Sylke, Inc.

Sylke, Inc. has raised $20.3M in total funding. The most recent round was Series B.

Sylke, Inc. is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

SYLKE® Skin Closure is a sterile, single-use, silk fibroin mesh strip with a pressure-sensitive adhesive intended for topical skin closure and wound support. The device is used to hold together well-approximated skin edges of a wound, and to cover and protect the wound. Learn more at sylke.com.

Traditional wound and incision closure methods like cyanoacrylate glue are slow to set and uncomfortable for patients.

SYLKE makes a biocompatible skin closure product woven from silk fibroin that acts as a pressure-sensitive adhesive to hold together skin edges after surgery or minor cuts, used alone or alongside sutures or staples.

It is made from natural silk fibroin rather than a synthetic polymer or cyanoacrylate, contains no latex, is water-resistant, can be worn up to two weeks, and is sourced through a Cradle to Cradle-certified process from mulberry groves in India.

Sylke's silk-fibroin surgical skin closure product was developed by its founder, Dr. M. Mark Mofid, a practicing reconstructive and plastic surgeon; the company has raised $15.5M, including backing from Vaark Ventures.