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Cytokinetics: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

Cytokinetics is a late-stage biopharmaceutical organization zeroed in on finding, creating and commercializing first-in-class muscle activators and next-in-class muscle inhibitors as expected medicines for weakening illnesses in which muscle execution is compromised or potentially declining.

cytokinetics.com LinkedIn South San Francisco, United States 51-100 employees
Total raised
$1.0B
Rounds
2
Latest
Undisclosed round
May 2024

Cytokinetics has raised $1.0B across 2 funding rounds on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $550M announced in May 2024.

That round is above the $8.0M median round size for Biotechnology companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Cytokinetics Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$1.0B
across 2 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
2
Latest funding round
Undisclosed round
$550M in May 2024
Employees
51-100
reported band
Headquarters
South San Francisco, United States

Latest funding round on record: May 2024.

Cytokinetics Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Undisclosed round
$550M
Post-IPO Debt
$450M

Cytokinetics raised $450M in a Post-IPO Debt announced in Jul 2022.

1.8 years later, an undisclosed round of $550M was announced in May 2024.

Cytokinetics Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
James Sabry
Founder
Robert Blum
CEO
Locked

Contact details for the Cytokinetics team: 1 of 2 have an email address on file.

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Cytokinetics Funding Compared to Other Biotechnology Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
4,182
$8.0M
29,795
$7.5M

Cytokinetics' latest round of $550M is above the median round in Biotechnology. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Cytokinetics Funding FAQs

What does Cytokinetics do?

Cytokinetics is a late-stage biopharmaceutical organization zeroed in on finding, creating and commercializing first-in-class muscle activators and next-in-class muscle inhibitors as expected medicines for weakening illnesses in which muscle execution is compromised or potentially declining.

How much funding has Cytokinetics raised?

Cytokinetics has raised $1.0B across 2 rounds on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $550M announced in May 2024.

When did Cytokinetics last raise funding?

Cytokinetics' most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $550M, announced in May 2024.

Who founded Cytokinetics?

FundedIQ lists James Sabry (Founder) at Cytokinetics.

Who is the CEO of Cytokinetics?

Robert Blum is listed as CEO at Cytokinetics.

Where is Cytokinetics headquartered?

Cytokinetics is based in South San Francisco, California, United States.

How many employees does Cytokinetics have?

Cytokinetics is in the 51-100 employee band.

How does Cytokinetics' funding compare to other Biotechnology startups?

Cytokinetics' latest round of $550M is above the $8.0M median round size for Biotechnology companies on FundedIQ across 4,182 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Cytokinetics 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 Cytokinetics is left off this page rather than filled in.

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