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Perlara is a scientific discovery Public Benefit Corporation working with families and organizations to discover treatments for diseases thought too rare
Overview
Location
United States, California, Oakland
Total raised
$7.4M
Investors 1
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Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 7
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| Apr 25, 2019 | The buzzy biotech Perlara got into Y Combinator and raised $10 million from investors like Mark Cuban before things went south. Its founder shares the key lesson he learned from the failure. | Advertisement Perlara Perlara PBC quickly launched as a high-flying biotech. Ethan Perlstein started the biotech Perlara to focus on developing treatments for patients with devastating rare diseases who don't currently have options. In five... |
| Jan 21, 2018 | «Я хотела быть как Маск — вкалывать по 100 часов». Топ-60 честных советов от выпускников Y Combinator разных лет Дэвид Кофод Уинд — Peergrade Клаудио Пинкус — CodeStream Фред Стивенс-Смит — Rainforest Джесси Воллмар — Farmlogs Адам Гибсон — Skymind Лайал Эвери — PullRequest Эрика Бресция ...... | Отдел новостей 21 января 2018, 10:29 «Я хотела быть как Маск — вкалывать по 100 часов». Топ-60 честных советов от выпускников Y Combinator разных лет Оставить комментарий... |
| Jan 12, 2018 | Advice for First Time Founders | We operate a platform called Bookface for YC founders to connect with each other, ask questions, find intros, and share advice. Recently on Bookface Zach Dixon, cofounder of the gaming company Players’ Lounge (W18), asked a great question: ... |
| Nov 1, 2017 | Perlara Raises $7.4M in Equity Financing | Perlara, a South San Francisco, CA-based drug discovery platform company, closed a $7.4M round of equity financing. Backers included Pivotal Capital Alpha, Al-Hamra Group, Radical Investments, Homebrew Ventures, Haystack Fund and existing i... |
| Sep 29, 2016 | Hard Tech Startups | Some people think YC only funds straightforward software startups. That’s definitely not the case — YC’s largest exit to date is a self-driving car company, Cruise Automation, and we’ve funded many other hard technology companies like Gingk... |
| YC and Hard Tech Startups | Some people think YC only funds straightforward software startups. That’s definitely not the case — YC’s largest exit to date is a self-driving car company, Cruise Automation, and we’ve funded many other hard technology companies like Gingk... |
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FAQ about Perlara
How much funding has Perlara raised?
Perlara has raised $7.4M in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about Perlara?
Parsers VC has collected 7 articles mentioning Perlara, among them “The buzzy biotech Perlara got into Y Combinator and raised $10 million from investors like Mark Cuban before things went south. Its founder shares the key le...” (Apr 25, 2019) and “«Я хотела быть как Маск — вкалывать по 100 часов». Топ-60 честных советов от выпускников Y Combinator разных лет Дэвид Кофод Уинд — Peergrade Клаудио Пинкус ...” (Jan 21, 2018).
Is Perlara still active?
Yes, Perlara is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jun 6, 2023.