Business

Liminatus Pharma raises USD 4m in best-efforts public offering

Cerritos, California-based Liminatus Pharma (NASDAQ: LIMN) announced the pricing of a best-efforts public offering expected to generate approximately USD...

Liminatus Pharma Offering: USD 4.0 Million Public Raise Priced at USD 0.29 Per Share

Cerritos, California-based Liminatus Pharma (NASDAQ: LIMN) announced the pricing of a best-efforts public offering expected to generate approximately USD 4.0 million in gross proceeds before placement agent fees and other expenses. The Liminatus Pharma offering is expected to close on or about February 18, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. The company stated it intends to use net proceeds from the Liminatus Pharma public offering to fund working capital requirements, general corporate purposes, and the advancement of its business objectives. No specific clinical program was identified as the primary use of proceeds.

Liminatus Pharma Offering Structure and Pricing

The LIMN stock offering consists of 13,813,000 shares of common stock, or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof, together with warrants to purchase up to 20,719,500 shares of common stock. The combined public offering price was set at USD 0.29 per share, with pre-funded warrants priced at USD 0.2899 each. The Liminatus Pharma warrants carry an exercise price of USD 0.29 per share, are exercisable immediately upon issuance, and expire on the fifth anniversary of the original issuance date. If all warrants were exercised on a cash basis, the company would receive additional gross proceeds of approximately USD 6.0 million, though the company noted that no assurance can be given that any warrants will be exercised.

The warrant-to-share ratio in this transaction is approximately 1.5 warrants per share purchased, meaning the total potential dilution from the offering and full warrant exercise would encompass up to 34,532,500 shares of common stock. Maxim Group LLC, based in New York, is acting as sole placement agent. The securities are being offered pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-293364), which was declared effective by the SEC on February 13, 2026. No specific institutional investors or insider participants were named in the press release.

Company Overview and Pipeline

Liminatus Pharma NASDAQ-listed entity is a pre-clinical stage immuno-oncology company focused on CD47 immuno-oncology therapeutics. The company's lead asset is IBA101, a humanized monoclonal antibody targeting CD47, a cell-surface protein that functions as an immune checkpoint by sending a "don't eat me" signal to macrophages. CD47 blockade is intended to restore macrophage-mediated phagocytosis of tumor cells and enhance innate immune responses. The company has positioned IBA101 as a molecule designed to reduce the hematologic toxicities, particularly anemia and thrombocytopenia, that have limited earlier CD47-targeting programs across the industry.

The AllSci BriefSystematic R&D and deal news. Daily.

IBA101 is in late preclinical and IND-enabling stages, with the company previously indicating plans to advance toward a first-in-human Phase I study in the United States and South Korea. As of the date of this offering, no clinical trial registry entries attributable to Liminatus or IBA101 have been identified on ClinicalTrials.gov, and no specific IND submission timeline was provided in the offering materials. The company holds an exclusive license for its CD47 immune checkpoint inhibitor program, originally acquired in March 2023.

Liminatus historically described additional pipeline assets, including a guanylyl cyclase C (GCC) therapeutic cancer vaccine reported to be in Phase II and CAR-T cell therapy programs, at the time of its April 2025 business combination with Iris Acquisition Corp. However, in August 2024, the company terminated its CAR-T and vaccine license agreements with Targeted Diagnostics & Therapeutics, Inc., recording a USD 2.14 million gain on settlement in the first half of 2025. Current corporate materials focus on IBA101 as the primary development program.

On the corporate development front, Liminatus signed a memorandum of understanding in October 2025 with Capital Trust Group Limited, a New Zealand-based investment management firm, for a potential USD 30 million equity financing via an earn-out mechanism. The company also announced in July 2025 an initiative to establish a subsidiary called "American BNB Strategy" targeting digital asset investments, with Digital Offering LLC engaged as exclusive placement agent for that separate capital raise. Ewon Comfortech Co., Ltd. agreed to acquire an additional 16.44% stake in Liminatus Pharma, LLC for approximately KRW 3.9 billion (roughly USD 2.7 million) as reported in January 2026.


Spot something wrong? Report an issue with this article