Marseille, France, December 04, 2019, 7:30 AM CET – ImCheck Therapeutics, a biotech company developing a first-in-class antibody to activate gamma delta (gd) T cells in a range of cancer indications and a portfolio of novel immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases, announced today the closing of a $53 million (€48 million) Series B financing round. The round was co-led by Pfizer Ventures, the venture capital arm of Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE), and Bpifrance through its InnoBio 2* and Large Venture funds and joined by new investors Wellington Partners, Agent Capital and Alexandria Venture Investments. Life Sciences Partners (LSP), Gimv, Idinvest Partners, Kurma Partners and Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund that contributed to the 2017 €20 Million Series A round also participated for a significant portion of this raise. The proceeds of the Series B will be used to fund the initial clinical trial for ImCheck’s first-in-class monoclonal antibody ICT01, to further expand the company’s broad pipeline of immunomodulators targeting the butyrophilins super-family and to bring additional immuno-oncology antibody programs into the clinic.