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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc / Ma

Cambridge · Biotechnology

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$2.4M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
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Latest step-up
Top 71%
Sector rank · raised
Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Mar 03 2009 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc / Ma 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 biotech 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 1.03× the median modeled value of Seed Biotechnology companies in 2007–2009 (47 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (103% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 17.3 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 14 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.

Explore how these operators interlock with other companies in the operator network.

Where it sits in Biotechnology

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc / Ma is one of 4293 Biotechnology companies tracked from Cambridge. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 30% 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.

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$50M$100M$150M$200MSeed · 2009-03-03 Raised $2.4M (real) Modeled valuation $106M (est)$2.4M$106MSeed2009

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$2.4M · 2009

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-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
$106.4M
Base estimate est.
$1.7M
Conservative case
$835.2M
Upside case
$12.0M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Seed — a $1.0M–$4.0M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the biotech sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
20%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
32%
Survival probability
14% low · 50% high
1.74×/yr
Annual markup
2.28×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
17.3 yr actual, capped for stale marks
biotech
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
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Avg between rounds
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Capital velocity
17.6 yr
On record since
2009
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 4293 companies in Biotechnology. 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)▼ 0.3× of median
This company$2.4M
Sector median$7.2M
Latest round — vs other Seed rounds in sector (real $, this stage)▲ 1.4× above median
This company$2.4M
Sector median$1.7M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)▲ 1.7× above median
This company$106.4M
Sector median$64.2M

Raised more than 30% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 60% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Seed) 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 #21 of 47.

This companyCohort peer
$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0MCapital raised (log)Bioassets Development Corp · Seed Raised $7.7M · modeled $173.7M (est)Aubrey Inc · Seed Raised $3.9M · modeled $172.2M (est)EndoMetabolic Solutions, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.8M · modeled $169.9M (est)Targegen Inc · Seed Raised $3.7M · modeled $165.6M (est)Promethean Surgical Devices, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.7M · modeled $163.6M (est)Numira Biosciences Inc · Seed Raised $3.3M · modeled $145.8M (est)Spartek Medical Inc. · Seed Raised $6.5M · modeled $141.1M (est)Efficas Inc · Seed Raised $3.9M · modeled $140.5M (est)Tti Turner Technology Instruments Inc · Seed Raised $3.1M · modeled $136.3M (est)Exelixis Inc · Seed Raised $3.0M · modeled $134.3M (est)Impres Medical Inc · Seed Raised $7.4M · modeled $133.3M (est)Celnyx, Inc. · Seed Raised $3.0M · modeled $133.2M (est)Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc / Ma (this company) Raised $2.4M · modeled $106.4M (est)Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc / Ma
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Bioassets Development CorpSeed$7.7M$173.7M1.68×
Aubrey IncSeed$3.9M$172.2M1.67×
EndoMetabolic Solutions, Inc.Seed$3.8M$169.9M1.64×
Targegen IncSeed$3.7M$165.6M1.60×
Promethean Surgical Devices, Inc.Seed$3.7M$163.6M1.58×
Numira Biosciences IncSeed$3.3M$145.8M1.41×
Spartek Medical Inc.Seed$6.5M$141.1M1.36×
Efficas IncSeed$3.9M$140.5M1.36×
Tti Turner Technology Instruments IncSeed$3.1M$136.3M1.32×
Exelixis IncSeed$3.0M$134.3M1.30×
Impres Medical IncSeed$7.4M$133.3M1.29×
Celnyx, Inc.Seed$3.0M$133.2M1.29×
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc / Ma this companySeed$2.4M$106.4M1.03×
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$2.4M2009-03-03$12.0M$106.4M90%
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$2.4M2009-03-03
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
Intelligence
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Modeled next raise
$3.8M
Modeled next size est.range $2.5M–$6.1M
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Last step-up
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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
Stuart J.M. Collinson—3 other2009-03
Charles A. Sanders—2 other2009-03
Elaine S. Ullian—2 other2009-03
Bruce I. Sachs—1 other2009-03
Ian F. Smith—1 other2009-03
Peter Mueller—1 other2009-03
Amit K. Sachdev——2009-03
Eric K. Brandt——2009-03
Eugene H. Cordes——2009-03
Freda C. Lewis-Hall——2009-03
Joshua S. Boger——2009-03
Kenneth S. Boger——2009-03
Kurt C. Graves——2009-03
Lisa Kelly-Croswell——2009-03
Matthew W. Emmens——2009-03
Paul M. Silva——2009-03
Richard C. Garrison——2009-03
Roger W. Brimblecombe——2009-03
Registry & provenance

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc / Ma 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
875320
SEC CIK
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Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.

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Frequently asked
How much funding has Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc / Ma raised?
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc / Ma has raised approximately $2.4M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc / Ma's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc / Ma is approximately $106.4M (modeled range $1.7M–$835.2M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc / Ma at?
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc / Ma's latest modeled financing stage is Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Mar 03.
What does Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc / Ma do and where is it based?
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc / Ma operates in the Biotechnology sector, based in Cambridge.
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