13D Filings
Zenas BioPharma, Inc.
ZBIO
Amendment
Ownership

7.30%

Total Shares

3,919,159

Issuer CIK

1953926

CUSIP

98937L105

Event Date

Oct 8, 2025

Accepted

Oct 14, 2025, 05:29 PM

Reporting Persons (2)
Joint Filing

This is a joint filing. The reported shares may overlap between reporting persons and should not be summed.

NameType% of ClassAggregateSole VotingShared Voting
Enavate Sciences GP, LLC
Other
7.30%3,919,15903,919,159
Zebra Aggregator, LP
Partnership
7.30%3,919,15903,919,159
Disclosure Items (5)

Security Title

Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

Issuer Name

Zenas BioPharma, Inc.

Issuer Address

1000 Winter St., North Building, Waltham, MA, 02451

October 2025 Private Placement On October 9, 2025 (the "Closing Date"), the Issuer issued an aggregate of 6,261,893 shares of common stock to certain institutional investors at a price of $19.00 per share, and an aggregate of 48,918 shares of common stock to certain directors and officers of the Issuer at a price of $20.85 per share, in a private placement transaction (the "October 2025 Private Placement"). Zebra LP purchased 157,800 shares of common stock in the October 2025 Private Placement, for total consideration of $2,998,200, which was funded by the working capital of Zebra LP.

Percentage of Class

Rows 11 and 13 of each Reporting Person's cover page to this Schedule 13D/A set forth the aggregate number of shares of common stock and percentages of the shares of common stock beneficially owned by such Reporting Person and are incorporated by reference. The percentage set forth in each row 13 is based upon the sum of (i) 42,110,313 shares of common stock outstanding as of July 31, 2025, as reported in the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 12, 2025; (ii) 5,000,000 shares of common stock issued in a separate private placement on October 7, 2025, as reported by the Issuer in its Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the SEC on October 8, 2025; and (iii) 6,311,030 shares of common stock issued in the October 2025 Private Placement, as reported by the Issuer in its Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the SEC on October 8, 2025. Zebra LP directly holds 3,919,159 shares of common stock. Enavate GP is the general partner of Zebra LP and shares voting and investment authority over the shares held by Zebra LP.

Number of Shares

Rows 7 through 10 of each Reporting Person's cover page to this Schedule 13D/A set forth the number of shares of common stock as to which such Reporting Person has the sole or shared power to vote or direct the vote and sole or shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition and are incorporated by reference.

Transactions

Except as set forth herein, none of the Reporting Persons has effected any transactions with respect to the securities of the Issuer during the past sixty days.

Shareholders

No other person is known to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of the common stock.

Date of 5% Ownership

Not applicable.

October 2025 PIPE Registration Rights Agreement In connection with the October 2025 Private Placement, on October 7, 2025, the Issuer entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the "October 2025 Registration Rights Agreement") with the investors in the October 2025 Private Placement (the "October 2025 PIPE Investors"), pursuant to which the Issuer agreed to prepare and file, within 15 days of the Closing Date and subject to certain allowable delays, an initial registration statement (the "October 2025 PIPE Registration Statement") with the SEC to register for resale the shares issued in the October 2025 Private Placement. The Issuer has granted the October 2025 PIPE Investors customary indemnification rights in connection with the October 2025 Registration Rights Agreement. The October 2025 PIPE Investors have also granted the Issuer customary indemnification rights in connection with the October 2025 Registration Rights Agreement. The foregoing description of the October 2025 Registration Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the form of the October 2025 Registration Rights Agreement, the form of which is filed as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated by reference herein.

Exhibit 99.1 Joint Filing Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to the Reporting Persons' Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on September 23, 2024). Exhibit 99.2 Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated October 7, 2025 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Issuer's Current Report on Form 8- K (File No. 001-42270), filed on October 8, 2025).

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