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Enlaza Therapeutics, Inc.

La Jolla, CA · Founded 2020
LAST FUNDING
$99.0M
Series A

Enlaza Therapeutics is pioneering the field of covalent biologics, developing a novel classes of protein therapeutics based on its proprietary War-Lock™ platform.

Funding history

RoundAmount
Series A$99.0M
SEC Form D filed
Sep 11, 2025·Aug 9, 2024·Nov 22, 2022·Oct 13, 2022·Aug 13, 2021·Jun 28, 2021·Mar 25, 2021

About Enlaza Therapeutics, Inc.

How much funding has Enlaza Therapeutics, Inc. raised?

Enlaza Therapeutics, Inc. has raised $99.0M in total funding. The most recent round was Series A.

Where is Enlaza Therapeutics, Inc. headquartered?

Enlaza Therapeutics, Inc. is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

What does Enlaza Therapeutics, Inc. do?

Enlaza Therapeutics is pioneering the field of covalent biologics, developing a novel classes of protein therapeutics based on its proprietary War-Lock™ platform.

What problem does Enlaza Therapeutics, Inc. solve?

Standard protein therapeutics bind only reversibly to their targets, requiring long-lasting or continuous dosing that causes sustained exposure to healthy tissue, limiting efficacy and causing toxicity.

What's Enlaza Therapeutics, Inc.'s solution?

Enlaza develops covalent protein biologics, called War-Lock therapeutics, engineered to irreversibly and selectively lock onto disease-related targets.

What makes Enlaza Therapeutics, Inc. different?

Its platform is built on a proprietary unnatural amino acid that enables covalent bond formation only upon target engagement, staying inert while circulating, and can reportedly be incorporated into virtually any protein drug format.

What makes Enlaza Therapeutics, Inc. notable?

San Diego-based Enlaza Therapeutics raised a $100M Series A led by the Life Sciences group of J.P. Morgan Private Capital, with backing from Amgen Ventures and Regeneron.

Leadership

Sergio Duron
Executive Officer, Director
Sanford Madigan
Executive Officer
Tighe Reardon
Executive Officer
Shelley Chu
Director
Jay Lichter
Director
Marcos Milla
Director
Stephen Squinto
Director
James Topper
Director
Industry
Healthcare
Founded
2020
HQ
La Jolla, CA
Raised
$99.0M
Stage
Series A

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