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Funding and backers

Total raised
$49.4M
6 rounds on record
Latest round
$25M
Series B · Dec 2025 · 9 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Grants
$4.1M
4 grants · CORDIS
The money's age
Fresh money
9 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
35/100
in the news, fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
May 19 Launched Vyriad Launches G-Link: A Modular Platform Advancing T-Cell Targeted Lentiviral Vector Delivery for In Vivo and Ex Vivo Applications · businesswire.com Dec 23, 2025 Raised a round Series B $25M · Pulse 2.0 Aug 24, 2021 Board appointment Vyriad, Inc. Appoints Harry Hoffman to its Board of Directors · Send2Press Newswire Oct 30, 2019 Raised a round Venture round $24.4M · SEC Form D Jul 18, 2018 Partnership Vyriad Announces Collaboration with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and Pfizer to Evaluate Oncolytic Virus, Voyager-V1, in Combination with Anti-PD-L… · PRNewswire
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Series B Dec 2025 $25M — Pulse 2.0
Venture round Oct 2019 $24.4M — SEC Form D
Grant Sep 2019 $1.8M — CORDIS
Grant Sep 2018 $287k — CORDIS
Grant Apr 2018 $1.8M — CORDIS
Grant Sep 2017 $157k — CORDIS
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity Vyriad, Inc. SEC Form D
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Stephen Russell MD PhDExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Kah-Whye Peng PhDExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
James HannonExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Alice Bexon MDExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
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Overview

Vyriad engineers targeted virus platforms that bring durable in vivo gene therapies, genome editing, and oncolytic virotherapies to patients.

News

News MPRNews 19 days ago
Rochester's biomedical startup economy is growing. Finding the right workers is harder
In Rochester, new biomedical companies are growing out of Mayo Clinic. Local leaders want those companies to stay and grow in the community, but finding the right workers with the right skills is a bigger challenge.
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News YahooFinance 4 months ago
Vyriad Announces Strategic Leadership Changes to Drive Next Phase of Growth
ROCHESTER, Minn., June 23, 2026--Dr. Luke Russell appointed president, while CEO Dr. Stephen Russell transitions to chief scientific officer to spearhead scientific strategy.
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News Pulse 2.0 10 months ago
Vyriad: Final $25 Million Series B Tranche Closed To Advance In Vivo CAR T Candidate Into Clinic
Vyriad, a Rochester, Minnesota-based clinical-stage biotechnology company developing targeted genetic therapies, said it has closed a $25 million final tranche of its Series B financing, bringing the round's total to $85 million. The company said the addi
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News PRNewswire 10 months ago
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News Rare Cancer News 10 months ago
Vyriad targets 2026 clinical trial for experimental therapy VV169
VV169, an experimental cellular therapy that Vyriad is developing to treat myeloma, is expected to enter clinical testing in 2026.
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News hitconsultant.net 10 months ago
The "One Shot" Cure? How Vyriad's $85M Raise Could Replace Complex CAR-T Labs with a Single Injection
What You Should Know: - Vyriad, Inc. has secured the final $25M of its Series B financing, bringing the total round to $85M led by Mr. Harry Stine of Stine Seed Farms, Inc. - The
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News YahooFinance 2 years ago
Vyriad signs
Nov. 21-ROCHESTER - Vyriad, Rochester
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People

Stephen Russell MD PhD
Executive Officer, Director
Kah-Whye Peng PhD
Executive Officer
James Hannon
Executive Officer
Alice Bexon MD
Executive Officer
Glen Barber
Director
Ahryon Cho
Director
Andrew Khoo
Director
Edwin Kania Jr.
Director
Nathan Stacy
Director
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Rochester United States
HQ
50-200 est. staff

Financials

Total raised
$53.4M
Latest round
Series B
Funding rounds
6
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Series B 2025 $25M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2019 $24.4M Details
Grant 2019 $1.8M Details
Grant 2018 $287k Details
Grant 2018 $1.8M Details
Grant 2017 $157k Details