The Celgene and GV-backed cancer and atopic dermatitis drug developer is now targeting $75m in an initial public offering it postponed in August.

US-based small molecule therapy developer Rapt Therapeutics, which counts pharmaceutical company Celgene and internet technology group Alphabet as investors, has resubmitted plans to go public with a $75m target.

The company initially filed in July this year to raise up to $86.3m in an initial public offering, and set a range that would have netted it $70m to $80m two weeks later. It announced the following month it was postponing the offering but never formally withdrew.

The planned offering…

Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.