Perlara
Company

Last deal

$4.14M

Amount

Series A

Stage

18.08.2017

Date

3

all rounds

$11.76M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
Perlara, PBC is a precision drug discovery company that accelerates the discovery of drugs for rare genetic diseases.

Industry

Sector :

Subsector :

Also Known As

Perlstein Lab PBC

founded date

01.02.2014

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Series A

IPO status

Private

Description

Their platform creates disease models using simple animals that share genetic similarities with humans, and offers to screen massive numbers of disease models and drug candidates quickly and at low cost. Perlara, PBC solves the unmet medical needs of orphan disease patients with a scalable drug candidate generator that leaves no mutation behind.
Contacts

Contact Email

Phone number

Social url

Similar Companies
1000
Sequence Bio

Sequence Bio

The company aims to improve drug target discovery and treatment of diseases.

Sector

Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

Subsector

Biotechnology

Location

St. John's, NL, Canada

total rounds

5
Rumi Scientific

Rumi Scientific

Rumi Scientific uses human stem cell technology to discover fast-tracking drugs for genetic diseases.

Sector

Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

Subsector

Biotechnology

Keywords

Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care

Location

New York, NY, USA

total rounds

2

total raised

$2.13M
Arrakis Therapeutics

Arrakis Therapeutics

Arrakis Therapeutics develops drugs to treat neurological disorders and other diseases using a drug discovery platform that targets RNA.

Sector

Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

Subsector

Biotechnology

Keywords

Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals

Location

Waltham, MA, USA

total rounds

2

total raised

$113M
Methuselah Health

Methuselah Health

Methuselah Health discovers new ways to treat aging-related diseases.

Sector

Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

Subsector

Biotechnology

Keywords

Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical

Location

Cambridge, UK

total rounds

1

Financials

Funding Rounds
6
3

Number of Funding Rounds

$11.76M

Money Raised

Their latest funding was raised on 18.08.2017. Their latest round Series A

Date 
Funding Round 
Investors 
Money Raised 
Lead 
18.08.2017
$4.14M
02.11.2016
1
Y Combinator

Y Combinator

Y Combinator is a startup fund and program that invests in a large number of startups twice a year.

Sector

Industrial Support Services

Subsector

Professional Business Support Services

Location

Mountain View, CA, USA

total rounds

2

total raised

$1.5B

count Of Investments

6600

count Of Exists

588
Slow Ventures

Slow Ventures

Slow Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm.

Sector

Investment Banking and Brokerage Services

Subsector

Asset Managers and Custodians

Keywords

Venture Capital, Financial Services, Finance

Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

count Of Investments

402

count Of Exists

86
Co-Investors
Investors
5
2

Number of lead investors

5

Number of investors

Investor 
Lead 
Round 
Partners 
No
Seed
Yes
Seed
Travere Therapeutics

Travere Therapeutics

Travere Therapeutics develops life-changing therapies for rare diseases.

Sector

Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

Subsector

Biotechnology

Location

San Diego, CA, USA

total rounds

7

total raised

$942M

count Of Investments

1
Techammer

Techammer

Techammer is an angel investment firm that helps founders solve important problems.

Sector

Industrial Support Services

Subsector

Professional Business Support Services

Location

New York, NY, USA

count Of Investments

55

count Of Exists

24
Y Combinator

Y Combinator

Y Combinator is a startup fund and program that invests in a large number of startups twice a year.

Sector

Industrial Support Services

Subsector

Professional Business Support Services

Location

Mountain View, CA, USA

total rounds

2

total raised

$1.5B

count Of Investments

6600

count Of Exists

588

People

Founders
2
Ethan Oren Perlstein
Ethan Oren Perlstein

Ethan Oren Perlstein

Over the course of the last decade, first as a graduate student at Harvard University in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology with PhD advisor Professor Stuart Schreiber and then as an independent postdoctoral fellow at the Lewis-Sigler Institute at Princeton University, Dr. Ethan Perlstein developed an approach to studying old drugs and discovering new drugs in model organisms called evolutionary pharmacology. Ethan is an author on 19 peer-reviewed scholarly publications, including the discovery of a novel mechanism of action for the antidepressant Zoloft based on studies in yeast cells.

current job

Perlara
Perlara

count Of Investments

2

Ethan Oren Perlstein

Henry Perlstein
Henry Perlstein

Henry Perlstein

Henry Perlstein is Software Engineer at Stony Point

current job

Othram
Othram

organization founded

2

Henry Perlstein

Employee Profiles
5
Nina DiPrimio

Nina DiPrimio

Director of Research and Development

Ethan Oren Perlstein

Ethan Oren Perlstein

CEO

Richard Sachs

Richard Sachs

VP Creative Services

Activity

Recent News
0