# Adela funding: rounds and investors

> Adela has raised $53M across 2 rounds since 2023. Investors include OrbiMed, RA Capital Management and Deerfield. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Adela*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 3 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

Raised 7 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$53M** raised across 2 rounds since 2023, from 2 sources

**$48M** Series A **$5.0M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $5.0M Apr 2026
- **Biggest round:** $48M Series A · Sept 2023
- **Investors:** 3

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.

2024 2025 2026

**$48M** Series A

**$5.0M** Round

- **First round:** Series A, $48M
- **Biggest round:** $48M
- **Between rounds:** 2.6 years

## The rounds

- **Apr 2026** Round **$5.0M** *3 returning* [OrbiMed](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orbimed) [RA Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ra-capital-management) [Deerfield](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deerfield) Source recorded SEC filing: $5.0M sold
- **Sept 2023** Series A **$48M** *3 new* [OrbiMed](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orbimed) [RA Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ra-capital-management) [Deerfield](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deerfield) Source recorded SEC filing: $28M sold, first sale Jul 2023

## Founders and team

From Adela's own website: 2 founders, 6 on the team.

**David Scheer** Co-founder & Board Chair, Adela

**Maneesh Jain** Co-Founder, Adela

- **Lindsay Mateo** President & Chief Executive Officer
- **Alan Williams** Chief Operating Officer
- **Anne-Renee Hartman** Chief Medical Officer
- **Daniel De Carvalho** Chief Scientific Officer
- **Scott Bratman** Chief Innovation Officer
- **Paul Brown** Board Member for Decheng Capital

Advisers *Gary Bader*

## 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** 2023 **Round** 2026 [OrbiMed](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orbimed) [RA Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ra-capital-management) [Deerfield](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deerfield)

## Everyone who backed them

[OrbiMed](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orbimed) Private equity **2** rounds

[RA Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ra-capital-management) Private equity **2** rounds

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

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Adela 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.

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

## Quick answers about Adela

### Who invested in Adela?

Adela's investors include OrbiMed, RA Capital Management and Deerfield.

### How much has Adela raised?

Adela has raised $53M across 2 rounds since 2023.

### When did Adela last raise?

Adela's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $5.0M in Apr 2026.

### What was Adela's biggest round?

Adela's largest round on record is $48M (Series A), in Sept 2023.

### Who backed Adela first?

Adela's first round on record, in Sept 2023, was backed by OrbiMed, RA Capital Management and Deerfield.

### What stage is Adela at?

Adela's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Apr 2026.

### Where is Adela based?

Adela is based in the United States.

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