Lycia Therapeutics Files for IPO
Dow Jones2026/10/05 20:59By Josh Beckerman Lycia Therapeutics, which is developing drugs to degrade disease-causing extracellular proteins, filed for an initial public offering Monday. The South San Francisco, Calif., company has an initial focus on addressing autoimmune, inflammatory and allergic diseases. Lycia is seeking a Nasdaq Global Market listing under the symbol LYCA. In June, the company reported a $75 million Series D financing co-led by Janus Henderson Investors and Balyasny Asset Management. In 2020, Lycia exited stealth mode with a $50 million commitment from founding investor Versant Ventures. Jefferies, TD Cowen, Evercore ISI and Guggenheim Securities are joint book-running managers. Write to Josh Beckerman at josh.beckerman@wsj.com (END) Dow Jones Newswires October 05, 2026 16:59 ET (20:59 GMT)
By Josh Beckerman
Lycia Therapeutics, which is developing drugs to degrade disease-causing extracellular proteins, filed for an initial public offering Monday.
The South San Francisco, Calif., company has an initial focus on addressing autoimmune, inflammatory and allergic diseases.
Lycia is seeking a Nasdaq Global Market listing under the symbol LYCA.
In June, the company reported a $75 million Series D financing co-led by Janus Henderson Investors and Balyasny Asset Management. In 2020, Lycia exited stealth mode with a $50 million commitment from founding investor Versant Ventures.
Jefferies, TD Cowen, Evercore ISI and Guggenheim Securities are joint book-running managers.
Write to Josh Beckerman at josh.beckerman@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 05, 2026 16:59 ET (20:59 GMT)
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