# AbCellera funding: rounds and investors > AbCellera has raised $526M across 2 rounds since 2018. Investors include DCVC, Founders Fund and Government of Canada. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/abcellera (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Canada · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *AbCellera* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 4 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. Biotech Healthcare Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$526M** raised across 2 rounds since 2018, from 2 sources **$10M** Series A **$516M** Grant - **Latest round:** Grant, $516M May 2023 - **Step-up i:** 51.6× - **Investors:** 4 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 **$10M** Series A **$516M** Grant - **First round:** Series A, $10M - **Biggest round:** $516M - **Between rounds:** 4.6 years ## The rounds - **May 2023** Grant **$516M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) [Government of Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/government-of-canada) [Eli Lilly](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eli-lilly) Source recorded - **Sept 2018** Series A **$10M** *1 new* [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) Reported by FinSMEs ## Founders and team From AbCellera's own website: 14 on the team. - **Carl Hansen** Chairman, CEO & President - **Andrew Booth** Chief Financial Officer - **Sarah Noonberg** Chief Medical Officer - **Véronique Lecault** Director & CTO - **Andrew Knowles** VP, Operations - **Jessica Patterson** Head of Target Assessment - **Sherie Duncan** VP, Early Discovery & Partnerships - **Grace Leung** Associate Scientific Director - **John Montalbano** Director - **Lynn Seely** Director - **Michael Hayden** Lead Director - **Róisín McComb** Laboratory Operations Manager - **Stephen Quake** Director - **Victor Sandor** Director ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Series A** 2018 **Grant** 2023 [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) [Government of Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/government-of-canada) [Eli Lilly](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eli-lilly) ## Everyone who backed them [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) VC firm **2** rounds [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) VC firm **1** round [Government of Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/government-of-canada) Government **1** round [Eli Lilly](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eli-lilly) Corporate VC **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=abcellera). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list AbCellera as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [Alpha Wave Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alpha-wave-global) Private equity Per its own site [Presight Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/presight-capital) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about AbCellera ### Who invested in AbCellera? AbCellera's investors include DCVC, Founders Fund, Government of Canada and Eli Lilly. ### How much has AbCellera raised? AbCellera has raised $526M across 2 rounds since 2018. ### When did AbCellera last raise? AbCellera's most recent round was a Grant of $516M in May 2023. ### What was AbCellera's biggest round? Its most recent round, $516M in May 2023, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed AbCellera first? AbCellera's first round on record, in Sept 2018, was backed by DCVC. ### What stage is AbCellera at? AbCellera's latest named round is a Grant, in May 2023. ### Where is AbCellera based? AbCellera is based in Canada. ## Companies like AbCellera In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Biossil** $153M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/biossil)[**Altis Labs** $31M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/altis-labs)[**The Wellness Company** $1.2M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-wellness-company)[**Fullscript** Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/fullscript)[**Cardiol Therapeutics** $7.0M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/cardiol-therapeutics)[**QurCan Therapeutics Inc.** $6.0M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/qurcan-therapeutics-inc) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app