# Kezar Life Sciences funding: rounds and investors > Kezar Life Sciences has raised $85M across 3 rounds since 2015. Investors include Cormorant Asset Management, Omega Funds and Qiming Venture Partners. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/kezar-life-sciences (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Kezar Life Sciences* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 11 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 **$85M** raised across 3 rounds since 2015, from 3 sources **$23M** Series A **$50M** Series B **$12M** Round - **Latest round:** Round, $12M Oct 2022 - **Biggest round:** $50M Series B · Jul 2017 - **Investors:** 11 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. 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 **$23M** Series A **$50M** Series B **$12M** Round - **First round:** Series A, $23M - **Biggest round:** $50M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 5.2 years ## The rounds - **Oct 2022** Round **$12M** *3 returning* [Qiming Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qiming-venture-partners) [Cormorant Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cormorant-asset-management) [Omega Funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omega-funds) Source recorded - **Jul 2017** Series B **$50M** *5 new* *3 returning* [Qiming Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qiming-venture-partners) [Cormorant Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cormorant-asset-management) [Omega Funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omega-funds) [Bay City Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bay-city-capital) [EcoR1 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ecor1-capital) [Pappas Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pappas-capital) Aju IB Morningside Venture/ Cowen Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $50M sold, first sale Jun 2017 - **Jun 2015** Series A **$23M** *6 new* [Cormorant Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cormorant-asset-management) [Omega Funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omega-funds) [Aju IB Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aju-ib-investment) [EcoR1 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ecor1-capital) [Morningside Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/morningside-ventures) [9W Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/9w-capital-management) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $28M sold, first sale Jun 2015 ## Founders and team From Kezar Life Sciences's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 7 on the team. - **Kevin Tang** Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer - **Michael Hearne** Chief Financial Officer - **Ryan Cole** Chief Operating Officer - **Stew Kroll** Chief Development Officer - **Thomas Wei** Chief Scientific Officer - **Christopher J Kirk** Executive Officer, Director i - **John F Fowler** Executive Officer, Director i On the board, as filed i *Bihua J Chen* *Franklin J Berger* *Gerald J Chan* *Jean-Pierre J Sommadossi* *Michael J Kauffman* ## 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. **Series A** 2015 **Series B** 2017 **Round** 2022 [Cormorant Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cormorant-asset-management) [Omega Funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omega-funds) [Qiming Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qiming-venture-partners) [EcoR1 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ecor1-capital) [Bay City Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bay-city-capital) [Aju IB Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aju-ib-investment) [Pappas Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pappas-capital) [Morningside Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/morningside-ventures) [9W Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/9w-capital-management) Aju IB ## Everyone who backed them [Cormorant Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cormorant-asset-management) Private equity **3** rounds [Omega Funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omega-funds) VC firm **3** rounds [Qiming Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qiming-venture-partners) VC firm **2** rounds [EcoR1 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ecor1-capital) Private equity **2** rounds [Bay City Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bay-city-capital) VC firm **1** round [Aju IB Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aju-ib-investment) VC firm **1** round [Pappas Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pappas-capital) VC firm **1** round [Morningside Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/morningside-ventures) VC firm **1** round [9W Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/9w-capital-management) VC firm **1** round Aju IB no record of our own yet **1** round Morningside Venture/ Cowen 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=kezar-life-sciences). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Kezar Life Sciences 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. [Solasta Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/solasta-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Kezar Life Sciences ### Who invested in Kezar Life Sciences? Kezar Life Sciences's investors include Cormorant Asset Management, Omega Funds, Qiming Venture Partners, EcoR1 Capital and Bay City Capital, and 6 more on record. ### How much has Kezar Life Sciences raised? Kezar Life Sciences has raised $85M across 3 rounds since 2015. ### When did Kezar Life Sciences last raise? Kezar Life Sciences's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $12M in Oct 2022. ### What was Kezar Life Sciences's biggest round? Kezar Life Sciences's largest round on record is $50M (Series B), in Jul 2017. ### Who backed Kezar Life Sciences first? Kezar Life Sciences's first round on record, in Jun 2015, was backed by Cormorant Asset Management, Omega Funds and Aju IB Investment and 3 others. ### What stage is Kezar Life Sciences at? Kezar Life Sciences's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Oct 2022. ### Where is Kezar Life Sciences based? Kezar Life Sciences is based in the United States. ## Companies like Kezar Life Sciences In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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