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Seaport's Nasdaq IPO raises USD 254.9m

Seaport Therapeutics (Nasdaq: SPTX), a clinical-stage neuropsychiatric drug developer based in Boston, priced an upsized initial public offering of 14,160,000 shares at USD 18.00 per share, the top of the target range, raising gross proceeds of USD 254.9 million on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

Underwriters received a 30-day option to purchase an additional 2,124,000 shares at the offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The offering was expected to close on May 4, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. The filing did not disclose pre- or post-offering ownership structure.

Seaport Therapeutics is developing oral prodrug therapies for major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder using its proprietary Glyph platform, which is designed to bypass first-pass hepatic metabolism and increase oral bioavailability of clinically validated parent compounds. The lead asset, GlyphAllo (SPT-300), is an oral prodrug of allopregnanolone, a GABA-A receptor positive allosteric modulator, currently in Phase IIb development for major depressive disorder with or without anxious distress. The second asset, GlyphAgo (SPT-320), an oral prodrug of agomelatine, is in Phase II development for generalized anxiety disorder. A third asset, SPT-348, an oral prodrug of 2-bromo-LSD targeting treatment-resistant depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, remains in preclinical development.

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The company stated that Phase I and Phase IIa studies of SPT-300 were completed prior to the current Phase IIb trial. The filing states that Phase IIa results demonstrated cortisol reduction as a biomarker of stress response in healthy volunteers, with a favorable tolerability profile, though no clinical efficacy data in patients were disclosed. The ongoing Phase IIb BUOY-1 trial is a global, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study enrolling up to approximately 360 adults, with topline data expected in the first half of 2027. The filing states the trial has potential to be registration-enabling.


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