# Absci funding: rounds and investors

> Absci has raised $150M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include Fidelity, Perceptive Advisors and Redmile Group. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/absci (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Absci*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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.

AI Biotech Healthcare

Raised 5 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$150M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources

**$50M** Round **$100M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $100M Jun 2026
- **Step-up i:** 2×
- **Investors:** 5

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.

2026

**$50M** Round

**$100M** Round

- **First round:** Round, $50M
- **Biggest round:** $100M
- **Between rounds:** 11 months

## The rounds

- **Jun 2026** Round **$100M** *1 new* *3 returning* [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) [Perceptive Advisors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perceptive-advisors) [Eli Lilly](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eli-lilly) [Redmile Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redmile-group) Source recorded
- **Jul 2025** Round **$50M** *4 new* [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) [Perceptive Advisors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perceptive-advisors) [Redmile Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redmile-group) [Casdin Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/casdin-capital) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Absci's own website: 1 founder, 4 on the team.

**Sean McClain** Founder, CEO & Director

- **Wen Sha** Chief of Staff
- **Amer Denis Akkad** VP, Research
- **Amer Denis Akkad PhD** VP, Research
- **Douglas Ganini da Silva PhD** VP, Biologics Discovery & Research

## 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.

**Round** 2025 **Round** 2026 [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) [Perceptive Advisors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perceptive-advisors) [Redmile Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redmile-group) [Eli Lilly](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eli-lilly) [Casdin Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/casdin-capital)

## Everyone who backed them

[Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) VC firm **2** rounds

[Perceptive Advisors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perceptive-advisors) Asset manager **2** rounds

[Redmile Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redmile-group) VC firm **2** rounds

[Eli Lilly](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eli-lilly) Corporate VC **1** round

[Casdin Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/casdin-capital) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 6 firms list Absci 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.

[Tau Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tau-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Convergent Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/convergent-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Phoenix Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/phoenix-venture-partners-llc) VC firm Per its own site

[Council Crest Capital, LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/council-crest-capital-llc) Investment firm Per its own site

[Das & Co.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/das-and-co) Family office Per its own site

[Tachyon Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tachyon-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Absci

### Who invested in Absci?

Absci's investors include Fidelity, Perceptive Advisors, Redmile Group, Eli Lilly and Casdin Capital.

### How much has Absci raised?

Absci has raised $150M across 2 rounds since 2025.

### When did Absci last raise?

Absci's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $100M in Jun 2026.

### What was Absci's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $100M in Jun 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Absci first?

Absci's first round on record, in Jul 2025, was backed by Fidelity, Perceptive Advisors and Redmile Group and 1 others.

### What stage is Absci at?

Absci's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Jun 2026.

### Where is Absci based?

Absci is based in the United States.

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