Alkahest
Company

Last deal

Amount

Grant

Stage

21.05.2018

Date

3

all rounds

$41M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
Alkahest develops blood-derived therapies for neurological diseases, focusing on cognitive decline.

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founded date

01.01.2014

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Grant

IPO status

Private

Description

The company collaborates with Grifols, a global healthcare company, and has conducted breakthrough research that shows factors in the blood plasma of young mice can reverse brain deficits in normal aging and Alzheimer's disease models in mice. Alkahest's therapies are designed to augment these factors in blood plasma to reverse the detrimental effects of aging in both normal aging and disease models in animals. Clinical studies are currently underway in patients with different types of dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases.
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M&A Details
1

Transaction name

Acquired by

Grifols

announced date

07.09.2020

price

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3
3

Number of Funding Rounds

$41M

Money Raised

Their latest funding was raised on 21.05.2018. Their latest investor Michael J. Fox Foundation. Their latest round Grant

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Investors 
Money Raised 
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04.03.2015
1
$37.5M
01.08.2014
$3.5M
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People

Founders
1

Tony Wyss-Coray

current job

Alkahest
Alkahest

organization founded

1

Tony Wyss-Coray

Employee Profiles
20

Bryan Boyle

Vice president legal

Viktoria Kheifets

Vice president

Benson Lu

Scientist

Consuela Stewart

Global regulatory affairs

Vicki Klutzaritz

Senior director, clinical data management

Trisha Shimada

Director project management

Raul Estrada

Reseach associate ii

Juliet Masumi

Research associate

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