Checkerspot Stock

checkerspot.comIndustrial / MaterialsFounded: 2016Funding to Date: $94.72MM

Checkerspot is a San Francisco-based biotechnology company that seeks to develop high-performance alternatives to everyday consumer products. The company’s goal is to enable manufacturers to choose materials that use bio-based alternatives to petroleum. This is accomplished through the design of performance materials at a molecular level that optimize microbes to biomanufacture structural oils produced in nature.

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Checkerspot Stock Price

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Price not yet available
Last Closed Trade 2
Close Date
xx/xx/xx
Last Closed Trade Price
$xx.xx
Last Funding Round (LFR)
Date
xx/xx/xx
Price per Share
$xx.xx

Checkerspot Funding Rounds and Valuation

Funding History Chart
Funding Round Details
Funding Date Share Class Amount Raised Price per Share Post-Money Valuation Key Investors
09/16/2022 Series C $40MM $xx.xx $394.41MM Undisclosed Investors
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
7,497,796
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
6.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
N/A
Key Investors
Undisclosed Investors
08/19/2020 Series B $36.19MM $xx.xx $125.92MM Viking Global Investors, Builders VC, Breakout Ventures, Cavallo Ventures
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
15,377,693
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
6.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
N/A
Key Investors
Viking Global Investors, Builders VC, Breakout Ventures, Cavallo Ventures
04/16/2019 Series A $13MM $xx.xx $35.1MM Builders BC, Breakout Ventures, Viking Global Investors, KdT Ventures, Plug and Play Ventures, Sahsen Ventures, Godfrey Capital
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
13,066,110
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
6.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
N/A
Key Investors
Builders BC, Breakout Ventures, Viking Global Investors, KdT Ventures, Plug and Play Ventures, Sahsen Ventures, Godfrey Capital
06/20/2018 Series Seed $5.53MM $xx.xx $15.8MM KdT Ventures, Viking Global Investors, Refactor Capital, Sahsen Ventures, Godfrey Capital, DIC Corporation
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
6,337,027
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
6.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
N/A
Key Investors
KdT Ventures, Viking Global Investors, Refactor Capital, Sahsen Ventures, Godfrey Capital, DIC Corporation

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Leadership & Board

Leadership

Charles Dimmler
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Nazz Kurth
Chief Operating Officer
Scott Franklin Ph.D
Scientific Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer
Susan Wong
Head of Finance and Operations

Board

Brian Rose
Viking Global Investors
Cain McClary MD
KdT Ventures
James Kim
Builders VC
Julia Moore
Breakout Ventures

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Is Checkerspot a public company?

No, Checkerspot is a privately held company and is currently not publicly traded on any stock markets including NYSE or NASDAQ.
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Checkerspot’s news and media highlights

Checkerspot, Inc., a biotechnology company with an award-winning design and innovation lab, announced the close of a $55 million Series C financing led by ArrowMark Partners, with participation from Cox Enterprises and other new and existing investors.
California materials company Checkerspot has launched a casting kit named Pollinator Kit that allows designers to experiment with making components from algae-based plastics.
Updated on: Nov 17, 2024

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