Foundation Fighting Blindness

About

The Foundation intends to provide preventions, treatments & cures for people affected by entire spectrum of retinal degenerative diseases.

Columbia,Maryland,United States
101 - 250

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Grant
Last Funding Money Raised: $5M
Industries: Biotechnology,Charity,Government,Medical,Product Research
Founded date: Jan 1, 1971
Number Of Employee: 101 - 250
Operating Status: Active

The urgent mission of the Foundation Fighting Blindness, Inc. is to drive the research that will provide preventions, treatments and cures for people affected by retinitis pigmentosa (RP), macular degeneration, Usher syndrome, and the entire spectrum of retinal degenerative diseases.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

2

$114M

Foundation Fighting Blindness has raised a total of $114M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jan 27, 2022 from a Grant round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Jan 27, 2022	Grant	$5M	1	Diana Davis Spencer Foundation	—	Detail
Aug 2, 2016	Grant	$109M	—	—	—	Detail

Investments

Number of Investments

Number of Lead Investments

5

3

Foundation Fighting Blindness has made 5 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jun 15, 2022, when Nacuity Pharmaceuticals raised $16.50M.

Date Company Name	Round	Money Raised	Industry	Lead Investor
Jun 15, 2022 Nacuity Pharmaceuticals	Series B	$16.50M	Health Care	Yes
Oct 21, 2020 SparingVision	Series A	€44.50M	Biotechnology	—
Apr 1, 2020 Atsena Therapeutics	Series A	$8.15M	Biotechnology	Yes
Jun 1, 2019 Vedere Bio ll	Series A	$21M	Biotechnology	—
Apr 2, 2012 MitoChem Therapeutics	Seed	$2M	Biotechnology	Yes