# Viking Therapeutics funding: rounds and investors

> Viking Therapeutics has raised $635M across 2 rounds since 2014. Investors include Ligand Pharmaceuticals. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Viking Therapeutics*

2 rounds we have observed, with the one investor 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.

Healthcare

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$635M** raised across 2 rounds since 2014, from 2 sources

**$2.5M** Debt **$633M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $633M Feb 2024
- **Step-up i:** 253×
- **Investors:** 1

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## 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

**$2.5M** Debt

**$633M** Round

- **First round:** Debt, $2.5M
- **Biggest round:** $633M
- **Between rounds:** 9.7 years

## The rounds

- **Feb 2024** Round **$633M** No investor was named in the report. Source recorded
- **May 2014** Debt **$2.5M** *1 new* [Ligand Pharmaceuticals](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ligand-pharmaceuticals) From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From Viking Therapeutics's own website: 4 on the team.

- **Kenneth J. Herman** Senior Vice President, Commercial, Marketing and Sales
- **Michael Morneau** Vice President, Finance and Administration
- **Tavette Neskorik** Vice President, Clinical Operations
- **Greg Zante** Chief Financial Officer

## Everyone who backed them

[Ligand Pharmaceuticals](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ligand-pharmaceuticals) Growth equity **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Viking 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.

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

## Quick answers about Viking Therapeutics

### Who invested in Viking Therapeutics?

Viking Therapeutics's investors include Ligand Pharmaceuticals.

### How much has Viking Therapeutics raised?

Viking Therapeutics has raised $635M across 2 rounds since 2014.

### When did Viking Therapeutics last raise?

Viking Therapeutics's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $633M in Feb 2024.

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

Its most recent round, $633M in Feb 2024, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Viking Therapeutics first?

Viking Therapeutics's first round on record, in May 2014, was backed by Ligand Pharmaceuticals.

### What stage is Viking Therapeutics at?

Viking Therapeutics's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Feb 2024.

### Where is Viking Therapeutics based?

Viking Therapeutics is based in the United States.

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