When was Alnylam founded?

Alnylam was founded in 2002 and raised its 1st funding round within a year of its incorporation.

Where is Alnylam located?

Alnylam is headquartered in Cambridge, United States.

Who is the current CEO of Alnylam?

John Maraganore of Alnylam. They are also angel investors in 6 startups, including .

How many employees does Alnylam have?

As of Jun 30, 2026, the latest employee count at Alnylam is 2892.

Is Alnylam a funded company?

Alnylam is a funded company, having raised a total of $17M across 7 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Series A round, raised on Aug 01, 2002.

When was the latest funding round of Alnylam?

Alnylam's latest funding was a $***** Post IPO round on Aug 17, 2020, with participation from 1 investor.

What is the annual revenue of Alnylam?

Annual revenue of Alnylam is more than $1B as on Dec 31, 2024

Where does Alnylam rank among its competitors?

Alnylam ranks 2nd amongst 831 active competitors, of which 283 are funded. It stands 10th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Strand Therapeutics, which secured $153M in May, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Alnylam?

Alnylam's top competitors include BridgeBio, Alexion and PTC Therapeutics. Among them, Strand Therapeutics secured the most recent funding round in May, 2025.

Alnylam - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding, Competitors & Financials

Company Details

Developer of RNA interference-based therapeutics for multiple disorders. Its pipeline includes drugs that are used to treat hereditary ATTR Amyloidosis, acute hepatic porphyria, and treating hypercholesterolemia. It also develops drugs for cardiometabolic diseases, infectious diseases, central nervous system, and ocular diseases.

Website: www.alnylam.com/
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Founded Year

2002

Location

Cambridge, United States

Stage

Public

Total Funding

$17M in 7 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Post IPO, Aug 17, 2020, $*****

Investors

Colt Ventures & 14 more

Ranked

2^nd among 831 active competitors

Annual Revenue

$1B+ as on Dec 31, 2024

Employee Count

2,892 as on Jun 30, 2026

Investment & Acquisitions

Sirna Therapeutics & 3 more

Similar Companies

BridgeBio & 1007 more

Exit Details

Public

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Alnylam is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CIN: 1178670 , United States, Active	May 07, 2003	$1B+ (As on Dec 31, 2024)	2100 (As on Dec 31, 2023)	-

Alnylam got listed on May 28, 2004.

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Alnylam has raised a total funding of $17M over 7 rounds. Its first funding round was on Aug 01, 2002. Its latest funding round was a Post IPO round on Aug 17, 2020 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Alnylam has 15 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Alnylam:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Aug 17, 2020	2413864	Post IPO	6954479	2431922	2274504	8426042
Apr 13, 2020	7819199	Post IPO	8634718	7512533	8550736	Blackstone
Nov 15, 2017	4808323	Post IPO	1902925	6729326	8041785	8253274

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The founders of Alnylam are John Clarke, Paul Schimmel and Phillip Sharp. John Maraganore is the CEO of Alnylam.

Here are the details of Alnylam's key team members:

John Clarke: Co-Founder of Alnylam and founder of 1 other company. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup and serve on the board of 1 company.
Paul Schimmel: Co-Founder of Alnylam and founder of 2 other companies, Alnylam and OXLUMO.
Phillip Sharp: Co-Founder of Alnylam and founder of 1 other company.
John Maraganore: CEO of Alnylam. They are also an angel investor in 6 startups.
Contact Info: 1 email address

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Alnylam's employee count trend

Alnylam has 2,892 employees as of Jun 26. Here is Alnylam's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Alnylam include BridgeBio, Alexion and PTC Therapeutics. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Alnylam, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	BridgeBio 2015, Palo Alto (United States), Public	Developer of therapeutics for the treatment of genetic diseases	$434M	Viking Global Investors, KKR & 20 others	81/100
2nd	Alnylam 2002, Cambridge (United States), Public	Developer of RNA interference-based therapeutics for multiple disorders	$17M	Colt Ventures, Bellevue Healthcare Trust ... & 13 others	79/100
3rd	Alexion 1992, Zurich (Switzerland), Acquired	Developer of therapies for patients with devastating and rare diseases	$133M	Allen & Company, Invesco & 9 others	79/100
4th	PTC Therapeutics 1998, South Plainfield (United States), Public	Developer of small molecule drugs for the treatment of rare diseases	$248M	HBM Healthcare Investments, Credit Suisse First Boston ... & 28 others	77/100
5th	Nanopore Technologies 2005, Oxford (United Kingdom), Public	Manufacturer of portable and benchtop devices for real-time DNA sequencing	$1.26B	IP Group, GIC & 91 others	75/100
6th	Spark Therapeutics 2013, Philadelphia (United States), Acquired	Developer of gene therapy for rare diseases	$82.8M	Sofinnova Investments, Brookside Capital & 6 others	73/100
7th	Blueprint Medicines 2008, Cambridge (United States), Acquired	Developer of selective kinase inhibitors for patients with genomically defined cancers	$115M	Nextech Invest, Third Rock Ventures & 20 others	72/100
8th	Bluebird Bio 1992, Cambridge (United States), Acquired	Developer of gene therapies for severe genetic and rare diseases	$136M	TVM Capital, Forbion & 10 others	71/100
9th	Strand Therapeutics 2017, Cambridge (United States), Series B	Provider of platform to deliver mRNA therapeutics for multi functional treatments	$256M	Kinnevik, Playground Global & 19 others	70/100
10th	Forge Biologics 2020, Columbus (United States), Acquired	Developer of gene therapeutic solutions for treating multiple diseases	$330M	RA Capital Management, Aisling Capital & 7 others	70/100

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Alnylam has made 2 investments in companies including Regulus Therapeutics and Arbutus Bio. Alnylam has also acquired 2 companies including Sirna Therapeutics and Nucleonics.

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Date of Investment/Acquisition	Type	Company Name	Founded Year	Location
Jan 12, 2014	Acquisition	Sirna Therapeutics	1992	San Francisco (United States)
Mar 03, 2009	Investments	Regulus Therapeutics	2007	San Diego (United States)
Dec 08, 2008	Acquisition	Nucleonics	2001	Langhorne (United States)