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Lighthouse Pharmaceuticals

Series ANovato, California, United States$12M raised

Open roles0
Total raised$12M
Team size11-50
Founded · StageSeries A

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About the company

What they build and who they serve.

Lighthouse Pharmaceuticals is a Novato, California clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing small-molecule therapies for chronic neurodegenerative and inflammatory diseases. Its lead program, LHP588, is an oral, once-daily gingipain inhibitor in a Phase 2 trial (SPRING) targeting P. gingivalis-positive Alzheimer's disease, supported by a $49.2M NIA grant. The company recently relocated its headquarters to the Buck Institute for Research on Aging.

Why it matters

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  • Round led by Double Point Ventures with participation from new and existing (unnamed) investors; Campbell Murray, M.D., DPV partner, joins Lighthouse's Board of Directors.
  • Financing complements a $49.2M NIH/NIA grant (Award R01AG088524) supporting the Phase 2 SPRING trial of LHP588 in P. gingivalis-positive Alzheimer's patients.
  • Lead asset LHP588 is an oral, once-daily small-molecule gingipain inhibitor targeting P. gingivalis, a periodontal-disease bacterium implicated in Alzheimer's pathogenesis.
  • Company recently relocated headquarters to the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato, California; led by CEO Casey Lynch.

Funding history

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  1. Series A

    $12M
    Double Point Ventures · Lead

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Double Point Ventures

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Series ABiotechnologyClinical TrialsHealthtechPharmaceuticals
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