# Oruka Therapeutics funding: rounds and investors

> Oruka Therapeutics has raised $880M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include Perceptive Advisors, Cormorant Asset Management and Redmile Group.

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

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# Who invested in *Oruka Therapeutics*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 4 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

Raised 7 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$880M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources

**$180M** Round **$700M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $700M Apr 2026
- **Step-up i:** 3.9×
- **Investors:** 4

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.

2026

**$180M** Round

**$700M** Round

- **First round:** Round, $180M
- **Biggest round:** $700M
- **Between rounds:** 7 months

## The rounds

- **Apr 2026** Round **$700M** *4 returning* [Perceptive Advisors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perceptive-advisors) [Cormorant Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cormorant-asset-management) [Redmile Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redmile-group) [RTW Investments LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rtw-investments-lp) Source recorded
- **Sept 2025** Round **$180M** *4 new* [Perceptive Advisors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perceptive-advisors) [Cormorant Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cormorant-asset-management) [Redmile Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redmile-group) [RTW Investments LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rtw-investments-lp) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Oruka Therapeutics's own website: 5 on the team.

- **Laura Sandler** Chief Operating Officer
- **Todd Edwards** Chief Commercial Officer
- **Christopher Finch** SVP, Head of BD & Strategy
- **Peg Taylor** VP, Clinical Operations
- **Chris Martin** Independent Director, Oruka Therapeutics

## 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** 2025 **Round** 2026 [Perceptive Advisors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perceptive-advisors) [Cormorant Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cormorant-asset-management) [Redmile Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redmile-group) [RTW Investments LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rtw-investments-lp)

## Everyone who backed them

[Perceptive Advisors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perceptive-advisors) Asset manager **2** rounds

[Cormorant Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cormorant-asset-management) Private equity **2** rounds

[Redmile Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redmile-group) VC firm **2** rounds

[RTW Investments LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rtw-investments-lp) Growth equity **2** rounds

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## Quick answers about Oruka Therapeutics

### Who invested in Oruka Therapeutics?

Oruka Therapeutics's investors include Perceptive Advisors, Cormorant Asset Management, Redmile Group and RTW Investments LLC.

### How much has Oruka Therapeutics raised?

Oruka Therapeutics has raised $880M across 2 rounds since 2025.

### When did Oruka Therapeutics last raise?

Oruka Therapeutics's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $700M in Apr 2026.

### What was Oruka Therapeutics's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $700M in Apr 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Oruka Therapeutics first?

Oruka Therapeutics's first round on record, in Sept 2025, was backed by Perceptive Advisors, Cormorant Asset Management and Redmile Group and 1 others.

### What stage is Oruka Therapeutics at?

Oruka Therapeutics's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Apr 2026.

### Where is Oruka Therapeutics based?

Oruka Therapeutics is based in the United States.

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