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Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals

113 University Place, Suite 1019, New York, 10003, United States

Overview

Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals pursues discovery and development of improved neuropsychiatric drugs, using a platform that combines neural-circuit translational methods with AI and machine learning to optimize safety, efficacy and dosing. Its pipeline includes the ibogaine-analog GM-3009 (supported by a $14 million NIDA grant), the oral NMDAR antagonist GM-1020 (completed Phase 1 SAD/MAD and progressed into Phase 2), non-hallucinogenic neuroplasticity candidates now in IND-enabling stages, and projects targeting M1/M4 receptors. In August 2025 the company completed a strategic divestiture of clinical-stage candidate GM-2505 to AbbVie for up to $1.2 billion, and it has a separate AbbVie collaboration that included a $65 million upfront payment and up to $1.95 billion in option/ milestone payments plus royalties. The company assembled a leadership team with extensive CNS drug-development experience and intends to use recent financing to fund clinical and preclinical programs and continued discovery efforts. Gilgamesh was founded in 2019 by Jonathan Sporn and Andrew Kruegel.

Total raised
$140M
Funding rounds
4
Latest round
Series A
Latest activity
May 2026

Industries

  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Medical
  • Mental Health
  • Pharmaceutical
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Recent funding

  1. Series A

    May 2026

    $60M

  2. Grant

    Mar 2024

    $14M

  3. Series B

    Dec 2022

    $39M

  4. Series A

    May 2021

    $27M

Team

  • Jonathan Sporn

    Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors

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  • Dalibor Sames

    Co-Founder

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  • Jeff Witkin

    Preclinical Pharmacologist & Co-Founder

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  • Andrew Kruegel

    Discovery Chemist & Co-Founder

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