Opthea

Australia
South Yarra, Victoria, Australia, 3000

Company profile

Opthea company profile

Opthea Limited (formerly Circadian Technologies) is a public Australian biotechnology company developing novel biologic therapies for the treatment of eye diseases. Opthea's lead compound, OPT-302, blocks two members of the vascular endothelial growth factor family, namely VEGF-C and VEGF-D, which cause blood vessels to grow and leak. Aberrant blood vessel growth and vascular leakage are hallmarks of several eye diseases including wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD).

Business identity

Contact email
[email protected]
Phone number
+61398260399
Operating status
Active
Company type
For Profit
Employee range
11-50 employees
Founded
1984-01-01, Year

Headquarters

Postal code
3000
Country code
AU
Continent
Oceania

Capital profile

Funding and company signals

Funding stage
IPO
Funding rounds
6
Total equity funding
$330.6M
Last funding
Post IPO Equity / $113.3M / 2024-06-11
Last equity funding
Post IPO Equity / $113.3M
Investors
2
Lead investors
2
Founders
2
Articles
89
Exited on
1991-04-18

Founders and investors

Founders

Leon SerryMegan Baldwin

Lead investors

AbingworthThe Carlyle Group

Investors

AbingworthThe Carlyle Group