Last deal

$14M

Amount

Series A

Stage

10.11.2022

Date

2

all rounds

$30M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
Alpheus Medical provides a sonodynamic therapy platform for treating solid body cancers.

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founded date

01.01.2021

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Series A

IPO status

Private

Description

The Minnesota-based company has developed a non-invasive drug-device combination for outpatient treatment of recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (rGBM), an aggressive brain tumor. The therapy uses ultrasound to target and kill cancer cells, and has been developed in collaboration with experts in neuro-oncology, with support from the American Cancer Society and National Brain Tumor Society.
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Jeremy Ling

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