# Phathom Pharmaceuticals funding: rounds and investors

> Phathom Pharmaceuticals has raised $530M across 3 rounds since 2019. Investors include Janus Henderson Investors, Hercules Capital and Frazier Healthcare...

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

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# Who invested in *Phathom Pharmaceuticals*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 14 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

Raised 10 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$530M** raised across 3 rounds since 2019, from 4 sources

**$140M** Round **$260M** Debt **$130M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $130M Jan 2026
- **Biggest round:** $260M Debt · May 2022
- **Investors:** 14 (1 led)

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.

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

**$140M** Round

**$260M** Debt

**$130M** Round

- **First round:** Round, $140M
- **Biggest round:** $260M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 3.7 years

## The rounds

- **Jan 2026** Round **$130M** *2 new* *2 returning* [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) [RA Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ra-capital-management) [Janus Henderson Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/janus-henderson-investors) [Hercules Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hercules-capital) Source recorded
- **May 2022** Debt **$260M** *3 new* [Hercules Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hercules-capital) [NovaQuest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novaquest-capital-management) [Sagard Healthcare Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sagard-healthcare-partners) Reported by Firms' own news pages and 1 other
- **May 2019** Round **$140M** *9 new* [Frazier Healthcare Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frazier-healthcare-partners) Lead [Janus Henderson Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/janus-henderson-investors) [Abingworth](https://millionrounds.com/fund/abingworth) [Richard King Mellon Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/richard-king-mellon-foundation) [BVF Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bvf-partners) [Medicxi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/medicxi) [Sahsen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sahsen) Greenspring RA Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

From Phathom Pharmaceuticals's own website: 1 founder, 4 on the team.

**David Socks** Co-Founder, Phathom

- **Steven Basta** President & Chief Executive Officer
- **Nancy Phelan** Senior Vice President, Marketing & Analytics
- **Paul Cocja** Chief People Officer
- **Sanjeev Narula** Chief Financial and Business Officer

## 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** 2019 **Debt** 2022 **Round** 2026 [Janus Henderson Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/janus-henderson-investors) [Hercules Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hercules-capital) [Frazier Healthcare Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frazier-healthcare-partners) L [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) [RA Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ra-capital-management) [Abingworth](https://millionrounds.com/fund/abingworth) [Richard King Mellon Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/richard-king-mellon-foundation) [BVF Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bvf-partners) [Medicxi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/medicxi) [NovaQuest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novaquest-capital-management)

## Everyone who backed them

[Janus Henderson Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/janus-henderson-investors) Private equity **2** rounds

[Hercules Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hercules-capital) Venture debt **2** rounds

[Frazier Healthcare Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frazier-healthcare-partners) Private equity **1** round, led 1

[New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) VC firm **1** round

[RA Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ra-capital-management) Private equity **1** round

[Abingworth](https://millionrounds.com/fund/abingworth) VC firm **1** round

[Richard King Mellon Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/richard-king-mellon-foundation) Private equity **1** round

[BVF Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bvf-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Medicxi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/medicxi) VC firm **1** round

[NovaQuest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novaquest-capital-management) Private equity **1** round

[Sahsen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sahsen) Investment firm **1** round

[Sagard Healthcare Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sagard-healthcare-partners) Investment firm **1** round

Greenspring no record of our own yet **1** round

RA no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Phathom Pharmaceuticals 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 Phathom Pharmaceuticals

### Who invested in Phathom Pharmaceuticals?

Phathom Pharmaceuticals's investors include Janus Henderson Investors, Hercules Capital, Frazier Healthcare Partners, New Enterprise Associates and RA Capital Management, and 9 more on record.

### How much has Phathom Pharmaceuticals raised?

Phathom Pharmaceuticals has raised $530M across 3 rounds since 2019.

### When did Phathom Pharmaceuticals last raise?

Phathom Pharmaceuticals's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $130M in Jan 2026.

### What was Phathom Pharmaceuticals's biggest round?

Phathom Pharmaceuticals's largest round on record is $260M (Debt), in May 2022.

### Who backed Phathom Pharmaceuticals first?

Phathom Pharmaceuticals's first round on record, in May 2019, was backed by Frazier Healthcare Partners, Janus Henderson Investors and Abingworth and 6 others.

### What stage is Phathom Pharmaceuticals at?

Phathom Pharmaceuticals's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Jan 2026.

### Where is Phathom Pharmaceuticals based?

Phathom Pharmaceuticals is based in the United States.

### Who led Phathom Pharmaceuticals's rounds?

Frazier Healthcare Partners led the Undisclosed round in 2019.

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