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Velicept Therapeutics, Inc.

WAYNE · Pharmaceuticals

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Velicept Therapeutics, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$39.9M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
0.4×
Latest step-up
Top 23%
Sector rank · raised
Series B
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Nov 05 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Velicept Therapeutics, 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 0.41× the median modeled value of Series B Pharmaceuticals companies in 2019–2021 (61 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 6.7 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

Velicept Therapeutics, Inc. is one of 1613 Pharmaceuticals companies tracked from WAYNE. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 78% of sector peers), and mid-pack by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

pharma

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
5
Investors (latest)
2015
Year incorporated
2019-11-05
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$250M$500M$750M$1.0BSeries B · 2015-11-23 Raised $18M (real) Modeled valuation $626M (est)$18M$626MSeries B2015Series A · 2015-11-23 Raised $12M (real) Modeled valuation $373M (est)$12M$373MSeries A2015Series B · 2018-07-12 Raised $16M (real) Modeled valuation $527M (est)$16M$527MSeries B2018Series B · 2019-11-05 Raised $6.0M (real) Modeled valuation $204M (est)$6.0M$204MSeries B2019+$12M+$16M+$6.0MCumulative $52M

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 B$18.4M · 2015
Bridge · Series B-stage$12.0M · 2015smaller follow-on
Series B extension$15.5M · 2018
Series B extension$6.0M · 2019

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
$204.0M
Base estimate est.
$12.6M
Conservative case
$785.2M
Upside case
$33.3M
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 B · modeled $626.0M · 2015-11-232015Series A · modeled $372.5M · 2015-11-23Series B · modeled $527.4M · 2018-07-12Series B · modeled $204.0M · 2019-11-052019
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
6.7 yr actual, capped for stale marks
pharma
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
16 mo
Avg between rounds
$10.1M/yr
Capital velocity
10.6 yr
On record since
2015
First round
4
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) 4.9× above median
This company$39.9M
Sector median$8.1M
Latest round — vs other Series B rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.3× of median
This company$6.0M
Sector median$18.0M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 2.7× above median
This company$204.0M
Sector median$76.1M

Raised more than 78% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 69% 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 #48 of 61.

This companyCohort peer
$100.0M$1.0B$10.0B$10.0M$100.0M$1.0BCapital raised (log)Evolus, Inc. · Series B Raised $40.5M · modeled $1.4B (est)HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. · Series B Raised $37.4M · modeled $1.3B (est)ESSA Pharma Inc. · Series B Raised $56.0M · modeled $1.2B (est)Pieris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Series B Raised $102.1M · modeled $1.1B (est)Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Series B Raised $65.1M · modeled $1.0B (est)PassPort Technologies, Inc. · Series B Raised $30.0M · modeled $1.0B (est)Savara Inc · Series B Raised $30.9M · modeled $910.6M (est)InCarda Therapeutics, Inc. · Series B Raised $66.3M · modeled $857.5M (est)Aceto Management, L.L.C. · Series B Raised $23.6M · modeled $803.2M (est)GPI Finco (Canada) Inc. · Series B Raised $22.9M · modeled $778.0M (est)Phosplatin Therapeutics LLC · Series B Raised $72.3M · modeled $722.8M (est)Lannett Co Inc · Series B Raised $28.0M · modeled $691.3M (est)Velicept Therapeutics, Inc. (this company) Raised $39.9M · modeled $204.0M (est)Velicept Therapeutics, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Evolus, Inc.Series B$40.5M$1.4B2.74×
HOOKIPA Pharma Inc.Series B$37.4M$1.3B2.57×
ESSA Pharma Inc.Series B$56.0M$1.2B2.47×
Pieris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Series B$102.1M$1.1B2.20×
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Series B$65.1M$1.0B2.06×
PassPort Technologies, Inc.Series B$30.0M$1.0B2.06×
Savara IncSeries B$30.9M$910.6M1.84×
InCarda Therapeutics, Inc.Series B$66.3M$857.5M1.73×
Aceto Management, L.L.C.Series B$23.6M$803.2M1.62×
GPI Finco (Canada) Inc.Series B$22.9M$778.0M1.57×
Phosplatin Therapeutics LLCSeries B$72.3M$722.8M1.46×
Lannett Co IncSeries B$28.0M$691.3M1.40×
Velicept Therapeutics, Inc. this companySeries B$39.9M$204.0M0.41×
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 B$18.4M2015-11-23$102.3M$626.0M90%
Series A$12.0M2015-11-23$54.7M$372.5M85%
Series B$15.5M2018-07-12$86.2M$527.4M90%
Series B$6.0M2019-11-05$33.3M$204.0M90%
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 B$18.4M2015-11-23
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series B.
    • 25 investors on this round.
  2. Series A$12.0M2015-11-23
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round 1.5× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 24 investors on this round.
  3. Series B$15.5M2018-07-12
    • Raised again after 32 mo — slower than the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 16 investors on this round.
  4. Series B$6.0M2019-11-05
    • Raised 16 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.6× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 5 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2021 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~16mo cadence
$6.0M
Modeled next size est.range $6.0M$9.6M
0.4×
Last step-up
$10.1M/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
David Hirsch15 other2015-11
James Walker15 other2015-11
Stephen Tullman6 other2015-11
Douglas Gessl3 other2015-11
Aidan King2 other2018-07
James C. Walker2 other2019-11
Scott S. Morenstein2 other2019-11
Scott Morenstein1 other2015-11
Aidan S. King, MBA, CFA2019-11
Cory Freedman2018-07
Cory S. Freedland2019-11
David Becker Hirsch, M.D.2019-11
Doug Becker Gessl2019-11
James Bennethum2015-11
Jill Becker Mast2019-11
Stephen S. Tullman2019-11
Registry & provenance

Velicept 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
1659819
SEC CIK
2015
Incorporated
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Velicept Therapeutics, Inc. raised?
Velicept Therapeutics, Inc. has raised approximately $39.9M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Velicept Therapeutics, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Velicept Therapeutics, Inc. is approximately $204.0M (modeled range $12.6M–$785.2M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Velicept Therapeutics, Inc. at?
Velicept Therapeutics, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series B. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Nov 05.
What does Velicept Therapeutics, Inc. do and where is it based?
Velicept Therapeutics, Inc. operates in the Pharmaceuticals sector, based in WAYNE.
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