UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 13G

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Amendment No.     )*

 

 

Checkmate Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

 

 

Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

162818 108

(CUSIP Number)

August 11, 2020

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

 

 

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

☐ Rule 13d-1(b)

☒ Rule 13d-1(c)

☐ Rule 13d-1(d)

 

*

The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

 

 


CUSIP No. 162818 108    SCHEDULE 13G    Page 2 of 10 Pages

 

  1.    

  NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS

 

  Medicxi Growth I LP

  2.    

  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

  (a)  ☐        (b)  ☒

 

  3.    

  SEC USE ONLY

 

  4.    

  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

  Jersey     

NUMBER OF

SHARES

  BENEFICIALLY  

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

    5.     

  SOLE VOTING POWER

 

  1,466,869     

  6.     

  SHARED VOTING POWER

 

  0     

  7.     

  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

  1,466,869     

  8.     

  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

  0     

  9.    

  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

  1,466,869     

10.    

  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

 

  ☐

11.    

  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

 

  6.8% (1)     

12.    

  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

  PN     

 

(1)

The percentage of class was calculated based upon 21,436,730 shares of the Issuer’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”) outstanding after the Issuer’s initial public offering (“IPO”), assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment in connection with the IPO, as set forth in the Issuer’s final prospectus, dated August 6, 2020, and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on August 10, 2020.


CUSIP No. 162818 108    SCHEDULE 13G    Page 3 of 10 Pages

 

  1.    

  NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS

 

  Medicxi Growth Co-Invest I LP

  2.    

  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

  (a)  ☐        (b)  ☒

 

  3.    

  SEC USE ONLY

 

  4.    

  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

  Jersey     

NUMBER OF

SHARES

  BENEFICIALLY  

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

    5.     

  SOLE VOTING POWER

 

  34,847

  6.     

  SHARED VOTING POWER

 

  0     

  7.     

  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

  34,847

  8.     

  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

  0     

  9.    

  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

  34,847

10.    

  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

 

  ☐

11.    

  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

 

  0.2% (1)     

12.    

  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

  PN     


CUSIP No. 162818 108    SCHEDULE 13G    Page 4 of 10 Pages

 

  1.    

  NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS

 

  Medicxi Growth I GP Limited

  2.    

  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

  (a)  ☐        (b)  ☒

 

  3.    

  SEC USE ONLY

 

  4.    

  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

  Jersey     

NUMBER OF

SHARES

  BENEFICIALLY  

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

    5.     

  SOLE VOTING POWER

 

  1,501,716

  6.     

  SHARED VOTING POWER

 

  0     

  7.     

  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

  1,501,716

  8.     

  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

  0     

  9.    

  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

  1,501,716

10.    

  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

 

  ☐

11.    

  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

 

  7.0% (1)

12.    

  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

  OO     


CUSIP No. 162818 108    SCHEDULE 13G    Page 5 of 10 Pages

 

  1.    

  NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS

 

  Medicxi Ventures Management (Jersey) Limited

  2.    

  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

  (a)  ☐        (b)  ☒

 

  3.    

  SEC USE ONLY

 

  4.    

  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

  Jersey     

NUMBER OF

SHARES

  BENEFICIALLY  

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

    5.     

  SOLE VOTING POWER

 

  1,501,716

  6.     

  SHARED VOTING POWER

 

  0     

  7.     

  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

  1,501,716

  8.     

  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

  0     

  9.    

  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

  1,501,716

10.    

  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

 

  ☐

11.    

  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

 

  7.0% (1)

12.    

  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

  OO     


CUSIP No. 162818 108    SCHEDULE 13G    Page 6 of 10 Pages

 

Item 1.

Issuer

 

  (a)

Name of Issuer:

Checkmate Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Issuer”)

 

  (b)

Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:

245 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Cambridge, MA 02142

 

Item 2.

Filing Person

(a) – (c) Name of Persons Filing; Address; Citizenship:

 

  (i)

Medicxi Growth I LP (“Growth I”);

 

  (ii)

Medicxi Growth Co-Invest I LP (“Growth Co-Invest I”);

 

  (iii)

Medicxi Growth I GP Limited (“Growth I GP”), which is the sole general partner of Growth I and Growth Co-Invest I; and

 

  (iv)

Medicxi Ventures Management (Jersey) Limited (“Manager”), which is appointed by Growth I GP as the manager of Growth I and Growth Co-Invest I.

The address of the principal business office of each of the Reporting Persons is Andrew Jeanne c/o Intertrust Fund Services (Jersey) Limited, 44 Esplanade, St. Helier, Jersey JE4 9WG.

Each of Growth I and Growth Co-Invest I is a Jersey limited partnership. Each of Growth I GP and Manager is a Jersey limited liability company.

 

  (d)

Title of Class of Securities:

Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share

 

  (e)

CUSIP Number: 162818 108

 

Item 3.

If this statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:

 

(a)        Broker or dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act;
(b)        Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act;
(c)        Insurance company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Act;
(d)        Investment company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940;
(e)        An investment adviser in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);
(f)        An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);
(g)        A parent holding company or control person in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);


CUSIP No. 162818 108    SCHEDULE 13G    Page 7 of 10 Pages

 

(h)        A savings associations as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813);
(i)        A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940;
(j)        A non-U.S. institution in accordance with Rule 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J);
(k)        Group, in accordance with Rule 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(K). If filing as a non-U.S. institution in accordance with Rule 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J), please specify the type of institution:

If filing as a non-U.S. institution in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J), please specify the type of institution:

 

Item 4.

Ownership.

 

  (a) - (b)

Amount beneficially owned:

 

  (i)

Growth I directly owns 1,466,869 shares of Common Stock (the “Growth I Shares”), which represents approximately 6.8% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

 

  (ii)

Growth Co-Invest I directly owns 34,847 shares of Common Stock (the “Growth Co-Invest I Shares”), which represents approximately 0.2% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

 

  (iii)

Growth I GP is the general partner of Growth I and Growth Co-Invest I and may be deemed to beneficially own the Growth I Shares and the Growth Co-Invest I Shares (the “Shares”), which in the aggregate is 1,501,716 shares of Common Stock and represents approximately 7.0% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

 

  (iv)

Manager has been appointed by Growth I GP as manager of Growth I and Growth Co-Invest I and may be deemed to beneficially own the Shares.

 

  (c)

Number of shares as to which such person has:

 

     Number of Shares of Common Stock  

Reporting Person

   (i)      (ii)      (iii)      (iv)  

Growth I

     1,466,869        0        1,466,869        0  

Growth Co-Invest I

     34,847        0        34,847        0  

Growth I GP

     1,501,716        0        1,501,716        0  

Manager

     1,501,716        0        1,501,716        0  

 

  (i)

Sole power to vote or direct the vote

 

  (ii)

Shared power to vote or to direct the vote

 

  (iii)

Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of

 

  (iv)

Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of

The percentage of class was calculated based upon 21,436,730 shares of the Issuer’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”) outstanding after the Issuer’s initial public offering (“IPO”), assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment in connection with the IPO, as set forth in the Issuer’s final prospectus, dated August 6, 2020, and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on August 10, 2020.


CUSIP No. 162818 108    SCHEDULE 13G    Page 8 of 10 Pages

 

Item 5.

Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting persons have ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following. ☐

 

Item 6.

Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.

Not applicable.

 

Item 7.

Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company or Control Person.

Not applicable.

 

Item 8.

Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.

Not applicable.

 

Item 9.

Notice of Dissolution of Group.

Not applicable.

 

Item 10.

Certification.

By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.


CUSIP No. 162818 108    SCHEDULE 13G    Page 9 of 10 Pages

 

SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Date: August 18, 2020

 

Medicxi Growth I LP
By:  

/s/ Alex Di Santo

Name: Alex Di Santo
Title: Director
For and on behalf of
Medicxi Ventures Management (Jersey) Limited as manager of Medicxi Growth I LP
Medicxi Growth Co-Invest I LP
By:  

/s/ Alex Di Santo

Name: Alex Di Santo
Title: Director
For and on behalf of
Medicxi Ventures Management (Jersey) Limited as manager of Medicxi Growth Co-Invest I LP
Medicxi Growth I GP Limited
By:  

/s/ Alex Di Santo

Name: Alex Di Santo
Title: Director
Medicxi Ventures Management (Jersey) Limited
By:  

/s/ Alex Di Santo

Name: Alex Di Santo
Title: Director


CUSIP No. 162818 108    SCHEDULE 13G    Page 10 of 10 Pages

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit

 

99.1    Joint Filing Statement
EX-99.1

EXHIBIT 99.1

Joint Filing Agreement

The undersigned acknowledge and agree that the foregoing statement on Schedule 13G is filed on behalf of each of the undersigned and that all subsequent amendments to this statement on Schedule 13G shall be filed on behalf of each of the undersigned without the necessity of filing additional joint filing statements. The undersigned acknowledge that each shall be responsible for the timely filing of such amendments, and for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning him, her or it contained herein, but shall not be responsible for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning the other entities or persons, except to the extent that he, she or it knows or has reason to believe that such information is inaccurate.

Date: August 18, 2020

 

Medicxi Growth I LP
By:  

/s/ Alex Di Santo

Name: Alex Di Santo
Title: Director
For and on behalf of
Medicxi Ventures Management (Jersey) Limited as manager of Medicxi Growth I LP
Medicxi Growth Co-Invest I LP
By:  

/s/ Alex Di Santo

Name: Alex Di Santo
Title: Director
For and on behalf of
Medicxi Ventures Management (Jersey) Limited as manager of Medicxi Growth Co-Invest I LP
Medicxi Growth I GP Limited
By:  

/s/ Alex Di Santo

Name: Alex Di Santo
Title: Director
Medicxi Ventures Management (Jersey) Limited
By:  

/s/ Alex Di Santo

Name: Alex Di Santo
Title: Director