# Cidara Therapeutics funding: rounds and investors > Cidara Therapeutics has raised $463M across 5 rounds since 2014. Investors include RA Capital Management, Perceptive Advisors and 5AM Ventures. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/cidara-therapeutics (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # 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. Biotech Healthcare Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$463M** raised across 5 rounds since 2014, from 5 sources **$30M** Venture **$32M** Series A **$42M** Series B **$20M** Round **$339M** Grant - **Latest round:** Grant, $339M Oct 2025 - **Step-up i:** 16.9× - **Investors:** 16 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 **$30M** Venture **$32M** Series A **$20M** Round **$339M** Grant - **First round:** Venture, $30M - **Biggest round:** $339M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 21 months ## The rounds - **Oct 2025** Grant **$339M** *4 new* *2 returning* [RA Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ra-capital-management) [Perceptive Advisors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perceptive-advisors) [Vivo Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vivo-capital) [TCG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tcg) [Adage Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adage-capital-management) [TCG Crossover](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tcg-crossover) Source recorded - **Nov 2016** Round **$20M** *1 new* [Square 1 Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/square-1-bank) Reported by FinSMEs - **Feb 2015** Series B **$42M** *7 new* *3 returning* [RA Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ra-capital-management) [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) [Perceptive Advisors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perceptive-advisors) [5AM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/5am-ventures) [Frazier Healthcare Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frazier-healthcare-partners) [Aisling Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aisling-capital) [Rock Springs Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rock-springs-capital) [venBio Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venbio) [Sabby Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sabby-capital) Caxton Alternative Management From a historical funding record SEC filing: $42M sold, first sale Feb 2015 - **Jun 2014** Series A **$32M** *4 new* [InterWest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interwest-partners) [5AM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/5am-ventures) [Frazier Healthcare Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frazier-healthcare-partners) [Aisling Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aisling-capital) 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 Stein** Executive Officer, Director i - **Leslie R. Tari** Executive Officer i - **Preetam R. Shah** Executive Officer i - **Shane R. Ward** Executive Officer i - **Taylor R. Sandison** Executive Officer i On the board, as filed i *Bonnie R. Bassler* *Carin R. Canale-Theakston* *Daniel D. Burgess* *James R. Merson* *Laura R. Tadvalkar* *Ryan R. Spencer* *Theodore 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. **Venture** 2014 **Series A** 2014 **Series B** 2015 **Round** 2016 **Grant** 2025 [RA Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ra-capital-management) [Perceptive Advisors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perceptive-advisors) [5AM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/5am-ventures) [Frazier Healthcare Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frazier-healthcare-partners) [Aisling Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aisling-capital) [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) [InterWest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interwest-partners) [Vivo Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vivo-capital) [TCG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tcg) [Square 1 Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/square-1-bank) ## Everyone who backed them [RA Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ra-capital-management) Private equity **2** rounds [Perceptive Advisors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perceptive-advisors) Asset manager **2** rounds [5AM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/5am-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Frazier Healthcare Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frazier-healthcare-partners) Private equity **2** rounds [Aisling Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aisling-capital) Private equity **2** rounds [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) VC firm **1** round [InterWest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interwest-partners) VC firm **1** round [Vivo Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vivo-capital) Private equity **1** round [TCG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tcg) Private equity **1** round [Square 1 Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/square-1-bank) Investment firm **1** round [Adage Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adage-capital-management) Asset manager **1** round [TCG Crossover](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tcg-crossover) VC firm **1** round [Rock Springs Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rock-springs-capital) Hedge fund **1** round [venBio Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venbio) VC firm **1** round [Sabby Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sabby-capital) Private equity **1** round Caxton Alternative Management no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=cidara-therapeutics). ## 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 Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frazier-life-sciences) VC firm Per 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. ### What stage is Cidara Therapeutics at? Cidara Therapeutics's latest named round is a Grant, in Oct 2025. ### Where is Cidara Therapeutics based? Cidara Therapeutics is based in the United States. ## Companies like Cidara Therapeutics In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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