $309.7M (est)Ally Therapeutics, Inc. · Series A Raised $10.0M · modeled $309.7M (est)Avitide, Inc. · Series A Raised $40.9M · modeled $309.7M (est)PharmAbbie, Inc. · Series A Raised $15.0M · modeled $282.0M (est)Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (this company) Raised $18.0M · modeled $9.7M (est)Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Xynomic Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc.Series A$15.0M$464.6M3.05×
Honest Globe Inc.Series A$15.0M$464.6M3.05×
Athenen Therapeutics, Inc.Series A$12.0M$371.7M2.44×
Zomedica Pharmaceuticals Corp.Series A$25.6M$371.7M2.44×
CerSci Therapeutics Inc.Series A$12.0M$371.7M2.44×
Rational Vaccines, Inc.Series A$27.8M$363.5M2.38×
Primmune Therapeutics, Inc.Series A$20.1M$350.3M2.30×
Aytu Bioscience, IncSeries A$28.8M$309.7M2.03×
Solaris Pharma CorpSeries A$23.4M$309.7M2.03×
Ally Therapeutics, Inc.Series A$10.0M$309.7M2.03×
Avitide, Inc.Series A$40.9M$309.7M2.03×
PharmAbbie, Inc.Series A$15.0M$282.0M1.85×
Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc. this companySeries A$18.0M$9.7M0.06×
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.
Seed$1.3M2009-08-17$6.3M$47.6M85%
Seed$550K2011-03-09$2.8M$20.9M85%
Series A$4.3M2012-10-23$19.4M$132.3M85%
Pre-Seed$355K2012-10-23$2.0M$16.8M85%
Series A$835K2015-12-31$3.8M$25.9M85%
Series A$5.0M2016-01-09$22.7M$154.9M85%
Series A$700K2017-04-10$3.2M$21.7M90%
Series A$5.0M2017-09-06$22.7M$154.9M90%
Series A$400K2021-01-20$1.8M$9.7M90%
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. Seed$1.3M2009-08-17
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
    • 5 investors on this round.
  2. Seed$550K2011-03-09
    • Raised 19 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.3× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • Revenue band moved $1M–$5M → No revenue.
    • 12 investors on this round.
  3. Series A$4.3M2012-10-23
    • Raised again after 20 mo — slower than the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 7.8× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • Switched to Rule 506(b) (was Rule 06).
    • 6 investors on this round.
  4. Pre-Seed$355K2012-10-23
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 12.0× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • Switched to Rule 06 (was Rule 506(b)).
    • 2 investors on this round.
  5. Series A$835K2015-12-31
    • Raised again after 38 mo — slower than the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.4× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • Switched to Rule 506(b) (was Rule 06).
    • 14 investors on this round.
  6. Series A$5.0M2016-01-09
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 6.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  7. Series A$700K2017-04-10
    • Raised 15 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 7.1× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 8 investors on this round.
  8. Series A$5.0M2017-09-06
    • Came back fast: 5 mo vs the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 7.1× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 1 investor on this round.
  9. Series A$400K2021-01-20
    • Raised again after 40 mo — slower than the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 12.5× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 6 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2022 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~17mo cadence
$400K
Modeled next size est.range $400K$640K
0.1×
Last step-up
$1.6M/yr
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
Richard Love4 other2015-12
Jon Saxe3 other2015-12
Andrew Levitch2 other2021-01
Jeffrey E Jacob1 other2011-03
Christopher Richied2015-12
Daniel Donovan2015-12
Daniel W Donovan2012-10
Eugene Gerner, Ph.D.2015-12
Eugene W Gerner2009-08
Frank Meyskens2009-08
Frank W Meyskens2011-03
Jeffrey Jacob2009-08
John Saxe2021-01
Richard W Love2012-10
Registry & provenance

Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, 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
1471002
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc. raised?
Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has raised approximately $18.0M in disclosed capital across 8 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is approximately $9.7M (modeled range $458K–$46.2M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc. at?
Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Jan 20.
What does Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc. do and where is it based?
Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates in the Pharmaceuticals sector, based in TUCSON.
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