

Superluminal Medicines
Designs small-molecule drugs for G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) with machine learning, structural biology and its own data: cryo-EM, GPCR co-folding models, de novo design and predicted ADME and toxicity. Its lead programme is an MC4R agonist for rare genetic and hypothalamic obesity.
Money and evidence
No research by this company is on the record yet.
Rounds and research, on one timeline
- 2026-09-05Series BRound
$60M
For: take its lead MC4R obesity programme into a Phase 1 trial expected by the end of 2026, and expand its AI-enabled discovery platform
Toward the clinicModels and platform
Pulse 2.0 carries the announcement's wording and quotes from the CEO, BVF and RA Capital; the company's own release and site could not be read (403). Described as oversubscribed. Valuation not disclosed.
Lead · BVF PartnersDeep Track CapitalPerceptive AdvisorsExisting investor · RA Capital ManagementExisting investor · Insight PartnersExisting investor · NVIDIAExisting investor · Catalio Capital ManagementExisting investor · Eli Lilly and CompanyExisting investor · CooleyExisting investor · Gaingels
On the deal: Harsha Paladugu (Investment Analyst; member of the board, BVF Partners, joins the board); Nandita Shangari (Managing Director; member of the board, RA Capital Management, joins the board)
- 2023-08-28SeedRound
$33M
For: progress its small-molecule pipeline, first aimed at GPCR targets
Toward the clinicModels and platform
The GlobeNewswire release as reposted by Insight Partners calls it a funding round; Insight's title and BioPharma Dive call it a seed. Founders' backgrounds from BioPharma Dive (https://www.biopharmadive.com/news/superluminal-nvidia-gpcr-biotech-seed-funding/692028/).
Lead · RA Capital ManagementInsight PartnersNVIDIAGaingels
On the deal: Andrew Levin (Partner and Managing Director; board member, RA Capital Management, joins the board); Dylan Morris (Managing Director; board member, Insight Partners, joins the board)
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- NVentures (NVIDIA)EvolutionaryScale, Generate:Biomedicines, Iambic Therapeutics, Inceptive, Genesis Molecular AI (formerly Genesis Therapeutics), Terray Therapeutics, Lila Sciences, Periodic Labs, Radical AI, Achira, CuspAI, Orbital Industries, Basecamp Research, Relation Therapeutics, Mirendil, Ricursive Intelligence, AMI Labs, Recursive Superintelligence, Inherent, Generalist AI, Ineffable Intelligence
- Catalio Capital ManagementIambic Therapeutics, Enveda, BigHat Biosciences, Noetik, Lila Sciences, Medra, Basecamp Research
- Insight PartnersProfluent, Chemify
- Eli Lilly and CompanyBigHat Biosciences
- GaingelsBigHat Biosciences