{"id":312669,"date":"2010-02-12T15:52:51","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T20:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/?p=63263"},"modified":"2010-02-12T15:52:51","modified_gmt":"2010-02-12T20:52:51","slug":"140m-for-new-mpm-bioventures-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/312669","title":{"rendered":"$140M for New MPM BioVentures Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/tag\/deals\/\">deals<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/tag\/funding\/\">funding<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/tag\/Life-Sciences\/\">Life Sciences<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<strong>Erin Kutz wrote:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Boston-based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mpmcapital.com\/\">MPM Capital<\/a>, an investment firm focused on life sciences companies, has raised $140 million for its fifth BioVentures fund, according to regulatory <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1482716\/000128832010000003\/xslFormDX01\/primary_doc.xml\">filings<\/a>. Earlier reports pegged the deal at $69.1 million, but the company amended its original <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1482716\/000148271610000001\/xslFormDX01\/primary_doc.xml\">filing<\/a> this afternoon to indicate the higher total. The firm declined to comment further on the new funding. MPM&#8217;s $552 million BioVentures IV <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mpmcapital.com\/about-us\/funds\">fund<\/a> led a $35 million series B round at the end of January for Alnara Pharmaceuticals, a Cambridge, MA, developer of protein-based treatments for metabolic diseases.<\/p>\n<div class=\"postFooter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/boston\/2010\/02\/12\/140m-for-new-mpm-bioventures-fund\/#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%20$140M%20for%20New%20MPM%20BioVentures%20Fund%20http:\/\/xconomy.com\/?p=63263\"  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\/12\/140m-for-new-mpm-bioventures-fund\/&#038;t=$140M%20for%20New%20MPM%20BioVentures%20Fund\"  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\/12\/140m-for-new-mpm-bioventures-fund\/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=%24140M+for+New+MPM+BioVentures+Fund&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xconomy.com%2Fboston%2F2010%2F02%2F12%2F140m-for-new-mpm-bioventures-fund%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=74a516a530836bd20fecab9dac43a69a&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=74a516a530836bd20fecab9dac43a69a&#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\/-6P4VFmfSABalh0zhwlqQRdLq6A\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/-6P4VFmfSABalh0zhwlqQRdLq6A\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/-6P4VFmfSABalh0zhwlqQRdLq6A\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/-6P4VFmfSABalh0zhwlqQRdLq6A\/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\/Rftk_fKEaYw\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>deals, funding, Life Sciences Erin Kutz wrote: Boston-based MPM Capital, an investment firm focused on life sciences companies, has raised $140 million for its fifth BioVentures fund, according to regulatory filings. Earlier reports pegged the deal at $69.1 million, but the company amended its original filing this afternoon to indicate the higher total. 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