Translating a complex clinical story for the whole register with Starpharma.
Few equity stories are harder to tell than a clinical biotech's. Starpharma uses InvestorHub to communicate a highly technical story to its entire register, not just the top 20, and to see who is actually engaging.
- Industry
- Biotechnology
- Headquarters
- Melbourne
- Market cap
- ~$288m
- With InvestorHub
- Since Sep 2025
Problem
Few equity stories are harder to tell than a clinical biotech's. Milestones like FDA alignment and preclinical data matter enormously, but they arrive in the language of oncology and regulatory strategy, not the language most retail shareholders read every day. Starpharma needed an efficient way to communicate a highly technical story to its whole register, not just the top 20, and to see who was actually engaging.
Solution
Starpharma distributes every ASX announcement directly to its register and amplifies it with synchronised email, rather than repeating the same updates one investor at a time. Technical newsflow is paired with accessible video — CEO updates through to explainer content — held in one central video library, and an automated monthly report shows shareholder growth, register movements, engagement, and top buyers and sellers.
Impact
Since moving to InvestorHub in September 2025, Starpharma has run a milestone-packed year through one hub: FDA alignment on the DEP® HER2 clinical path, positive DEP® HER2-Lu preclinical data, and a first-in-human Phase 1 study on track for H2 2026. Its lean, in-house IR team communicates every announcement to the full register and keeps an engaged shareholder base that continues to grow and outpaces similar market-cap peers. As CEO Cheryl Maley puts it: “For a company with a story as technical as ours, being able to reach and engage our whole register, not just our largest holders, has become a core part of how we build long-term shareholder support.”
- 149%
- FY26 customer receipts growth (to A$12.3M)
- ~65%
- Growth in Viraleze online sales
- ~100
- New hub sign-ups in three months
- Since Sep 2025
- With InvestorHub
InvestorHub gives us one place to tell our story properly. We can pair every announcement with the context our shareholders need, and for the first time we can clearly see who is engaging with it.
How they did it
- 1
Communicate at scale
Rather than repeating the same updates one investor at a time, Starpharma distributes every ASX announcement directly to its register and amplifies it with synchronised email.
- 2
Add context with video
The team pairs technical newsflow with accessible video, from CEO updates to explainer content, held in one central video library that helps the whole market follow a complex clinical story.
- 3
Understand the register
An automated report each month shows shareholder growth, register movements, engagement, and top buyers and sellers, giving Starpharma and its board a single, repeatable view of who is coming onto the register and how the base is behaving.
Features used
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