Exhibit 99.1
26 January 2022
PureTech Health plc
PureTech Founded Entity Akili Interactive, a Leader in Digital Medicine, to Become Publicly Traded
Through Combination with Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp. I
In addition to PureTech’s advanced Wholly Owned Pipeline, Founded Entities are an additional source of value and Akili is now set to join the growing list of publicly-traded Founded Entities for PureTech, which also include Karuna Therapeutics (Nasdaq: KRTX), Vor Biopharma (Nasdaq: VOR) and Gelesis (NYSE: GLS)
Fully committed PIPE of $162 million led by $100 million from Social Capital with remaining $62 million from new and existing investors including: Suvretta Capital Management’s Averill strategy, Apeiron Investment Group, Temasek, co-founder PureTech Health, Polaris Partners, Evidity Health Capital, JAZZ Venture Partners and Omidyar Technology Ventures
Transaction values the combined company at an equity value post-money of up to approximately $1 billion and is expected to provide up to $412 million in gross cash proceeds
Transaction will support commercial launch of EndeavorRx®, a first-of-its-kind, FDA-cleared and CE-marked prescription digital therapeutic for pediatric ADHD, as well as advance clinical development pipeline across multiple neuropsychiatric diseases, including expanded ADHD populations, multiple sclerosis, autism, and depression
PureTech Health plc (Nasdaq: PRTC, LSE: PRTC) (“PureTech” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotherapeutics company announces today that its Founded Entity, Akili Interactive (“Akili”), a leading digital medicine company developing cognitive treatments through game-changing technologies, has entered into a definitive agreement to become publicly traded via a merger with Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp. I (“SCS”) (Nasdaq: DNAA), a special purpose acquisition company. The transaction is expected to close in mid-2022, after which Akili will be listed on the Nasdaq stock market under the new ticker symbol “AKLI.” As a public company with world-class backing and strong financial flexibility, Akili will be positioned to pioneer a new class of digital medicines for millions of people living with cognitive impairment.
“Akili, as with all our Founded Entities, was co-invented and advanced through initial milestones by the PureTech team, and we are proud of Akili’s continued path of success, most notably with the FDA clearance of EndeavorRx and now with its potential listing on Nasdaq,” said Bharatt Chowrira, Ph.D., J.D., President and Chief Business, Legal and Operating Officer of PureTech and Akili Board Member. “With Akili on its way to becoming yet another publicly-traded Founded Entity for PureTech, our unique model continues to demonstrate the multiple ways in which we are generating value at PureTech, including equity stakes in public and private Founded Entities, royalties and milestone payments due to us from certain invented products, pharma collaborations to advance non-core programs and – importantly – our rapidly progressing and advanced Wholly Owned Pipeline which we see as our major value driver going forward.”