Startup Elcelyx Raises $1.2 Million

Elcelyx Therapeutics of San Diego has raised $1.2 million of a planned $2.2 million equity offering, according to an SEC filing. The document says the company’s president is Alain D. Baron, entrepreneur in residence at Morgenthaler Ventures in Menlo Park. Morgenthaler partner Ralph “Chris” Christofferson is an Elcelyx board member, according to the filing.