Last deal

$2M

Amount

Post-IPO Equity

Stage

21.09.2023

Date

3

all rounds

$114.25M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
Akari develops inflammation inhibitors for rare and orphan diseases.

Industry

Sector :

Subsector :

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Also Known As

Akari, Volution Immuno Pharmaceuticals

founded date

01.01.2004

founders

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Post-IPO Equity

IPO status

Private

Description

Akari's lead drug candidate, Nomacopan, is a C5 complement inhibitor that also specifically inhibits leukotriene B4 (LTB4) activity, and is currently being clinically evaluated in four areas, including bullous pemphigoid (BP) and thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA). The company's pipeline includes pre-clinical research of long-acting PAS-nomacopan in geographic atrophy (GA), and it operates mainly in the United States and United Kingdom.
Contacts
Legal Names

Legal name

Akari Therapeutics PLC
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Financials

Funding Rounds
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3

Number of Funding Rounds

$114.25M

Money Raised

Their latest funding was raised on 21.09.2023. Their latest investor Samir R Patel. Their latest round Post-IPO Equity

Date 
Funding Round 
Investors 
Money Raised 
Lead 
21.09.2023
1
$2M
12.09.2022
1
$12.75M

Ray Prudo

current job

Akari Therapeutics
Akari Therapeutics

count Of Investments

2

Ray Prudo

current job

Akari Therapeutics
Akari Therapeutics

count Of Investments

2
Co-Investors
Investors
9
8

Number of lead investors

9

Number of investors

Investor 
Lead 
Round 
Partners 
No
Post-IPO Equity
Yes
Post-IPO Equity
Yes
Post-IPO Equity

Samir R Patel

Samir R. Patel is a director at Akari Therapeutics.

count Of Investments

1

Ray Prudo

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Akari Therapeutics
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count Of Investments

2
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Subsector

Asset Managers and Custodians

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Location

Menlo Park, CA, USA

count Of Investments

1691

count Of Exists

461

People

Founders
1

Ray Prudo

current job

Akari Therapeutics
Akari Therapeutics

count Of Investments

2

Ray Prudo

Employee Profiles
14
John F. Neylan, III

John F. Neylan, III

Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer

Rachelle Jacques

Rachelle Jacques

President and CEO

Melissa Bradford-Klug

Melissa Bradford-Klug

Chief Operating Officer

Patrick Keohane

Patrick Keohane

Chief Medical Officer

Ray Prudo

Founder, MD & Executive Chairman

Saul Yedgar

CSO

Dov Elefant

CFO

Nicolas Mourier

Senior Vice President Chemistry, Manufacturing and Control (CMC)

Activity

Recent News
11
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