Companies · Pharmaceuticals

Ocera Therapeutics, Inc.

Palo Alto · Pharmaceuticals

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$50.0M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
1.4×
Latest step-up
Top 20%
Sector rank · raised
Series B
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Nov 08 2013 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. looks fair 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.

Fair
  • Modeled value is 1.40× the median modeled value of Series B Pharmaceuticals companies in 2013–2015 (42 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (140% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 12.6 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

Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. is one of 1610 Pharmaceuticals companies tracked from Palo Alto. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 81% of sector peers), and in the upper tier 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
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$250M$500M$750M$1.0BSeed · 2010-06-21 Raised $2.0M (real) Modeled valuation $76M (est)$2.0M$76MSeed2010Series B · 2013-07-15 Raised $20M (real) Modeled valuation $680M (est)$20M$680MSeries B2013Series B · 2013-11-08 Raised $28M (real) Modeled valuation $952M (est)$28M$952MSeries B2013+$20M+$28MCumulative $50M

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$2.0M · 2010
Series B$20.0M · 2013no Series A on file
Series B extension$28.0M · 2013

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Series A — 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
$952.1M
Base estimate est.
$58.8M
Conservative case
$3.7B
Upside case
$155.6M
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.

Seed · modeled $76.1M · 2010-06-212010Series B · modeled $680.1M · 2013-07-15Series B · modeled $952.1M · 2013-11-082013
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
12.6 yr actual, capped for stale marks
pharma
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
20 mo
Avg between rounds
$14.8M/yr
Capital velocity
16.0 yr
On record since
2010
First round
3
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) 6.2× above median
This company$50.0M
Sector median$8.1M
Latest round — vs other Series B rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.6× above median
This company$28.0M
Sector median$18.0M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 13× above median
This company$952.1M
Sector median$76.1M

Raised more than 81% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 88% 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 #10 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)CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Series B Raised $60.0M · 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)Innate Pharma, SA · Series B Raised $27.4M · modeled $932.3M (est)Lyric Pharmaceuticals Inc. · Series B Raised $26.8M · modeled $910.8M (est)Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. (this company) Raised $50.0M · modeled $952.1M (est)Ocera Therapeutics, 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.Series 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. this companySeries 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.
Seed$2.0M2010-06-21$10.0M$76.1M90%
Series B$20.0M2013-07-15$111.1M$680.1M90%
Series B$28.0M2013-11-08$155.6M$952.1M90%
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$2.0M2010-06-21
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
  2. Series B$20.0M2013-07-15
    • Raised again after 37 mo — slower than the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 10.0× larger than the prior — scaling up.
  3. Series B$28.0M2013-11-08
    • Came back fast: 4 mo vs the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.4× larger than the prior — scaling up.
Intelligence
2015 ~Q3
Modeled next raise · ~20mo cadence
$39.2M
Modeled next size est.range $28.0M$62.7M
1.4×
Last step-up
$14.8M/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
Michael F. Powell5 other2013-07
Eckard F. Weber3 other2013-07
Nina S. Kjellson3 other2013-07
Brenda D Gavin2 other2010-06
Lars G. Ekman2 other2013-11
Alex D. Zisson1 other2010-06
Anne M. VanLent1 other2013-07
David J. Drutz1 other2010-06
Jeryl L. Hilleman1 other2013-11
Linda S Grais1 other2013-07
Aaron F. Davidson2010-06
Dana S. McGowan2013-07
David S Moore2013-07
Donald F. Corcoran2010-06
Franck S Rousseau2013-07
Jean-Paul F. Castaigne2013-07
Jean-Paul G Castaigne2013-11
Jean-Paul K. Castaigne2010-06
Lars F. Ekman2013-07
Nina L Kjellson2013-11
Pratik F Shah2013-07
Richard I. Eisenstadt2010-06
Vipin K. Garg2010-06
Registry & provenance

Ocera Therapeutics, 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
1274644
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. raised?
Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. has raised approximately $50.0M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Ocera Therapeutics, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. is approximately $952.1M (modeled range $58.8M–$3.7B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. at?
Ocera Therapeutics, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series B. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Nov 08.
What does Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. do and where is it based?
Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. operates in the Pharmaceuticals sector, based in Palo Alto.
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