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Who invested in Cidara Therapeutics

5 rounds we have observed, with the 16 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

BiotechHealthcare

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$463Mraised across 5 rounds since 2014, from 5 sources

$30MVenture$32MSeries A$42MSeries B$20MRound$339MGrant

Latest round: Grant, $339MOct 2025
Step-upi: 16.9×
Investors: 16

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

201420162018202020222024

$30MVenture$32MSeries A$20MRound$339MGrant

First round: Venture, $30M
Biggest round: $339M
Usual gap between rounds: 21 months

The rounds

Oct 2025
Grant$339M4 new2 returning
Source recorded
Nov 2016
Round$20M1 new
- Square 1 Bank
Reported by FinSMEs
Feb 2015
Series B$42M7 new3 returning
- RA Capital Management
- Fidelity
- Perceptive Advisors
- 5AM Ventures
- Frazier Healthcare Partners
- Aisling Capital
- Rock Springs Capital
- venBio Partners
- Sabby Capital
- Caxton Alternative Management
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $42M sold, first sale Feb 2015
Jun 2014
Series A$32M4 new
From a historical funding record
Jun 2014
Venture$30M
No investor was named in the report.
From a historical funding record

Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 5 on the team.

Jeffrey SteinExecutive Officer, Directori
Leslie R. TariExecutive Officeri
Preetam R. ShahExecutive Officeri
Shane R. WardExecutive Officeri
Taylor R. SandisonExecutive Officeri

On the board, as filediBonnie R. BasslerCarin R. Canale-TheakstonDaniel D. BurgessJames R. MersonLaura R. TadvalkarRyan R. SpencerTheodore R. Schroeder

Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

Venture2014Series A2014Series B2015Round2016Grant2025

RA Capital Management

Perceptive Advisors

5AM Ventures

Frazier Healthcare Partners

Aisling CapitalFidelity

Everyone who backed them

RA Capital ManagementPrivate equity2rounds

Perceptive AdvisorsAsset manager2rounds

5AM VenturesVC firm2rounds

Frazier Healthcare PartnersPrivate equity2rounds

Aisling CapitalPrivate equity2rounds

FidelityVC firm1round

InterWest PartnersVC firm1round

Vivo CapitalPrivate equity1round

TCGPrivate equity1round

Square 1 BankInvestment firm1round

Adage Capital ManagementAsset manager1round

TCG CrossoverVC firm1round

Rock Springs CapitalHedge fund1round

venBio PartnersVC firm1round

Sabby CapitalPrivate equity1round

Caxton Alternative Managementno record of our own yet1round

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Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Cidara Therapeutics as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

Frazier Life SciencesVC firmPer its own site

Quick answers about Cidara Therapeutics

Who invested in Cidara Therapeutics?

Cidara Therapeutics's investors include RA Capital Management, Perceptive Advisors, 5AM Ventures, Frazier Healthcare Partners and Aisling Capital, and 11 more on record.

How much has Cidara Therapeutics raised?

Cidara Therapeutics has raised $463M across 5 rounds since 2014.

When did Cidara Therapeutics last raise?

Cidara Therapeutics's most recent round was a Grant of $339M in Oct 2025.

What was Cidara Therapeutics's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $339M in Oct 2025, is also its largest on record.

Who backed Cidara Therapeutics first?

Cidara Therapeutics's first round on record, in Jun 2014, was backed by InterWest Partners, 5AM Ventures and Frazier Healthcare Partners and 1 others.