# Akouos funding: rounds and investors > Akouos has raised $113M across 2 rounds since 2017. Investors include 5AM Ventures, New Enterprise Associates and RA Capital Management. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/akouos (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series B startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Akouos* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 6 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 **$113M** raised across 2 rounds since 2017, from 2 sources **$7.5M** Seed **$105M** Series B - **Latest round:** Series B, $105M Mar 2020 - **Step-up i:** 14× - **Investors:** 6 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. 2018 2019 2020 **$7.5M** Seed **$105M** Series B - **First round:** Seed, $7.5M - **Biggest round:** $105M - **Between rounds:** 2.3 years ## The rounds - **Mar 2020** Series B **$105M** *4 new* *1 returning* [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) [RA Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ra-capital-management) [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) [Cormorant Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cormorant-asset-management) [5AM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/5am-ventures) Source recorded SEC filing: $105M sold, first sale Feb 2020 - **Nov 2017** Seed **$7.5M** *2 new* [5AM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/5am-ventures) NEA/ Partners Innovation Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $7.6M sold, first sale Oct 2017 ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 3 on the team. - **Aninda Katragadda** Executive Officer i - **Emmanuel Simons** Executive Officer, Director i - **Karoline Shair** Executive Officer i On the board, as filed i *Arthur Tzianabos* *Chris Smith* *Ed Mathers* *Heather Preston* *Kush Parmar* *Vicki Sato* ## 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** 2017 **Series B** 2020 [5AM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/5am-ventures) [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) [RA Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ra-capital-management) [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) [Cormorant Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cormorant-asset-management) NEA/ Partners Innovation ## Everyone who backed them [5AM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/5am-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) VC firm **1** round [RA Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ra-capital-management) Private equity **1** round [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) VC firm **1** round [Cormorant Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cormorant-asset-management) Private equity **1** round NEA/ Partners Innovation 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=akouos). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Akouos 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. [EcoR1 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ecor1-capital) Private equity Per its own site ## Quick answers about Akouos ### Who invested in Akouos? Akouos's investors include 5AM Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, RA Capital Management, Fidelity and Cormorant Asset Management, and 1 more on record. ### How much has Akouos raised? Akouos has raised $113M across 2 rounds since 2017. ### When did Akouos last raise? Akouos's most recent round was a Series B of $105M in Mar 2020. ### What was Akouos's biggest round? Its most recent round, $105M in Mar 2020, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Akouos first? Akouos's first round on record, in Nov 2017, was backed by 5AM Ventures and NEA/ Partners Innovation. ### What stage is Akouos at? Akouos's latest named round is a Series B, in Mar 2020. ### Where is Akouos based? Akouos is based in the United States. ## Companies like Akouos In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Star Therapeutics** $325M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/star-therapeutics)[**Promaxo** $106M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/promaxo)[**Prolific Machines** $105M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/prolific-machines)[**AI** $18M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/ai)[**Baba** $40M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/baba)[**IMIO** $19M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/imio) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app