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Lyell Immunopharma, Inc.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO · Pharmaceuticals

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$493.0M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 2%
Sector rank · raised
Growth/Late
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Mar 05 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. has raised $493M over 1 round; too few niche peers to rank its valuation yet.

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.

Dormant
  • Last raise 6.3 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 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.

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Where it sits in Pharmaceuticals

Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. is one of 1610 Pharmaceuticals companies tracked from SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 99% 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
10
Investors (latest)
2018
Year incorporated
2020-03-05
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$5.0B$10.0B$15.0B$20.0BGrowth/Late · 2020-03-05 Raised $493M (real) Modeled valuation $17.9B (est)$493M$17.9BGrowth/Late2020

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
Growth/Late$493.0M · 2020

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D+ — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 14%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$17.9B
Base estimate est.
$3.2B
Conservative case
$32.3B
Upside case
$4.9B
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Growth/Latea round over $400M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the pharma sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
10%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
76%
Survival probability
66% low · 82% high
1.30×/yr
Annual markup
1.42×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
6.3 yr actual, capped for stale marks
pharma
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
6.3 yr
On record since
2020
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 1610 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) 61× above median
This company$493.0M
Sector median$8.1M
Latest round — vs other Growth/Late rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.9× of median
This company$493.0M
Sector median$549.3M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 236× above median
This company$17.9B
Sector median$76.1M

Raised more than 99% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 100% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Growth/Late) 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 companyCohort peer
$10.0B$100.0B$100.0M$1.0BCapital raised (log)Catalent, Inc. · Growth/Late Raised $650.0M · modeled $23.6B (est)Sage Therapeutics, Inc. · Growth/Late Raised $698.0M · modeled $20.7B (est)Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. (this company) Raised $493.0M · modeled $17.9B (est)Lyell Immunopharma, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Catalent, Inc.Growth/Late$650.0M$23.6B1.14×
Sage Therapeutics, Inc.Growth/Late$698.0M$20.7B1.00×
Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. this companyGrowth/Late$493.0M$17.9B0.87×
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.
Growth/Late$493.0M2020-03-05$4.9B$17.9B90%
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. Growth/Late$493.0M2020-03-05
    • First recorded raise — entered as Growth/Late.
    • 10 investors on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$788.8M
Modeled next size est.range $512.7M$1.3B
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
Richard Klausner6 other2020-03
Robert Nelson6 other2020-03
Catherine Friedman2 other2020-03
Hans Bishop2 other2020-03
Stephen Hill2 other2020-03
Elizabeth Homans1 other2020-03
Margo Roberts1 other2020-03
Richard Goold1 other2020-03
Heather Turner2020-03
Nicholas Restifo2020-03
Stan Riddell2020-03
Registry & provenance

Lyell Immunopharma, 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
1806952
SEC CIK
2018
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. raised?
Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. has raised approximately $493.0M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Lyell Immunopharma, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. is approximately $17.9B (modeled range $3.2B–$32.3B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. at?
Lyell Immunopharma, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Growth/Late. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Mar 05.
What does Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. do and where is it based?
Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. operates in the Pharmaceuticals sector, based in SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO.
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