Diligence memo · auto-generated · as of July 2, 2026
Newlink Genetics Corp
Newlink Genetics Corp looks under-valued against its niche peers and is dormant on financing cadence.
Businessfiled
Newlink Genetics Corp operates in Biotechnology, based in AMES.
No verified homepage on file yet — operating evidence is limited to the public record.
Capital & rounds (filed)filed
Newlink Genetics Corp has raised $68M in disclosed capital across 7 recorded rounds, aggregated from public filings. Its latest round is modeled as Series B (a $15M–$40M round).
Largest single filing: $21M on 2008-02-08.
Most recent recorded round closed around 2011-01-07.
Valuation (modeled)modeled
Provath models Newlink Genetics Corp at approximately $411M (range $21M–$1.6B). This is an algorithmic estimate from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
Read: Under-valued. Modeled value is 0.63× the median modeled value of Series B Biotechnology companies in 2010–2012 (48 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Financing rhythm & timingmixed
Historic cadence: a new round about every 5 months.
Last raise 15.5 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 14 months.
Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
The last round stepped up 1.0× from the prior — scaling.
Comparablesmixed
Capital scale ranks ahead of 86% of Biotechnology peers (4293 compared).
Modeled value ranks above 81% of those peers.
Closest niche peers: Redpoint Bio CORP, Cardiaq Valve Technologies Inc, Visterra, Inc., Celltex Therapeutics Corp, Crown Bioscience, Inc.
Peoplefiled
14 named people on file across officers, directors and signatories.
Risks & flagsmixed
Financing has been silent well beyond sector cadence — possibly defunct, acquired, or paused.
No clearly named CEO/founder/principal in the surfaced records — key-person evidence is thin.