Aardvark Therapeutics
Rethinking Metabolic Health
San Diego, United States · Founded 2017 · $114.0M raised
- Headquarters
- San Diego, California
- Employees
- 11–50
- Founded
- 2017
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- aardvarktherapeutics.com
- Total Funding
- $114.0M
- Last Round
- $85.0M Series CMay 2024
- Rounds
- 2
About
Aardvark Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel, small-molecule therapies designed to inhibit hunger and treat metabolic diseases. Its lead compound, ARD-101, is an oral investigational drug that activates bitter taste receptors (TAS2Rs) in the digestive tract to trigger the local release of satiety hormones and suppress hunger. The company is focused on conditions including hyperphagia in rare diseases such as Prader-Willi Syndrome as well as general obesity, with the goal of becoming a leader in the treatment of hunger-associated metabolic disorders.
Summary
Aardvark Therapeutics is a Biotech company based in San Diego, United States, founded in 2017. It has raised $114.0M in total across 2 rounds, most recently a $85.0M Series C round in May 2024. Investors include Decheng Capital, Cormorant Asset Management and Surveyor Capital.
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Funding History
May 2024
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