With resistance to existing parasiticides rising and few new molecules in decades, ASTRA Therapeutics set out to change the game. Co-CEOs Natacha Gaillard and Ashwani Sharma share how the company closed one of the largest seed rounds in animal health, positioned itself to deliver precision-designed antiparasitics, and built investor confidence in solving one of animal health’s most urgent challenges.
Milestone - Funding
Parasiticides
Investment
Seed Funding
Biopharma
Companion and Livestock

Natacha Gaillard
Co-Founder and Co-CEO
ASTRA Therapeutics

Ashwani Sharma
Co-
ASTRA Therapeutics

Niamh Gallagher
Program Director - AHNTI
Kisaco Research

Niamh Gallagher
Program Director - AHNTI
Kisaco Research

Jim McIntyre
Head of Global Business Development
Merck Animal Health