# Kura Oncology funding: rounds and investors

> Kura Oncology has raised $210M across 2 rounds since 2015. Investors include Fidelity, ARCH Venture Partners and Hercules Capital. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/kura-oncology (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Kura Oncology*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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.

Pharma

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$210M** raised across 2 rounds since 2015, from 2 sources

**$60M** Round **$150M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $150M Jan 2024
- **Step-up i:** 2.5×
- **Investors:** 5

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 2017 2019 2021 2023

**$60M** Round

**$150M** Round

- **First round:** Round, $60M
- **Biggest round:** $150M
- **Between rounds:** 8.8 years

## The rounds

- **Jan 2024** Round **$150M** *1 new* *2 returning* [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) [ARCH Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arch-venture-partners) [Hercules Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hercules-capital) Source recorded SEC filing: $150M sold, first sale Jan 2024
- **Mar 2015** Round **$60M** *4 new* [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) [ARCH Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arch-venture-partners) [EcoR1 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ecor1-capital) [Nextech Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextech-invest) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $92M sold, first sale Mar 2015

## Founders and team

From Kura Oncology's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 13 on the team.

- **Jennifer Fulk** Chief Financial Officer
- **Brian Powl** Chief Commercial Officer
- **Kathleen Ford** Chief Operating Officer
- **Carol Schafer** September 21, 2022 / in Board of Directors
- **Diane Parks** September 21, 2022 / in Board of Directors
- **Faheem Hasnain** September 21, 2022 / in Board of Directors
- **Mary Szela** September 21, 2022 / in Board of Directors
- **Stephen Dale** Executive Officer i
- **Teresa Bair** Executive Officer i
- **Thomas Malley** September 21, 2022 / in Board of Directors
- **Troy Wilson** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Samir Vattompadam** Team
- **Tom Doyle** Team

On the board, as filed i *Helen Collins*

## 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.

**Round** 2015 **Round** 2024 [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) [ARCH Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arch-venture-partners) [Hercules Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hercules-capital) [EcoR1 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ecor1-capital) [Nextech Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextech-invest)

## Everyone who backed them

[Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) VC firm **2** rounds

[ARCH Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arch-venture-partners) VC firm **2** rounds

[Hercules Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hercules-capital) Venture debt **1** round

[EcoR1 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ecor1-capital) Private equity **1** round

[Nextech Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextech-invest) Private equity **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Kura Oncology 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.

[Avoro Capital Advi...](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avoro-capital-advi) Private equity Per its own site

## Quick answers about Kura Oncology

### Who invested in Kura Oncology?

Kura Oncology's investors include Fidelity, ARCH Venture Partners, Hercules Capital, EcoR1 Capital and Nextech Invest.

### How much has Kura Oncology raised?

Kura Oncology has raised $210M across 2 rounds since 2015.

### When did Kura Oncology last raise?

Kura Oncology's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $150M in Jan 2024.

### What was Kura Oncology's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $150M in Jan 2024, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Kura Oncology first?

Kura Oncology's first round on record, in Mar 2015, was backed by Fidelity, ARCH Venture Partners and EcoR1 Capital and 1 others.

### What stage is Kura Oncology at?

Kura Oncology's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Jan 2024.

### Where is Kura Oncology based?

Kura Oncology is based in the United States.

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