Robert Duggan Overview

  • Primary Industry
  • Healthcare

  • Active Board Seats
  • 3

  • Med. Deal Size

  • Med. Valuation

Robert Duggan General Information

Biography

Mr. Robert Duggan is the Founder of Duggan Investments. Mr. Duggan also serves as Chief Executive Officer at Summit. He served as the investor of Human Longevity. He served as a Board Member at OxStem. Mr. Duggan has been a member of the Board of Directors since September 2007 and was voted in as Chairman in September 2008 after the resignation of its former Chairman. He serves as a Board Member at Genoscience Pharma. Since that time, Mr. Duggan has not received any compensation from the Company in any form, nor has he received any options for his services to the Company. In December 2008 and in March 2009, at a time when the Company had liquidity needs and required operating funds, Mr. Duggan provided loans to the Company totaling $6.4M. With the receipts of funds raised through a rights offering in July 2009, Mr. Duggan's loan was repaid. Alongside other Company stockholders and biotech investors, Mr. Duggan has invested since 2008 in each of the Company's capital raises, purchasing approximately his pro rata share in each raise, each of which was generally priced at market closes without any discounts. He purchased all his shares in Pharmacyclics outright and currently owns directly and indirectly approximately 20% of the outstanding shares. Disclosure regarding Mr. Duggan's stock ownership in the Company is publicly available in the Company's public SEC filings and in Mr. Duggan's filings on Schedule 13D, as amended, with the SEC. Mr. Duggan has also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Computer Motion, Inc., a computerized surgical systems company, from 1990 to 2003 and as Chief Executive Officer from 1997. Computer Motion was acquired by Intuitive Surgical, Inc. in 2003. At that time Mr. Duggan became a Board Member of Intuitive Surgical, Inc. and served on its board until March 2011. Mr. Duggan has been an entrepreneur and industrialist for more than 30 years. He has participated as a CEO of, a director of, an investor in, and an advisor to numerous small and large businesses in the medical equipment, computer local and wide area network, PC hardware and software distribution, digital encryption, consumer retail goods, and outdoor media communication industry. Mr. Duggan has also assisted in corporate planning, capital formation, and management for his various investments. In 1985 he received a Congressman's Medal of Merit from Congressman Ron Paul and in 2000 he was named a Knight of the Legion of Honor by President Jacques Chirac. Mr. Duggan is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara Foundation Board of Trustees. He is also an Angel Investor.

Contact Information

Education
University of California, Santa Barbara, Degree
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration)
Gender
Male
Total Investments
Exits
Email
ro
Phone
+1 (650)
Address
  • 2882 Sand Hill Road
  • Suite 106
  • Menlo Park, CA 94025
  • United States
+1 (650)

Robert Duggan Positions (2)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
Duggan Investments (Florida) Limited Partner Founder Clearwater, FL Family Office (Multi)
Summit Therapeutics Company Chief Executive Officer & Chairman Menlo Park, CA Biotechnology

Robert Duggan Board Seats (3)

Company Industry Ownership Status Financing Status Location Since
Genoscience Pharma Drug Discovery Privately Held (backing) Venture Capital-Backed Marseille, France
Pulse Biosciences Other Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology Publicly Held Corporation Hayward, CA
Summit Therapeutics Biotechnology Publicly Held Formerly VC-backed Menlo Park, CA

Robert Duggan Lead Partner on Deals (3)

Robert Duggan has been the lead partner on 3 deals. Their latest deal was with Subskribe, a business/productivity software company. The deal was made for on 17-Feb-2022.

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
Subskribe 17-Feb-2022 Early Stage VC (Series A) Completed Business/Productivity Software San Ramon, CA
CASI Pharmaceuticals 21-Mar-2018 Completed Drug Discovery Rockville, MD
Genoscience Pharma 01-Jan-2016 Completed Drug Discovery Marseille, France

Robert Duggan Network (57)

Board Members (36)

Name Company Representing Location From
Barry Price Ph.D Summit Therapeutics Summit Therapeutics Menlo Park, CA
Mahkam Zanganeh Genoscience Pharma Self Marseille, France
Summit Therapeutics Self Menlo Park, CA
Pulse Biosciences Self Hayward, CA
OxStem Self Oxford, United Kingdom

Portfolio Executives (21)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Durga Pandey Subskribe Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer 17-Feb-2022 San Ramon, CA
Yibin Guo Subskribe Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer 17-Feb-2022 San Ramon, CA
Subskribe Co-Founder 17-Feb-2022 San Ramon, CA
CASI Pharmaceuticals Chief Financial Officer, Finance & Chief Accounting Officer, Accounting 21-Mar-2018 Rockville, MD
CASI Pharmaceuticals Chief Operating Officer, Operations 21-Mar-2018 Rockville, MD

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    Robert Duggan holds 3 board seats including Genoscience Pharma, Pulse Biosciences, and Summit Therapeutics.

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