Biocept Banks $2.3M

Biocept, a San Diego-based developer of cancer diagnostics, has raised $2.3 million of a planned $7.1 million round of  equity financing, according to an SEC filing. Stephen Coutts, the company’s CEO, was not immediately available before business hours this morning to answer questions about the deal. The company, founded in 1997, brought in $3.6 million of a planned $4.1 million funding round in March.

Author: Ryan McBride

Ryan is an award-winning business journalist who contributes to our life sciences and technology coverage. He was previously a staff writer for Mass High Tech, a Boston business and technology newspaper, where he and his colleagues won a national business journalism award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in 2008. In recent years, he has made regular TV appearances on New England Cable News. Prior to MHT, Ryan covered the life sciences, technology, and energy sectors for Providence Business News. He graduated with honors from the University of Rhode Island in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in communications. When he’s not chasing down news, Ryan enjoys mountain biking and skiing in his home state of Vermont.