TARGAN
Food & Beverages · Farming & Agriculture
$40.4Mtotal raised · 4 rounds on record
13open roles
$130kmedian advertised pay
$28Mlatest round · Venture round · May 2022 · 4 yr ago
Overview
TARGAN: Advancing the future of animal health in poultry, livestock, and aquaculture with innovative biotech & approaches for a sustainable food supply.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$40.4M
4 rounds on record
Latest round
$28M
Venture round · May 2022 · 4 yr ago
Team
130
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Apr 2025
Hiring now
18
+7 posted in 30 days
Grants
$750k
1 grant · CORDIS
The money's age
Long since its last round
53 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
16/100
hiring for its size
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
May 24, 2022
Raised a round Venture round $28M · SEC Form D
May 11, 2021
Raised a round Venture round $3.5M · SEC Form D
Mar 19, 2019
Raised a round Venture round $8.9M · SEC Form D
Feb 1, 2018
Won a grant $750k · CORDIS
2018
Founded
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | May 2022 | $28M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | May 2021 | $3.5M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Mar 2019 | $8.9M | — | SEC Form D |
| Grant | Feb 2018 | $750k | — | CORDIS |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | TARGAN Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Elizabeth TurpinExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Ramin KarimpourExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
James EubanksExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$130k
Typical range
$85k – $150k
Open positions
5
4
Jobs
Junior
50%
Senior
50%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 2 | $93k | $85k – $100k |
| Senior | 2 | $140k | $130k – $150k |
Highest paying role
Senior Scientist
$150k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at TARGAN
By role, level and city, against the market · 5 jobs with pay
Visa sponsorship
0
H-1B filings in 12 months
15
Open roles in United States
In the register as Targan, Inc., Raleigh, NC
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
24/100
Hiring freeze
Open positions
18
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
48 days
faster than 28% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~7 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Field & Service
43% ▼
Backend
9% ▲
Operations
9% ▼
Industrial Engineering
9%
Data Science
4% ▼
DevOps
4% ▲
Actively hiring for Field & Service (+3 in 30 days)
People
Elizabeth Turpin
Executive Officer
Ramin Karimpour
Executive Officer, Director
James Eubanks
Executive Officer
Clinton Lewis
Director
John Roberts
Director
John Roush
Director
Robin Readnour
Director
Brian Axe
Director
Taylor Barbosa
Director
Kathleen Lynch
Director
Stanley Appleton
Director
Rob Readnour
Director
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at TARGAN over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
48
Postings analysed
15
Stack modernity
68/100
Languages
SQL40%
C#40%
Python33%
JavaScript7%
Frameworks & libraries
ASP.NET Core7%
Plotly7%
PyTorch7%
Pytest7%
Databases
PostgreSQL20%
MS SQL13%
DuckDB7%
Cloud & platforms
Azure33%
.NET13%
Kubernetes13%
API Gateway7%
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News
Merck Animal Health To Acquire TARGAN
Merck Animal Health announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire TARGAN, a privately held animal-agriculture technology company that develops biodevice solutions for the poultry industry, for an undisclosed amount.
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Merck TARGAN Deal Highlights Poultry Tech Push And Undervalued Share Price
Merck Animal Health has agreed to acquire TARGAN, a biodevice company focused on poultry solutions. The deal adds automated, technology driven tools aimed at the poultry sector to Merck
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
6
Hiring now
5
Countries
1
Busiest office
Raleigh
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Morrisville
United States
HQ
Raleigh
United States
Plant / site
ADDRESS:
12 open roles 15 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 8% remote $127k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Backend, DevOps
350 E Six Forks Rd., Raleigh, NC 27609
Huntsville
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Field & Service
Clinton
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Field & Service
Kinston
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days $130k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service
Richmond
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days $85k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service
Earlier presence
Atlanta, United States
Maringá, Brazil
York, United Kingdom
Lumberton, United States