Aragon Pharmaceuticals
AcquiredSan Diego, United States · Founded 2009 · $114.0M raised
- Headquarters
- San Diego
- Founded
- 2009
- Business Model
- B2B
- Total Funding
- $114.0M
- Last Round
- $42.0M Series COct 2012
- Rounds
- 3
- Acquisition Date
- Jun 2013
Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. What counts toward funding.
About
Aragon Pharmaceuticals was a San Diego, California-based, privately-held pharmaceutical company founded in May 2009 by co-founders including Charles Sawyers and Howard Chang, focused on developing small-molecule therapeutics for hormone-driven cancers such as prostate and breast cancer. Its lead program, an androgen receptor antagonist for prostate cancer, grew out of research into treatment-resistant tumors. In 2013, Johnson & Johnson agreed to acquire Aragon for up to $1 billion, while Aragon's other research programs were spun off into a new company, Seragon Pharmaceuticals.
Summary
Aragon Pharmaceuticals is a Biotech company based in San Diego, United States, founded in 2009. It has raised $114.0M in total across 3 rounds, most recently a $42.0M Series C round in Oct 2012. Investors include Topspin Partners.
Funding History
Jun 2013
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Funding: Series B through Series D. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.
Investors
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