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Frontier Medicines: Funding, Investors & Team (Oct 2026)

Frontier Medicines is a biopharmaceutical company utilizing a chemoproteomics platform to expedite the creation of medications. This platform incorporates sophisticated computational methods and machine learning to identify and target novel binding sites on proteins, enabling easier development of small-molecule drugs.

frontiermeds.com LinkedIn San Francisco, United States 101-250 employees
Biopharma Biotechnology Life Science Pharmaceutical Precision Medicine B2B
Total raised
$189M
Rounds
3
Latest
Series C
Jun 2024

Frontier Medicines has raised $189M across 3 funding rounds on record, the most recent a Series C of $20.0M announced in Jun 2024.

That round is above the $8.4M median round size for Biotechnology companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Frontier Medicines Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$189M
across 3 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
3
Latest funding round
Series C
$20.0M in Jun 2024
Employees
101-250
reported band
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States

Latest funding round on record: Jun 2024.

Frontier Medicines Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Series C
$20.0M
Series C
$80.0M
Series B
$88.5M

Frontier Medicines raised $88.5M in a Series B announced in Jul 2021.

2.6 years later, a Series C of $80.0M was announced in Feb 2024.

4 months later, a Series C of $20.0M was announced in Jun 2024.

Frontier Medicines Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Chris Varma
Founder
Locked

Contact details for the Frontier Medicines team: 1 of 1 has an email address on file.

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Frontier Medicines Funding Compared to Other Biotechnology Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
4,185
$8.4M
30,319
$7.7M
1,877
$60M

Frontier Medicines' latest round of $20.0M is above the median round in Biotechnology. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Frontier Medicines Funding FAQs

What does Frontier Medicines do?

Frontier Medicines is a biopharmaceutical company utilizing a chemoproteomics platform to expedite the creation of medications. This platform incorporates sophisticated computational methods and machine learning to identify and target novel binding sites on proteins, enabling easier development of small-molecule drugs.

How much funding has Frontier Medicines raised?

Frontier Medicines has raised $189M across 3 rounds on record. The most recent is a Series C of $20.0M announced in Jun 2024.

When did Frontier Medicines last raise funding?

Frontier Medicines' most recent funding round on record is a Series C of $20.0M, announced in Jun 2024.

Who founded Frontier Medicines?

FundedIQ lists Chris Varma (Founder) at Frontier Medicines.

Where is Frontier Medicines headquartered?

Frontier Medicines is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

How many employees does Frontier Medicines have?

Frontier Medicines is in the 101-250 employee band.

How does Frontier Medicines' funding compare to other Biotechnology startups?

Frontier Medicines' latest round of $20.0M is above the $8.4M median round size for Biotechnology companies on FundedIQ across 4,185 tracked companies over the last two years.

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

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