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Kythera Biopharmaceuticals

Biotech & Life Sciences · Calabasas, United States · Founded 2005 · IPO 2012 Unicorn

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Investors

12 investors on Kythera Biopharmaceuticals's cap table

Sourced from Dealroom's funding history. Tap any card for that investor's profile.

Seed 1 investor entered at this stage

Versant Ventures

Series B+ 11 investors entered at this stage

ARCH Venture Partners

BB&T

Invus

Altitude Life Science Ventures

Foley Ventures

Prospect Venture Partners

WS Investments

Patent intelligence

$13M patent portfolio · 17 active families

Total estimated portfolio value via Dealroom Patent Intelligence (Patsnap), with quality scores compared against same-sector peers.

Estimated portfolio value

$13M

39.4× smaller than top peer ChemoCentryx ($524M)

17 active patent families

Where Kythera Biopharmaceuticals innovates Deoxycholic acidChemistryOrganic chemistryDesoxycholic acidMedicinal chemistry

Below peer median on Legal, Market, Economic, Technology

Quality vs same-sector peers

Kythera Biopharmaceuticals on the five Patsnap quality dimensions

Kythera Biopharmaceuticals in orange. Same-sector peers are the top filers by total patent value. All scores 0–100; higher is stronger.

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Patent quality scores (0–100)

Source: Dealroom Patent Intelligence · Patsnap

Tech-focus vs peers

Where Kythera Biopharmaceuticals concentrates inside the peer cluster

Axes are the most-shared Patsnap topics across Kythera Biopharmaceuticals and its top peers. Each polygon's reach on an axis = how prominent that topic is in that company's portfolio (#1 topic = 100, #10 = 10, absent = 0).

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Top-topic prominence (rank inverted, 0–100)

Source: Dealroom Patent Intelligence · Patsnap top-10 topics per company

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