Last deal

$15M

Amount

Seed

Stage

16.02.2023

Date

2

all rounds

$75M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
Avilar Therapeutics is a bio pharmaceutical company that focuses on extracellular protein degradation.

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founded date

01.01.2020

founders

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Seed

IPO status

Private

Description

The company is at the forefront of developing extracellular protein degraders, which is a new targeted protein degradation frontier. Avilar has created a proprietary technology platform that develops novel extracellular protein degraders called ATACs. These ATACs work by binding to disease-causing proteins and shuttling them from circulation to the hepatocyte endolysosome, where the unwanted proteins are degraded. This technology can help medical practitioners treat serious diseases.
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Avilar Therapeutics
Avilar Therapeutics

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Daniel Grau

Employee Profiles
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Adam Muzikant

Adam Muzikant

Chief Business Officer

Effie Tozzo

Chief Scientific Officer

Phil Graham

SVP, Chief Development Officer

Daniel Grau

Founder, CEO & President

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