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Acer Therapeutics: Funding, Investors & Team (Nov 2026)

Acer Therapeutics is a pharmaceutical company that focuses on the acquisition, development, and commercialization of therapies for serious rare, and life-threatening diseases with critical unmet medical needs. Its pipeline includes four clinical-stage candidates: emetine hydrochloride for the treatment of patients with COVID-19; ACER-001 (a taste-masked, immediate-release formulation of sodium phenylbutyrate), for the treatment of various inborn errors of metabolism, including urea cycle disorders (UCDs) and Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD); EDSIVO™ (celiprolol), for the treatment of vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (vEDS) in patients with a confirmed type III collagen (COL3A1) mutation; and osanetant, for the treatment of induced Vasomotor Symptoms (iVMS). The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.

www.acertx.com LinkedIn Newton, United States 11-50 employees
Biotechnology Medical Pharmaceutical Therapeutics
Total raised
$49.5M
Rounds
2
Latest
Undisclosed round
Jun 2023

Acer Therapeutics has raised $49.5M across 2 funding rounds on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $1.0M announced in Jun 2023.

That round is below the $8.8M median round size for Biotechnology companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Acer Therapeutics Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$49.5M
across 2 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
2
Latest funding round
Undisclosed round
$1.0M in Jun 2023
Employees
11-50
reported band
Headquarters
Newton, United States

Latest funding round on record: Jun 2023.

Acer Therapeutics Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Undisclosed round
$1.0M
Post-IPO Debt
$48.5M

Acer Therapeutics raised $48.5M in a Post-IPO Debt announced in Mar 2022.

1.3 years later, an undisclosed round of $1.0M was announced in Jun 2023.

Acer Therapeutics Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Chris Schelling
Founder
—

No contact details are on record for this team yet.

Acer Therapeutics Funding Compared to Other Biotechnology Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
4,188
$8.8M
30,541
$7.8M

Acer Therapeutics' latest round of $1.0M is below the median round in Biotechnology. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Acer Therapeutics Funding FAQs

What does Acer Therapeutics do?

Acer Therapeutics is a pharmaceutical company that focuses on the acquisition, development, and commercialization of therapies for serious rare, and life-threatening diseases with critical unmet medical needs. Its pipeline includes four clinical-stage candidates: emetine hydrochloride for the treatment of patients with COVID-19; ACER-001 (a taste-masked, immediate-release formulation of sodium phenylbutyrate), for the treatment of various inborn errors of metabolism, including urea cycle disorders (UCDs) and Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD); EDSIVO™ (celiprolol), for the treatment of vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (vEDS) in patients with a confirmed type III collagen (COL3A1) mutation; and osanetant, for the treatment of induced Vasomotor Symptoms (iVMS). The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.

How much funding has Acer Therapeutics raised?

Acer Therapeutics has raised $49.5M across 2 rounds on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $1.0M announced in Jun 2023.

When did Acer Therapeutics last raise funding?

Acer Therapeutics' most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $1.0M, announced in Jun 2023.

Who founded Acer Therapeutics?

FundedIQ lists Chris Schelling (Founder) at Acer Therapeutics.

Where is Acer Therapeutics headquartered?

Acer Therapeutics is based in Newton, Massachusetts, United States.

How many employees does Acer Therapeutics have?

Acer Therapeutics is in the 11-50 employee band.

How does Acer Therapeutics' funding compare to other Biotechnology startups?

Acer Therapeutics' latest round of $1.0M is below the $8.8M median round size for Biotechnology companies on FundedIQ across 4,188 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Acer Therapeutics Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Acer Therapeutics is left off this page rather than filled in.

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