Plexium - About the company
Plexium is a series B company based in San Diego (United States), founded in 2017 by Andrew MacConnell. It operates as a Precision medicine company pioneering targeted protein degradation therapeutics. Plexium has raised $225M in funding from investors like DCVC, Lux Capital and TCG. The company has 20 active competitors, including 12 funded and 1 that has exited. Its top competitors include companies like Accutar Biotechnology, Photys Therapeutics and Uvic Steratics.
Company Details
Precision medicine company pioneering targeted protein degradation therapeutics. This is a next-generation targeted protein degradation (TPD) company focused on rationally designing and discovering Monovalent Direct Degraders and Molecular Glues. Through its comprehensive best-in-class TPD platform powered by a proprietary ultra-high throughput cell-based screening (uHTS) technology, it is pushing the boundaries of TPD. The company is committed to delivering life-changing medicines to patients through a differentiated platform of proprietary technologies and approaches to establish a robust and diverse portfolio of monovalent targeted protein degrader therapeutics. The company is focused on rational design and discovery, and is developing therapeutics for patients in need.
- Website
- plexium.com
- Registered Address
- San Diego, California
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2017
Location
San Diego, United States
Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$225M in 5 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
1st among 20 active competitors
Employee Count
44 as on Mar 31, 2026
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Legal entities associated with Plexium
Plexium is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
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Plexium, Inc. CIN: 822230262 , United States, Active | Dec 31, 1999 | - | 68 (As on Dec 31, 2024) | - |
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Plexium's funding and investors
Plexium has raised a total funding of $225M over 5 rounds. Its first funding round was on Feb 2018. Plexium has 16 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Plexium:
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Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Jul 14, 2025 | 3265902 | Series B | 5851466 | 7571871 | 9520059 | 2673368 |
Feb 23, 2022 | 7844614 | Series B | 9634466 | 6048795 | 4289795 | |
Jan 21, 2021 | 6501122 | Series A | 4625915 | 7457159 |
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Plexium's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Plexium is Andrew MacConnell.
Here are the details of Plexium's key team members:
- Andrew MacConnell: Co-Founder of Plexium.
- Kandaswamy Vijayan: CEO of Plexium.
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Plexium's employee count trend
Plexium has 44 employees as of Mar 26. Here is Plexium's employee count trend over the years:
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Plexium's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Plexium include Accutar Biotechnology, Photys Therapeutics and Uvic Steratics. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Plexium, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Plexium 2017, San Diego (United States), Series B | Precision medicine company pioneering targeted protein degradation therapeutics | $225M | 62/100 | |
2nd | Accutar Biotechnology 2015, Brooklyn (United States), Series C | Provider of AI assisted drug discovery tool | $91.5M | 55/100 | |
3rd | Photys Therapeutics 2021, Cambridge (United States), Series A | Developer of protein-based small molecules to treat human diseases | $75M | 47/100 | |
4th | Uvic Steratics 2018, Seoul (South Korea), Series B | Developer of anti-cancer drugs based on Proteolysis Targeting Chimera | $17.6M | 47/100 | |
5th | Lycia Therapeutics 2020, San Francisco (United States), Series C | Developer of protein degradation drugs for the treatment of cancer and auto-immune disease | $227M | 44/100 | |
6th | Outruntx 2021, Dundee (United Kingdom), Seed | Developer of therapeutics for cancer treatment | $10M | 42/100 | |
7th | EPD Biotherapeutics 2021, Seoul (South Korea), Seed | Developer of targeted protein-degrading therapeutics for cancer and neurological disorders | $3.42M | 39/100 | |
8th | ![]() GluBio Therapeutics 2021, San Diego (United States), Series A | Developer of protein degradation (TPD) drugs for solid tumors and inflammatory diseases | $72M | 32/100 | |
9th | Vicinitas 2022, San Francisco (United States), Series A | Developer of therapeutics for cancer and genetic disorders | $65M | 31/100 | |
10th | ![]() Alternative Bio Singapore (Singapore), Seed | Developer of novel therapeutics to treat intractable cancers | $15M | 29/100 |
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Plexium's Investments and acquisitions
Plexium has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to Plexium
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News related to Plexium
Media has covered Plexium for a total of 2 events in the last 1 year.
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Plexium files for exempt offering to raise $60,115,703 in new fundingintelligence360•Sep 26, 2025•Plexium
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Plexium Appoints Brian Wong, M.d., Ph.d., To Its Board Of DirectorsPR Newswire•Jul 13, 2022•Plexium, RAPT
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Abbvie, Plexium team up to develop therapies for neurological disordersSeeking Alpha•Apr 28, 2022•Plexium, AbbVie
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SoftBank, RA keep pumping money into biotech startups as protein degradation player bags $102MEndPoints News•Feb 23, 2022•Plexium, BVF Partners, TCG Crossover, SoftBank Vision Fund and 7 others
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Amgen Forms Collaboration for Hard-to-Treat DiseasesSan Fernando Valley Business Journal•Feb 03, 2022•Amgen, Plexium
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Plexium bumps up series A by $35M as it battles rivals in the new protein-degradation spaceFierce Biotech•Jan 21, 2021•Plexium, Lux Capital, Pivotal bioVenture Partners China, TCG and 2 others
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