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Scorpion Therapeutics

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Broadening the reach and impact of precision medicine for oncology

Boston, United StatesFounded 2020Biotech & Life Sciences
Valuation $2.5–5B Last recorded · 2025
Headcount <100 Current team size
Total funding $100–500M Disclosed equity funding
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About Scorpion Therapeutics

Scorpion Therapeutics is a startup operating in the biotechnology sector, specifically focusing on the development of precision oncology treatments. The company's mission is to deliver fast, precise, and lethal strikes against unique cancer drivers. They do this by developing drugs specifically designed to interact with validated cancer targets, optimizing their selectivity and pharmaceutical properties to improve safety and efficacy.

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Scorpion Therapeutics serves a broad market, including healthcare providers, cancer patients, and pharmaceutical companies. Their clients are those seeking innovative and effective cancer treatments, and their market is global, given the universal nature of cancer.

The business model of Scorpion Therapeutics is based on research and development of new drugs, followed by partnerships with larger pharmaceutical companies for distribution and sales. A recent example of this is their partnership with Pierre Fabre, where they prioritized investment in a third asset. This model allows Scorpion Therapeutics to focus on what they do best - developing innovative cancer treatments - while leveraging the resources and distribution networks of established pharmaceutical companies.

Scorpion Therapeutics generates revenue through these partnerships, either through upfront payments, milestone payments based on the progress of drug development, or royalties from the sales of the drugs they develop.

The company prides itself on its world-class team of experts in various fields, including cancer biology, medicinal chemistry, chemical proteomics, computational chemistry, molecular biophysics, machine learning, and drug development. They also place a high value on their work culture, seeking team members who share their cultural commitments.

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At a glance

Status
Acquired
Founded
2020
Headquarters
Boston, United States
Employees
16
Open positions
None listed
Dealroom signal
61.9/100
Industry
Health
Sub-industry
Pharmaceutical, BioTechnology
Sector
Biotech & Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Precision Medicine, Spinout, Verified Unicorns and $1B Exits, Biotech and Pharma, proteomics, DT and LS, science-based
Business model
Manufacturing
Client focus
b2b
Investment activity
1 company, latest Jan 2025
Capital deployed
$0
Preferred round
CORPORATE SPINOUT

Funding history

5 recorded events

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal typeDateAmountValuationInvestorsSource
ACQUISITIONOther financing Jan 2025 $2.5B $2.5B Eli Lilly ↗
SERIES COther financing Jul 2024 $150M $600M Atlas Venture · Wellington Management · Abingworth · Invus ↗
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Growth signals

Scorpion Therapeutics website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for Scorpion Therapeutics is 70 monthly website visits, down 95.6% over the last three months. Scorpion Therapeutics's team declined 20% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits70 3-month web change-95.6% 1-year team growth-20%
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Investors

23 investors on the cap table

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Series A16 investors entered at this stage

Series B and later5 investors entered at this stage

Other known investors2 additional known investors

  • Eli Lilly
  • Harvard University
Team profiled 12 named & role-tagged
Founders Hidden — book a demo/100 quality score
Key operators 3 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
Potential founders Hidden — book a demo likely future founders
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Talent movements Hidden — book a demo in · Hidden — book a demo out past 12 months

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Global footprint

Workforce and web traffic by country
Workforce by country
1 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States100%
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Market sentiment

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