Selected News
Chris Shumway Donates $25M to Harvard to create Biotechnology MBA
Bloomberg, October 20, 2020
Former Tiger Cub Chris Shumway is helping Harvard University prepare a new breed of MBAs, equally at ease on Wall Street and in the laboratory. With a $25 million gift, Shumway and wife Carrie are supporting the joint life sciences MS/MBA program at Harvard Business School that took its first 11 students in August.
New SPAC Founded By Chris Shumway, John Collins, and Eric Grubman Raises $400M In IPO
SportsPro, September 15, 2020
Eric Grubman and John Collins have formed a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) targeting the sports and entertainment sectors. Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corp, which also counts US investor Chris Shumway as a co-founder, filed with the securities and exchange commission (SEC) on 14th September for an initial public offering (IPO) it hopes will raise as much as US$350 million.
Shumway Capital Participates in Finch Therapeutics’s $90M Financing
Business Wire, September 17, 2020
Finch Therapeutics Group, Inc. (“Finch”), a clinical-stage microbiome drug development company, announced today a $90 million Series D financing. New investors in the round include Baupost Group, Humboldt Fund, MSD Capital, MSD Partners, Octave Group, and OMX Ventures, along with support from existing investors, including Avenir Growth Capital, OCV Partners, Shumway Capital, SIG, SymBiosis, TPTF, and Willett Advisors.
Finch Therapeutics Raises $53 Million to Advance Microbiome-Based Therapies
BioSpace, August 22, 2019
Finch Therapeutics Group, Inc., a clinical-stage microbiome therapeutics company, announced today the completion of a $53 million Series C financing. The financing comes from new investors including OCV Partners, Susquehanna International Group (SIG), Symbiosis LLC and the Trans-Pacific Technology Fund, as well as existing investors, including Avenir Growth Capital, Morgan Noble, Shumway Capital, and Willett Advisors.
Chris Shumway Gives UVA $25 Million to Train Bioscientists in Business
University of Virginia, September 25, 2018
The University of Virginia today announced a $25 million gift from The Chris and Carrie Shumway Foundation to fund an innovative new building and new bioscience/business program.
Elligo Health Research Raises $16M to Improve Access to Clinical Trials
Business Wire, March 20, 2018
Elligo Health Research, which improves clinical trial access by engaging the 97 percent of physicians currently not offering clinical research to their patients, announced today $16 million in Series B funding led by Hatteras Venture Partners and Noro-Moseley Partners with participation from FS Healthcare LLC, Excelerate Health Ventures and all existing Series A investors including Shumway Capital.
Finch Therapeutics Group Inks $36M in Series B
VC News Daily, March 5, 2018
Privately held microbiome therapeutics company, announced today the successful close of an oversubscribed $36 million Series B financing.
Bond-Trader TruMid Sells Stake Valuing Company at $75 Million
Bloomberg, March 4, 2015
TruMid Financial LLC raised money from investors in a deal valuing the bond-trading startup at $75 million, according to President Ravi Singh. TruMid is among more than a dozen firms, including Bloomberg News parent Bloomberg LP, trying to help make it easier to trade debt in the $7.7 trillion U.S. corporate bond market. Like its competitors, TruMid is operating in a market reshaped by regulations following the 2008 financial crisis.
Chris Shumway Goes Long Moody’s at Ira Sohn Conference
Yahoo! News, May 5, 2014
Shares of Moody’s (NYSE: MCO) jump following comments from Chris Shumway at the Ira Sohn Conference. The founder and managing partner of Shumway Capital Partners LLC, Shumway was recognized as a Top 10 performing manager by Barron’s Magazine.