Sector

Biotech companies

Therapeutics, drug discovery and life-science platforms, ranked by how many investors have backed each one.

2,542 companies
2,542
Biotech companies tracked
1,896
With a known investor
56
Countries represented

Most backed biotech companies

Ranked by the number of distinct investors on record. Investor counts come from recorded rounds, so a company with few investors may simply be early rather than unbacked.

Nuritas

series b
9
investors
IrelandFounded 2014

Agomab Therapeutics

series c plus
8
investors
BelgiumFounded 2018

Memo Therapeutics AG

acquired
8
investors
Switzerland

GenSight

series c plus
7
investors
United KingdomFounded 2012

Turbine

series b
7
investors
HungaryFounded 2018

Ascend

series c plus
6
investors
United Kingdom

Clean Food Group

series a
6
investors
United KingdomFounded 2018

Owkin

series c plus
6
investors
FranceFounded 2016

Promethera Biosciences

series c plus
6
investors
Belgium

Tailor Bio Ltd

series a
6
investors
United Kingdom

Tissium

series c plus
6
investors
FranceFounded 2013

Agrobiomics

series c plus
5
investors
Denmark

akouos

ipo
5
investors
United StatesFounded 2015

Altos Labs

series c plus
5
investors
United StatesFounded 2022

Antiverse

series a
5
investors
United Kingdom

Aphea.Bio

series c plus
5
investors
BelgiumFounded 2017

Avalyn Pharma

series c plus
5
investors
United StatesFounded 2017

Chromologics

series a
5
investors
DenmarkFounded 2020

DayTwo

series b
5
investors
IsraelFounded 2015

DNA Script

series c plus
5
investors
FranceFounded 2014

F2G

series c plus
5
investors
United Kingdom

Genomics

series c plus
5
investors
ChinaFounded 1999

Grail

ipo
5
investors
United StatesFounded 2016

Healx

series b
5
investors
United KingdomFounded 2014

Hemotune

series b
5
investors
Germany

Leyden Labs

series c plus
5
investors
NetherlandsFounded 2018

Mission Therapeutics

series b
5
investors
United KingdomFounded 2011

MOA Foodtech

series b
5
investors
SpainFounded 2020

Naturbeads

series a
5
investors
United KingdomFounded 2020

Onego Bio

series c plus
5
investors
United StatesFounded 2020

Recursion

ipo
5
investors
United StatesFounded 2013

SeqOne

series c plus
5
investors
FranceFounded 2018

Slingshot Biosciences

series a
5
investors
United States

Tagomics

series a
5
investors
United Kingdom

Volastra Therapeutics

series b
5
investors
United StatesFounded 2020

antiva biosciences

series c plus
4
investors
United StatesFounded 2018

Apellis

acquired
4
investors
United States

atai Life Sciences

series c plus
4
investors
United StatesFounded 2008

Azafaros

series c plus
4
investors
Netherlands

Basecamp Research

series c plus
4
investors
Germany

Benchling

series c plus
4
investors
United StatesFounded 2012

BillionToOne

series c plus
4
investors
United States

bit.bio

series c plus
4
investors
United KingdomFounded 2017

Bluejay Therapeutics

acquired
4
investors
United States

BYON8

seed
4
investors
Denmark

C4 Therapeutics

series c plus
4
investors
United StatesFounded 2015

Caris Life

ipo
4
investors
United StatesFounded 2008

Cristal Therapeutics

series a
4
investors
Netherlands

Cytochroma

series b
4
investors
United Kingdom

DefiniGEN

series b
4
investors
United Kingdom

ElevateBio

series c plus
4
investors
United StatesFounded 2018

Elypta

series a
4
investors
SwedenFounded 2016

Enterome

series c plus
4
investors
FranceFounded 2010

Farmless

seed
4
investors
United States

Flatiron Health

acquired
4
investors
United StatesFounded 2012

Green City Solutions

seed
4
investors
Germany

Guardant Health

series c plus
4
investors
Germany

ImaginDairy

seed
4
investors
IsraelFounded 2020

KAHR

series c plus
4
investors
IsraelFounded 2018

Liberation Labs

series c plus
4
investors
United StatesFounded 2020

Where biotech companies are, and how far along

Computed across the whole tagged set, not just the companies listed above. Percentages are of the companies that have the field recorded, which is stated for each.

By country

2,313 companies with a recorded country

  • United States96442%
  • United Kingdom29013%
  • France1486%
  • Germany1456%
  • Switzerland824%
  • China783%
  • Netherlands763%
  • Sweden703%

By stage

1,943 companies with a recorded stage

  • Series A52827%
  • Seed48725%
  • Series C+37419%
  • Series B34318%
  • Pre seed925%
  • Acquired874%
  • Ipo211%
  • Pre-IPO60%

Who funds biotech

The investors behind these companies are ranked on the biotech investor page, ordered by how many biotech companies each one has actually funded rather than by stated focus.

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