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Flare Therapeutics

Flare Therapeutics is a biotechnology company opening up a new therapeutic space with a novel approach to decipher the biology of transcription factors to develop small molecule medicines. Based on insights from the seminal work of its…

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Founded: 2021
Headcount: 73
Open roles: 0
Last raised: Series B · Sign in to view

LEADERSHIP

Founders & key people

Steven McKnight

American biochemist and molecular biologist

UT Southwestern Medical CenterTULARIKHHMI (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)Carnegie Institution of ScienceFred Hutchinson Cancer CenterFlare TherapeuticsUniversity of VirginiaThe University of Texas at Austin

Robert Sims

Chief Officer at Flare Therapeutics

Flare TherapeuticsThird Rock VenturesConstellation PharmaceuticalsNYU School of MedicineUMDNJThe University of Texas at AustinThe University of Texas at AustinRobert Wood Johnson Medical School

Mitchell Lazar

Endocrinologist and physician-scientist

Penn's Fels Institute of GovernmentUniversity of Pennsylvania School of MedicinePerelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaThe Wharton SchoolFlare TherapeuticsStanford University School of MedicineMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Syosset High School

Fraydoon Rastinejad

Founder at Flare Therapeutics

University of OxfordSanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery InstituteFlare TherapeuticsUniversity of VirginiaYale University CareersPenn's Fels Institute of GovernmentNorthwestern University

Jim Audia

OPEN ROLES

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FUNDING

Capital raised

Total raised

$205,000,000

Investors

Agent CapitalBoxer CapitalCasdin CapitalEli Lilly and CompanyEventideGordonMD Global InvestmentsInvusMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNextech InvestNovartisPavilion Capital PartnersPfizer Venture InvestmentsShangbay CapitalThird Rock Ventures

Funding rounds

Series B
GordonMD Global Investments, Pfizer Venture Investments, Casdin Capital, Eventide, Invus, Nextech Invest, Third Rock Ventures, Boxer Capital, Eli Lilly and Company, Novartis, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Shangbay Capital, Agent Capital, Pavilion Capital Partners
$123MMar 21, 2023
Series A
Third Rock Ventures, Eventide, Nextech Invest, Casdin Capital, Invus, Boxer Capital
$82MMay 12, 2021

Funding data via Diffbot

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Healthcare & Biotech Biotech & Drug Discovery

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LOCATIONS

Where they work

Flare Therapeutics Headquarters Location

Cambridge, MA, 02138

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