# Acorn Biolabs funding: rounds and investors

> Acorn Biolabs has raised $11M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include Real Ventures, Y Combinator and Creative Destruction Lab.

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

Canada · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Acorn Biolabs*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 7 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

**$11M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources

**$3.3M** Seed **$8.1M** Series A

- **Latest round:** Series A, $8.1M Jun 2024
- **Step-up i:** 2.5×
- **Investors:** 7

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 2024

**$3.3M** Seed

**$8.1M** Series A

- **First round:** Seed, $3.3M
- **Biggest round:** $8.1M
- **Between rounds:** 5.3 years

## The rounds

- **Jun 2024** Series A **$8.1M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Creative Destruction Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab) [Real Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/real-ventures-2) [Accelerator Centre](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accelerator-centre) Source recorded
- **Jan 2019** Seed **$3.3M** *4 new* [Real Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/real-ventures-2) [Epic Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/epic-capital) [Pool Global Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pool-global-partners) Globalive Technology Reported by TechCrunch

## Founders and team

From Acorn Biolabs's own website: 9 on the team.

- **Dr. Lisa Campbell PhD** Vice President, Clinical Affairs
- **Will Hall** Chief Operating Officer
- **Dave Elliott** Head of Communications & Experience
- **Amatullah Fatehi MSc** Director, Product Development and Innovation
- **Andrew Velan** Director, Product & Technology
- **Bryce Martindale** Director, Finance
- **Dr. Nazish Ahmed PhD** Senior Director, Lab Operations
- **Mariia Merzliakova** Associate Director, Marketing
- **Tara Block** Director, Sales US

## 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.

**Seed** 2019 **Series A** 2024 [Real Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/real-ventures-2) [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Creative Destruction Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab) [Accelerator Centre](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accelerator-centre) [Epic Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/epic-capital) [Pool Global Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pool-global-partners) Globalive Technology

## Everyone who backed them

[Real Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/real-ventures-2) Family office **2** rounds

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round

[Creative Destruction Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab) Accelerator **1** round

[Accelerator Centre](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accelerator-centre) Accelerator **1** round

[Epic Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/epic-capital) Hedge fund **1** round

[Pool Global Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pool-global-partners) VC firm **1** round

Globalive Technology no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Acorn Biolabs 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.

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

[Rep Matters Angel Network](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rep-matters-angel-network) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Acorn Biolabs

### Who invested in Acorn Biolabs?

Acorn Biolabs's investors include Real Ventures, Y Combinator, Creative Destruction Lab, Accelerator Centre and Epic Capital, and 2 more on record.

### How much has Acorn Biolabs raised?

Acorn Biolabs has raised $11M across 2 rounds since 2019.

### When did Acorn Biolabs last raise?

Acorn Biolabs's most recent round was a Series A of $8.1M in Jun 2024.

### What was Acorn Biolabs's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $8.1M in Jun 2024, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Acorn Biolabs first?

Acorn Biolabs's first round on record, in Jan 2019, was backed by Real Ventures, Epic Capital and Pool Global Partners and 1 others.

### What stage is Acorn Biolabs at?

Acorn Biolabs's latest named round is a Series A, in Jun 2024.

### Where is Acorn Biolabs based?

Acorn Biolabs is based in Canada.

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