TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PERSONS AND INDEMNIFICATION
Certain Related-Person Transactions
The following is a summary of certain relationships and transactions, including transactions since January 1, 2023 and any currently proposed transactions, to which we were or are to be a participant, in which (1) the amount involved exceeded or will exceed the lesser of (i) $120,000 or (ii) 1% of the average of our total assets for the last two completed fiscal years, and (2) any of our directors, executive officers or holders of more than 5% of any class of our capital stock, or any affiliate or member of the immediate family of the foregoing persons, had or will have a direct or indirect material interest, other than compensation and other arrangements which are described in the sections titled “Executive Compensation” and “Director Compensation” in this Proxy Statement.
We believe the terms obtained or consideration that we paid or received, as applicable, in connection with the transactions described below were comparable to terms available or the amounts that we would pay or receive, as applicable, in arm’s-length transactions.
Investor Rights, Voting and Co-Sale Agreements
In connection with our preferred stock financings prior to our IPO, we entered into investor rights, voting, and right of first refusal and co-sale agreements containing registration rights, information rights, voting rights, and rights of first refusal, among other things, with certain holders of our preferred stock and certain holders of our common stock, including entities affiliated with De Novo Ventures, an entity affiliated with Mr. Ferrari, entities affiliated with KPCB Holdings, Inc., an entity affiliated with Mr. Mead, entities affiliated with Montreux Equity Partners, an entity affiliated with Dr. Michael Matly, a former member of our Board of Directors, entities affiliated with Latterell Venture Partners, an entity affiliated with Stephen Salmon, a former member of our Board of Directors, entities affiliated with HealthCap V L.P., an entity affiliated with Mr. Lindstrand, a former member of our Board of Directors, and entities affiliated with Ally Bridge Group, an entity affiliated with Mr. Chon, a former member of our Board of Directors. These stockholder agreements terminated upon the closing of our IPO on October 5, 2020, except for the registration rights granted under our investor rights agreement.
Indemnification
The Company provides indemnification for its directors and officers so that they will be free from undue concern about personal liability in connection with their service to the Company. Under the Company’s Bylaws, the Company is required to indemnify its directors and officers to the extent not prohibited under Delaware or other applicable law. The Company has also entered into indemnity agreements with certain officers and directors. These agreements provide, among other things, that the Company will indemnify the officer or director, under the circumstances and to the extent provided for in the agreement, for expenses, damages, judgments, fines and settlements he or she may be required to pay in actions or proceedings which he or she is or may be made a party by reason of his or her position as a director, officer or other agent of the Company, and otherwise to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law and the Company’s Bylaws.
Related-Person Transactions Policy and Procedures
In September 2020, the Company adopted a written Related-Person Transactions Policy that sets forth the Company’s policies and procedures regarding the identification, review, consideration and approval or ratification of “related-persons transactions.” For purposes of the Company’s policy only, a “related-person transaction” is a transaction, arrangement or relationship (or any series of similar transactions, arrangements or relationships) in which the Company and any “related person” are participants involving an amount that exceeds $120,000. Transactions involving compensation for services provided to the Company as an employee, director, consultant or similar capacity by a related person are not covered by this policy. A related person is any executive officer, director, or more than 5% stockholder of the Company, including any of their immediate family members, and any entity owned or controlled by such persons.
Under the policy, where a transaction has been identified as a related-person transaction, management must present information regarding the proposed related-person transaction to the Audit Committee (or, where Audit Committee approval would be inappropriate, to another independent body of the Board) for consideration and