Covira Surgical
GI discovery platform measuring gut metabolomic signatures to enable therapeutic development and clinical decision support
- Sector
- Biotech
- Headquarters
- North Chicago, IL
- Founded
- 2018
- Latest Form D
- $275K, Sep 2022
- Total capital
- $3M
- Federal grants
- $2.7M
- 4 awards · 2023–2026
- Rank in peer group#384 of 514
- Private capital raised
- $275K
- 1 Form D · last Sep 2022
- 50 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · A novel, non-antibiotic, microbiome-directed agent to prevent post-surgical infection$1M
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · A novel, non-antibiotic, microbiome-directed agent to prevent post-surgical infection$1M
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Preventing chemotherapy-related toxicities and infections with a novel phosphorylated triblock copolymer$400K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · A novel, non-antibiotic, microbiome-directed agent to prevent post-surgical infection$299K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$275K
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Standing among 514 peers
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- Federal grantsBelow median
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- John AlverdyResearcherDirectorLinked by $299K in grants as PI
- Peter FarmakisResearcherExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterLinked by $400K in grants as PI
- Brian YoorDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Jamie ContrerasDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
No granted patents are on record.
USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.
Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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Regulatory activity · Biotech
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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Data freshness
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