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KalVista Pharmaceuticals: Funding, Investors & Team (Oct 2026)

KalVista Pharmaceuticals is an ophthalmology company with a focus on diabetic macular edema (DME). KalVista is developing novel plasma kallikrein inhibitors, which represents a new approach to the treatment of DME, a leading cause of adult visual loss in developed countries. KalVista has an advanced pre-clinical product pipeline resulting from over 20 years of leading pharmaceutical discovery in the field of serine protease inhibitors and is targeting both intravitreal injection and oral administration. Although VEGF inhibitors clearly can benefit DME, a significant number of patients do not respond fully to these agents and have limited treatment options. Plasma kallikrein inhibitors target a distinct molecular pathway and as such have the potential to offer those patients an effective treatment option.

www.kalvista.com LinkedIn Cambridge, United States 101-250 employees
Total raised
$397M
Rounds
3
Latest
Undisclosed round
Nov 2024

KalVista Pharmaceuticals has raised $397M across 3 funding rounds on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $179M announced in Nov 2024.

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

KalVista Pharmaceuticals Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$397M
across 3 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
3
Latest funding round
Undisclosed round
$179M in Nov 2024
Employees
101-250
reported band
Headquarters
Cambridge, United States

Latest funding round on record: Nov 2024.

KalVista Pharmaceuticals Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Undisclosed round
$179M
Undisclosed round
$160M
Undisclosed round
$58.0M

KalVista Pharmaceuticals raised $58.0M in an undisclosed round announced in Dec 2022.

1.2 years later, an undisclosed round of $160M was announced in Feb 2024.

9 months later, an undisclosed round of $179M was announced in Nov 2024.

KalVista Pharmaceuticals Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Edward P Feener
Founder
—
Lloyd P Aiello
Founder
—

No contact details are on record for this team yet.

KalVista Pharmaceuticals Funding Compared to Other Biotechnology Startups

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

KalVista Pharmaceuticals' latest round of $179M is above the median round in Biotechnology. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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KalVista Pharmaceuticals Funding FAQs

What does KalVista Pharmaceuticals do?

KalVista Pharmaceuticals is an ophthalmology company with a focus on diabetic macular edema (DME). KalVista is developing novel plasma kallikrein inhibitors, which represents a new approach to the treatment of DME, a leading cause of adult visual loss in developed countries. KalVista has an advanced pre-clinical product pipeline resulting from over 20 years of leading pharmaceutical discovery in the field of serine protease inhibitors and is targeting both intravitreal injection and oral administration. Although VEGF inhibitors clearly can benefit DME, a significant number of patients do not respond fully to these agents and have limited treatment options. Plasma kallikrein inhibitors target a distinct molecular pathway and as such have the potential to offer those patients an effective treatment option.

How much funding has KalVista Pharmaceuticals raised?

KalVista Pharmaceuticals has raised $397M across 3 rounds on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $179M announced in Nov 2024.

When did KalVista Pharmaceuticals last raise funding?

KalVista Pharmaceuticals' most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $179M, announced in Nov 2024.

Who founded KalVista Pharmaceuticals?

FundedIQ lists Edward P Feener (Founder), Lloyd P Aiello (Founder) at KalVista Pharmaceuticals.

Where is KalVista Pharmaceuticals headquartered?

KalVista Pharmaceuticals is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

How many employees does KalVista Pharmaceuticals have?

KalVista Pharmaceuticals is in the 101-250 employee band.

How does KalVista Pharmaceuticals' funding compare to other Biotechnology startups?

KalVista Pharmaceuticals' latest round of $179M 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 KalVista Pharmaceuticals 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 KalVista Pharmaceuticals is left off this page rather than filled in.

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