OvaScience

company

About

OvaScience is a life sciences company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of treatments for infertility.

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Details

Last Funding Type
Series B
Last Funding Money Raised
$37M
Industries
Biotechnology,Health Care,Life Science
Founded date
Jan 1, 2011
Number Of Employee
51 - 100
Operating Status
Active

The company is applying innovative science to improve the quality of eggs (oocytes) and increase the success of in vitro fertilization (IVF). OvaScience's proprietary technology, exclusively licensed from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, enables the use of a women's own cellular energy to improve egg quality. OvaScience was co-founded by Richard Aldrich, Michelle Dipp, M.D., Ph.D., and Christoph Westphal M.D., Ph.D., of Longwood Founders Fund, along with fertility expert and Harvard Medical School Professor Jonathan Tilly, Ph.D. of Massachusetts General Hospital, and aging expert and Harvard Medical School Professor David Sinclair, Ph.D. The company is backed by leading life science investors Longwood Founders Fund and Bessemer Venture Partners. The company has assembled a world-class team of leading reproductive endocrinologists, embryologists, scientists and advisers to bring this technology to patients.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
1
$37M
OvaScience has raised a total of $37M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Apr 3, 2012 from a Series B round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Apr 3, 2012 Series B $37M 3 General Catalyst Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
3
OvaScience is funded by 3 investors. General Catalyst and Longwood Finance Management, LLC are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
General Catalyst Yes Series B
Longwood Finance Management, LLC Series B
Hunt BioVentures Series B