Araris Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2019

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Private

  • Employees
  • 28

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • M&A
  • (Announced)

  • Latest Deal Amount
  • $400M

  • Investors
  • 15

Araris General Information

Description

Developer of an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) linker technology designed to deliver potent drugs specifically to the desired tissue. The company's technology is focused on creating ADCs that are powerful biopharmaceuticals, delivering highly toxic drugs, or payloads, specifically to cancer cells, molecular design enables the highly selective delivery of any payload, often a potent anti-cancer drug, to the diseased tissue, while healthy parts of the human body are spared, enabling researchers to generate efficient antibody-drug conjugates that do not need antibody engineering.

Contact Information

Ownership Status
Privately Held (backing)
Financing Status
Venture Capital-Backed
Corporate Office
  • Riedhofstrasse 11
  • 8804 Zurich
  • Switzerland
Primary Industry
Biotechnology
Other Industries
Drug Discovery
Vertical(s)
Corporate Office
  • Riedhofstrasse 11
  • 8804 Zurich
  • Switzerland

Araris Timeline

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Araris Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
9. Merger/Acquisition 17-Mar-2025 $400M Announced Generating Revenue
8. Accelerator/Incubator 05-May-2023 Completed Generating Revenue
7. Early Stage VC 11-Apr-2023 Completed Generating Revenue
6. Early Stage VC (Series A) 04-Oct-2022 Completed Generating Revenue
5. Early Stage VC 22-Oct-2020 Completed Generating Revenue
4. Early Stage VC (Series A) 27-Jun-2019 Cancelled Startup
3. Accelerator/Incubator 27-Jun-2019 Completed Startup
2. Accelerator/Incubator Completed Startup
1. University Spin-Out 01-Jan-2019 Completed Startup
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Araris Comparisons

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Developer of an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) linker technology designed to deliver potent drugs specifically to the des
Biotechnology
Zurich, Switzerland
28 As of 2025

San Diego, CA
 

South San Francisco, CA
 
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Araris Competitors (53)

One of Araris’s 53 competitors is Allele Biotechnology, a Venture Capital-Backed company based in San Diego, CA.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Allele Biotechnology Venture Capital-Backed San Diego, CA
CytomX Therapeutics Formerly VC-backed South San Francisco, CA
Meditope Biosciences Venture Capital-Backed Pasadena, CA
Virometix Venture Capital-Backed Schlieren, Switzerland
Immunophotonics Private Equity-Backed Saint Louis, MO
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Araris Patents

Araris Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
AU-2023223556-A1 Peptide linkers comprising two or more payloads Pending 22-Feb-2022
EP-4482529-A1 Peptide linkers comprising two or more payloads Pending 22-Feb-2022
US-20250082774-A1 Peptide linkers comprising two or more payloads Pending 22-Feb-2022
EP-4422695-A1 Methods for producing antibody-linker conjugates Pending 25-Oct-2021
US-20240398972-A1 Methods for producing antibody-linker conjugates Pending 25-Oct-2021 A61K47/65
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Araris Investors (15)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds
Innosuisse Government
Kinled Holding Family Office
Samsung Venture Investment Corporate Venture Capital Minority
Wille Finance Family Office Minority
Institute for Follicular Lymphoma Innovation Not-For-Profit Venture Capital Minority
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Araris Investments (2)

Araris’s most recent deal was a Corporate Asset Purchase with Innate Pharma (Portfolio of Transglutaminase Patents in Marseille, France). The deal was made on 24-Sep-2024.

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
Innate Pharma (Portfolio of Transglutaminase Patents in Marseille, France) 24-Sep-2024 Corporate Asset Purchase Buildings and Property
ARS Pharmaceuticals (Nectin-4 Antibody) 17-Apr-2023 Corporate Asset Purchase Buildings and Property
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