Kira and its complement-target inhibitors plot run to the clinic with new investor cash just months after uncloaking
A couple months after emerging from stealth, Kira Pharmaceuticals has reeled in its largest venture round yet to fund a dash to the clinic.
The startup, co-founded back in 2017 by University of Pennsylvania professor Wenchao Song, hooked $53.5 million in what it calls a “Series B+” financing. It burst onto the scene in November, with $18 million in Series A winnings and $28 million from a Series B raised in stealth. With former Sienna Biopharmaceuticals CEO Frederick Beddingfield at the helm, the team is on a mission to put three complement-targeted therapies in the clinic over the next 18 months.
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