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Rappta Therapeutics

Haartmaninkatu 4, Terkko Health Hub, Helsinki, 00290, Finland

Overview

Rappta Therapeutics is a private biotech developing first-in-class anti-cancer drugs that activate protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A), a critical enzyme regulating protein de-phosphorylation and a key tumor suppressor. The company aims to translate seminal scientific insights on PP2A structure and biology into therapeutics. Rappta has operations in Finland and the US and is led by CEO Mikko Mannerkoski with CSO and co-founder Professor Goutham Narla. Its scientific advisory board is led by Dr. William Hahn. The company closed a €9m Series A and also received funding from Business Finland to support its PP2A-activating programs.

Total raised
$11M
Funding rounds
1
Latest round
Series A
Latest activity
Oct 2020

Industries

  • Biopharma
  • Biotechnology
  • Life Science
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Recent funding

  1. Series A

    Oct 2020

    $11M

Team

  • Sunjeet Sawhney

    CEO

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  • Goutham Narla

    Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer

  • George Trainor

    Co-Founder & Head of Chemistry

  • Mikko Mannerkoski

    CFO