{"id":275640,"date":"2010-02-04T08:41:31","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T13:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/?p=61704"},"modified":"2010-02-04T08:41:31","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T13:41:31","slug":"tepha-taps-investors-for-3m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/275640","title":{"rendered":"Tepha Taps Investors for $3M"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/tag\/Life-Sciences\/\">Life Sciences<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/tag\/deals\/\">deals<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/tag\/medical-devices\/\">medical devices<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<strong>Ryan McBride wrote:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tepha, a Lexington, MA-based provider of polymers for medical applications, has raised $3 million of a proposed $7.4 million round of equity financing, according to an SEC <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1138818\/000113881810000004\/xslFormDX01\/primary_doc.xml\">filing<\/a>. Company CEO Simon Williams was not immediately available for comment this morning. The filing does not list the firm&#8217;s investors in this funding. The company&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tepha.com\/about-us-investors.htm\">website<\/a> says that some of its previous investors include Integra Ventures, Novartis Venture Fund, The Vertical Group, and Westfield Life Sciences Fund. Tepha is a spinoff of Cambridge, MA-based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metabolix.com\/\">Metabolix<\/a> (NASDAQ:<a href=\"http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/q?s=MBLX\">MBLX<\/a>), a maker of bio-plastics and other cleantech products.<\/p>\n<div class=\"postFooter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/boston\/2010\/02\/04\/tepha-taps-investors-for-3m\/#comments\">Comments<\/a> | <a href=http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/reprints\/>Reprints<\/a> | Share: &nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=RT%20@Xconomy%20Tepha%20Taps%20Investors%20for%20$3M%20http:\/\/xconomy.com\/?p=61704\"  rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/xconomy\/images\/twitter.gif\" alt=\"Retweet\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/boston\/2010\/02\/04\/tepha-taps-investors-for-3m\/&#038;t=Tepha%20Taps%20Investors%20for%20$3M\"  rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/xconomy\/images\/facebook.gif\" alt=\"Facebook\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<a href=http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/boston\/2010\/02\/04\/tepha-taps-investors-for-3m\/email\/  rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/xconomy\/images\/email.gif\" alt=\"Email\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/sharethis.com\/item?publisher=bfda184d-6684-4f7a-a23f-ca4ed4db9287&amp;title=Tepha+Taps+Investors+for+%243M&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xconomy.com%2Fboston%2F2010%2F02%2F04%2Ftepha-taps-investors-for-3m%2F\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/xconomy\/images\/share.gif\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t     \t\t<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=327b7aa51b3ef4f90de9631c1b733110&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=327b7aa51b3ef4f90de9631c1b733110&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?eui=2218\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/R8L4XPWxJLkNztXUHMk7j59ql6M\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/R8L4XPWxJLkNztXUHMk7j59ql6M\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/R8L4XPWxJLkNztXUHMk7j59ql6M\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/R8L4XPWxJLkNztXUHMk7j59ql6M\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Xconomy_Full\/~4\/oOW7NYR9P1c\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life Sciences, deals, medical devices Ryan McBride wrote: Tepha, a Lexington, MA-based provider of polymers for medical applications, has raised $3 million of a proposed $7.4 million round of equity financing, according to an SEC filing. Company CEO Simon Williams was not immediately available for comment this morning. 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