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CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

DURHAM · Pharmaceuticals

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$60.0M
Total raised · real
5
Rounds
18.6×
Latest step-up
Top 17%
Sector rank · raised
Series B
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Jan 12 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, 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 pharma 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 1.85× the median modeled value of Series B Pharmaceuticals companies in 2013–2015 (42 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 11.5 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

CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is one of 1613 Pharmaceuticals companies tracked from DURHAM. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 84% 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.

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Jurisdiction
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$500M$1.0B$1.5B$2.0BSeries A · 2009-01-20 Raised $9.2M (real) Modeled valuation $285M (est)$9.2M$285MSeries A2009Series A · 2011-02-25 Raised $8.3M (real) Modeled valuation $256M (est)$8.3M$256MSeries A2011Series A · 2011-02-25 Raised $3.5M (real) Modeled valuation $108M (est)$3.5M$108MSeries A2011Series A · 2011-02-25 Raised $2.0M (real) Modeled valuation $62M (est)$2.0M$62MSeries A2011Series B · 2015-01-12 Raised $37M (real) Modeled valuation $1.3B (est)$37M$1.3BSeries B2015+$8.3M+$3.5M+$2.0M+$37MCumulative $60M

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 A$9.2M · 2009
Series A extension$8.3M · 2011
Series A extension$3.5M · 2011
Series A extension$2.0M · 2011
Series B$37.1M · 2015

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 50%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$1.3B
Base estimate est.
$77.9M
Conservative case
$4.9B
Upside case
$206.1M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Ba $15M–$40M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the pharma sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series A · modeled $284.9M · 2009-01-202009Series A · modeled $255.5M · 2011-02-25Series A · modeled $108.4M · 2011-02-25Series A · modeled $61.9M · 2011-02-25Series B · modeled $1.3B · 2015-01-122015
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
57%
Survival probability
38% low · 70% high
1.49×/yr
Annual markup
1.80×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
11.5 yr actual, capped for stale marks
pharma
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
18 mo
Avg between rounds
$10.0M/yr
Capital velocity
17.4 yr
On record since
2009
First round
5
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) 7.4× above median
This company$60.0M
Sector median$8.1M
Latest round — vs other Series B rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 2.1× above median
This company$37.1M
Sector median$18.0M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 17× above median
This company$1.3B
Sector median$76.1M

Raised more than 84% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 91% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series B) 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 #3 of 42.

This companyCohort peer
$100.0M$1.0B$10.0B$10.0M$100.0M$1.0BCapital raised (log)Lipocine Inc. · Series B Raised $38.0M · modeled $1.3B (est)CARDEAS PHARMA Corp · Series B Raised $96.5M · modeled $1.3B (est)Emisphere Technologies Inc · Series B Raised $49.7M · modeled $1.2B (est)Vasculox, Inc. · Series B Raised $42.6M · modeled $1.1B (est)PrEP Biopharm Ltd · Series B Raised $31.9M · modeled $1.1B (est)Lycera Corp · Series B Raised $85.7M · modeled $1.0B (est)Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. · Series B Raised $67.3M · modeled $1.0B (est)Ra Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Series B Raised $39.6M · modeled $994.6M (est)Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. · Series B Raised $50.0M · modeled $952.1M (est)Innate Pharma, SA · Series B Raised $27.4M · modeled $932.3M (est)Lyric Pharmaceuticals Inc. · Series B Raised $26.8M · modeled $910.8M (est)CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (this company) Raised $60.0M · modeled $1.3B (est)CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Lipocine Inc.Series B$38.0M$1.3B1.90×
CARDEAS PHARMA CorpSeries B$96.5M$1.3B1.87×
CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Inc. this companySeries B$60.0M$1.3B1.85×
Emisphere Technologies IncSeries B$49.7M$1.2B1.76×
Vasculox, Inc.Series B$42.6M$1.1B1.66×
PrEP Biopharm LtdSeries B$31.9M$1.1B1.60×
Lycera CorpSeries B$85.7M$1.0B1.49×
Aratana Therapeutics, Inc.Series B$67.3M$1.0B1.49×
Ra Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Series B$39.6M$994.6M1.46×
Ocera Therapeutics, Inc.Series B$50.0M$952.1M1.40×
Innate Pharma, SASeries B$27.4M$932.3M1.37×
Lyric Pharmaceuticals Inc.Series B$26.8M$910.8M1.34×
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 A$9.2M2009-01-20$41.8M$284.9M90%
Series A$8.3M2011-02-25$37.5M$255.5M90%
Series A$3.5M2011-02-25$15.9M$108.4M90%
Series A$2.0M2011-02-25$9.1M$61.9M90%
Series B$37.1M2015-01-12$206.1M$1.3B90%
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 A$9.2M2009-01-20
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
  2. Series A$8.3M2011-02-25
    • Raised again after 25 mo — slower than the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
  3. Series A$3.5M2011-02-25
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 2.4× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  4. Series A$2.0M2011-02-25
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.8× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
  5. Series B$37.1M2015-01-12
    • Raised again after 47 mo — slower than the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 18.6× larger than the prior — scaling up.
Intelligence
2016 ~Q3
Modeled next raise · ~18mo cadence
$111.3M
Modeled next size est.range $72.3M$178.1M
18.6×
Last step-up
$10.0M/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
Jesse I. Treu4 other2009-01
Arthur M. Pappas2 other2009-01
Richard J. Markham1 other2011-02
Bernice C. Kuca2015-01
Daniel L. Boeglin2009-01
James F. White2009-01
Luc C. Marengere2015-01
Martin C. Edwards2015-01
Mathers P. Thomas2011-02
Nadia C. Rupniak2009-01
Nadia M. Rupniak2011-02
Richard I Markham2009-01
Thomas P. Mathers2011-02
Timothy C. Gupton2009-01
Registry & provenance

CoLucid 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
1348649
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Inc. raised?
CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has raised approximately $60.0M in disclosed capital across 5 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is approximately $1.3B (modeled range $77.9M–$4.9B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Inc. at?
CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series B. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Jan 12.
What does CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Inc. do and where is it based?
CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates in the Pharmaceuticals sector, based in DURHAM.
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