# AcuFocus funding: rounds and investors > AcuFocus has raised $170M across 5 rounds since 2007. Investors include Versant Ventures, SV Life Sciences and The Carlyle Group. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/acufocus (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *AcuFocus* 5 rounds we have observed, with the 10 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 **$170M** raised across 5 rounds since 2007, from 5 sources **$18M** Series D **$65M** Series F **$21M** Venture **$66M** Round - **Latest round:** Round, $66M Sept 2016 - **Step-up i:** 3.1× - **Investors:** 10 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. 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 **?** Growth **$18M** Series D **$65M** Series F **$21M** Venture **$66M** Round - **First round:** Growth - **Biggest round:** $66M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.8 years ## The rounds - **Sept 2016** Round **$66M** *1 new* [KKR](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kkr) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $2.0M sold, first sale Aug 2016 - **Sept 2014** Venture **$21M** *6 returning* [Versant Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/versant-ventures) [SV Life Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-life-sciences) [The Carlyle Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-carlyle-group) [Medtronic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/medtronic) [Accuitive Medical Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accuitive-medical-ventures) [HealthCare Royalty Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/healthcare-royalty-partners) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $15M sold, first sale Aug 2014 - **Nov 2011** Series F **$65M** *2 new* *5 returning* [Versant Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/versant-ventures) [SV Life Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-life-sciences) [The Carlyle Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-carlyle-group) [Medtronic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/medtronic) [Accuitive Medical Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accuitive-medical-ventures) [HealthCare Royalty Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/healthcare-royalty-partners) [Bausch & Lomb](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bausch-and-lomb) Reported by finsmes.com SEC filing: $42M sold, first sale Nov 2011 - **Jan 2007** Series D **$18M** *6 new* *1 returning* [Versant Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/versant-ventures) [SV Life Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-life-sciences) [The Carlyle Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-carlyle-group) [Pequot Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pequot-capital) [Three Arch Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/three-arch-partners) [Accuitive Medical Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accuitive-medical-ventures) [Bausch & Lomb](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bausch-and-lomb) From a historical funding record - **Jan 2007** Growth **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Bausch & Lomb](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bausch-and-lomb) From a historical funding record ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team. - **Alan Waterhouse** President and Chief Executive Officer i - **Gloria Sefton** Secretary i On the board, as filed i *Ali J. Satvat* *Arjun J. Arora* *Buzz Benson* *Conrad Wang* *Greg Madden* *Richard L. Lindstrom* *William J. Link* ## 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. **Growth** 2007 **Series D** 2007 **Series F** 2011 **Venture** 2014 **Round** 2016 [Versant Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/versant-ventures) [SV Life Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-life-sciences) [The Carlyle Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-carlyle-group) [Accuitive Medical Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accuitive-medical-ventures) [Bausch & Lomb](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bausch-and-lomb) [Medtronic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/medtronic) [HealthCare Royalty Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/healthcare-royalty-partners) [Pequot Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pequot-capital) [Three Arch Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/three-arch-partners) [KKR](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kkr) ## Everyone who backed them [Versant Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/versant-ventures) VC firm **3** rounds [SV Life Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-life-sciences) VC firm **3** rounds [The Carlyle Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-carlyle-group) Private equity **3** rounds [Accuitive Medical Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accuitive-medical-ventures) VC firm **3** rounds [Bausch & Lomb](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bausch-and-lomb) Corporate VC **3** rounds [Medtronic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/medtronic) Growth equity **2** rounds [HealthCare Royalty Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/healthcare-royalty-partners) Private equity **2** rounds [Pequot Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pequot-capital) Growth equity **1** round [Three Arch Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/three-arch-partners) Growth equity **1** round [KKR](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kkr) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=acufocus). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list AcuFocus 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. [Evidity Health Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canepa-healthcare-llc) Private equity Per its own site [Flying L Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flying-l-partners) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about AcuFocus ### Who invested in AcuFocus? AcuFocus's investors include Versant Ventures, SV Life Sciences, The Carlyle Group, Accuitive Medical Ventures and Bausch & Lomb, and 5 more on record. ### How much has AcuFocus raised? AcuFocus has raised $170M across 5 rounds since 2007. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did AcuFocus last raise? AcuFocus's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $66M in Sept 2016. ### What was AcuFocus's biggest round? Its most recent round, $66M in Sept 2016, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed AcuFocus first? AcuFocus's first round on record, in Jan 2007, was backed by Bausch & Lomb. ### What stage is AcuFocus at? AcuFocus's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Sept 2016. ### Where is AcuFocus based? AcuFocus is based in the United States. ## Companies like AcuFocus In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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