ProKidney To Go Public Through Merger With Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp. III; Transaction Values Combined Co. At Equity Value Of $2.64B
Author: Bill Haddad | January 18, 2022 08:30am
- ProKidney offers a first-of-its-kind, patented disease-modifying autologous cell therapy for treatment of chronic kidney disease (“CKD”)
- Lead product candidate, REACT®, has potential to slow, stabilize, and even reverse decline in kidney function, delaying the onset of dialysis and potentially delivering significant cost savings to healthcare systems globally
- REACT® has received Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (“RMAT”) designation, as well as U.S. FDA and European Medicines Agency guidance, for its Phase 3 clinical program; Phase 3 trial launched in the United States on schedule in January 2022
- Transaction values the combined company at an equity value of $2.64 billion post-money and is expected to provide up to $825 million in gross cash proceeds, including a fully committed PIPE of $575 million, and up to $250 million of cash held in the trust account of Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp. III
- PIPE is led by a $125 million investment from Social Capital, with an additional $50 million from ProKidney’s existing investors, approximately $30 million from Suvretta Capital’s Averill strategy and remaining $370 million from institutional investors and family offices
- Proceeds will fund REACT®’s Phase 3 development program, accelerate manufacturing buildout, and ultimately prepare for its global commercial launch
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. & PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ProKidney LP (“ProKidney”), a leading clinical-stage cellular therapeutics company focused on chronic kidney disease (“CKD”), has entered into a definitive agreement to become a publicly traded company via a business combination with Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp. III (“SCS”) (NASDAQ:DNAC), a special purpose acquisition company. Upon closing, the transaction will accelerate ProKidney’s mission to change the lives of tens of millions of CKD patients through a first-of-its-kind disease-modifying autologous cellular therapy.
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