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Rivus Pharmaceuticals Closes $132 Million Series B Financing To Advance Hu6 For The Treatment Of Obesity And Cardio-Metabolic Disorders

PRIVATESep 22, 2022

Amount Raised

$132 Million

Round Type

Series B

CharlottesvilleBiotechnologyHealth Care

Description

Rivus Pharmaceuticals Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving cardio-metabolic health, today announced the completion of a $132 million Series B financing led by RA Capital Management with participation from Bain Capital Life Sciences, BB Biotech AG and existing investors Longitude Capital, Medicxi and RxCapital. This financing will further support clinical advancement of lead candidate HU6, a first-in-class Controlled Metabolic Accelerator (CMA) designed to treat cardio-metabolic disease by addressing obesity, a primary driver of disease.

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Rivus Pharmaceuticals raised $132 Million in a Series B round, dated September 22, 2022. Rivus Pharmaceuticals is based in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.

How much did Rivus Pharmaceuticals raise?
Rivus Pharmaceuticals raised $132 Million in a Series B round on September 22, 2022.
What does Rivus Pharmaceuticals do?
Rivus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is dedicated to transforming the treatment of cardio-metabolic disease by advancing a new class of oral, once daily, small molecule therapeutics called Controlled Metabolic Accelerators..
Where is Rivus Pharmaceuticals based and how big is it?
Rivus Pharmaceuticals is based in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. Fundz records about 27 employees.
Who are the decision-makers at Rivus Pharmaceuticals?
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Who else raised in Biotechnology and Health Care around the same time

Companies in the same sectors as Rivus Pharmaceuticals that raised within 45 days of this round, from Fundz verified event records.

  • Novadip Biosciences raised $39M (Funding Round) on November 4, 2022.
  • Biocoat raised an undisclosed amount on November 2, 2022.
  • Enzyre raised an undisclosed amount (Series A) on November 2, 2022.
  • Carta Healthcare raised $20M (Series B) on November 2, 2022.
  • Cerus raised an undisclosed amount (Grant) on November 2, 2022.
  • Zenas BioPharma raised $184M on November 2, 2022.

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Company Information

Company

Rivus Pharmaceuticals

Location

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

About

Rivus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is dedicated to transforming the treatment of cardio-metabolic disease by advancing a new class of oral, once daily, small molecule therapeutics called Controlled Metabolic Accelerators (CMAs). Rivus’ CMAs are designed to improve cellular metabolism and treat the underlying cause of highly prevalent metabolic and cardiovascular diseases including type 2 diabetes, severe hypertriglyceridemia (SHTG), non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), as well as cardiovascular diseases such as heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFpEF).

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