Last deal

Amount

Series F

Stage

15.08.2022

Date

3

all rounds

$310.19M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
Fractyl Health uses Revita DMR to rejuvenate the lining of the duodenum.

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Fractyl

founded date

01.01.2010

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Series F

IPO status

Private

Description

They aim to bring curative therapies to patients with metabolic disease and are a leader in creating innovative therapies to address the root cause of type 2 diabetes.. Their team is made up of passionate innovators at the intersection of biology and technology, working to deliver better outcomes for people with metabolic disease.
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Jay Caplan
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Jay Caplan

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Harith Rajagopalan
Harith Rajagopalan

Harith Rajagopalan

Harith Rajagopalan is Co-founder and CEO of Fractyl, having started the company while serving as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at General Catalyst Partners.Prior to founding Fractyl, Harith was an academic cardiologist and physician-scientist. He received his B.S. in Chemistry from Stanford University and went on to obtain M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. At Johns Hopkins, Harith did groundbreaking and award-winning research on intestinal cancers that was published in top medical journals, including Nature and Science. After medical school, Harith trained in internal medicine and clinical cardiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and completed a research fellowship at Harvard Medical School.

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Fractyl Health

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1

Harith Rajagopalan

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Lisa Davidson

Lisa Davidson

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Harith Rajagopalan

Harith Rajagopalan

Co-Founder & CEO

Jay Caplan

Jay Caplan

Co-founder & President

Hemant Taneja

Hemant Taneja

Lead Investor

Len Rosberg

Len Rosberg

Vice President of Manufacturing

Jon Fitzgerald

Jon Fitzgerald

Vice President of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs

Margaret Borys

Margaret Borys

Chief Commercial Officer

Juan Carlos Lopez-Talavera

Juan Carlos Lopez-Talavera

Chief Medical Officer

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