# Adagene funding: rounds and investors

> Adagene has raised $83M across 3 rounds since 2014. Investors include HSG, General Atlantic and Eight Roads Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Adagene*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 11 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

**$83M** raised across 3 rounds since 2014, from 3 sources

**$8.0M** Series A **$50M** Series C **$25M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $25M Jul 2025
- **Biggest round:** $50M Series C · Mar 2018
- **Investors:** 11

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.

2016 2018 2020 2022 2024

**$8.0M** Series A

**$50M** Series C

**$25M** Round

- **First round:** Series A, $8.0M
- **Biggest round:** $50M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 7.3 years

## The rounds

- **Jul 2025** Round **$25M** *4 new* [HSG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsg) [General Atlantic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-atlantic) [Eight Roads Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eight-roads) [Sanofi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sanofi) Source recorded
- **Mar 2018** Series C **$50M** *4 new* [King Star](https://millionrounds.com/fund/king-star) AVIC Gopher Asset Sequoia China/ New World TMT Reported by FinSMEs
- **Dec 2014** Series A **$8.0M** *3 new* [F-Prime Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/f-prime) [WuXi Healthcare Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wuxi-venture-fund) Fidelity Asia Growth From a historical funding record

## 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** 2014 **Series C** 2018 **Round** 2025 [HSG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsg) [General Atlantic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-atlantic) [Eight Roads Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eight-roads) [F-Prime Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/f-prime) [Sanofi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sanofi) [WuXi Healthcare Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wuxi-venture-fund) [King Star](https://millionrounds.com/fund/king-star) AVIC Fidelity Asia Growth Gopher Asset

## Everyone who backed them

[HSG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsg) VC firm **1** round

[General Atlantic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-atlantic) Private equity **1** round

[Eight Roads Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eight-roads) VC firm **1** round

[F-Prime Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/f-prime) VC firm **1** round

[Sanofi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sanofi) Investment firm **1** round

[WuXi Healthcare Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wuxi-venture-fund) VC firm **1** round

[King Star](https://millionrounds.com/fund/king-star) Growth equity **1** round

AVIC no record of our own yet **1** round

Fidelity Asia Growth no record of our own yet **1** round

Gopher Asset no record of our own yet **1** round

Sequoia China/ New World TMT no record of our own yet **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=adagene).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Adagene as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Toba Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toba-capital) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Adagene

### Who invested in Adagene?

Adagene's investors include HSG, General Atlantic, Eight Roads Ventures, F-Prime Capital and Sanofi, and 6 more on record.

### How much has Adagene raised?

Adagene has raised $83M across 3 rounds since 2014.

### When did Adagene last raise?

Adagene's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $25M in Jul 2025.

### What was Adagene's biggest round?

Adagene's largest round on record is $50M (Series C), in Mar 2018.

### Who backed Adagene first?

Adagene's first round on record, in Dec 2014, was backed by F-Prime Capital, WuXi Healthcare Ventures and Fidelity Asia Growth.

### What stage is Adagene at?

Adagene's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Jul 2025.

### Where is Adagene based?

Adagene is based in China.

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