# Alto Neuroscience funding: rounds and investors

> Alto Neuroscience has raised $270M across 3 rounds since 2025. Investors include Valor Equity Partners, Franklin Templeton and Vivo Capital.

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

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# Who invested in *Alto Neuroscience*

3 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.

AI

Raised 4 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$270M** raised across 3 rounds since 2025, from 3 sources

**$50M** Round **$120M** Round **$100M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $100M Jul 2026
- **Biggest round:** $120M Round · Mar 2026
- **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.

2026

**$50M** Round

**$120M** Round

**$100M** Round

- **First round:** Round, $50M
- **Biggest round:** $120M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 4 months

## The rounds

- **Jul 2026** Round **$100M** *1 new* *3 returning* [Valor Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-equity-partners) [Franklin Templeton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/franklin-templeton) [Vivo Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vivo-capital) [Eli Lilly](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eli-lilly) Source recorded
- **Mar 2026** Round **$120M** *5 new* [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Valor Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-equity-partners) [Perceptive Advisors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perceptive-advisors) [Franklin Templeton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/franklin-templeton) [Vivo Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vivo-capital) Source recorded
- **Oct 2025** Round **$50M** No investor was named in the report. Filed with the SEC (Form D); no report of this raise yet SEC filing: $50M sold, first sale Oct 2025

## Founders and team

From Alto Neuroscience's own website: 4 on the team.

- **Nick Smith** President and Chief Financial Officer
- **Erin R. McQuade** General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer
- **Jessica Powell** Chief Development Officer
- **Michael Hanley** Chief Operating Officer

Advisers *Dan Segal*

## 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.

**Round** 2025 **Round** 2026 **Round** 2026 [Valor Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-equity-partners) [Franklin Templeton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/franklin-templeton) [Vivo Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vivo-capital) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Perceptive Advisors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perceptive-advisors) [Eli Lilly](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eli-lilly)

## Everyone who backed them

[Valor Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-equity-partners) VC firm **2** rounds

[Franklin Templeton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/franklin-templeton) Private equity **2** rounds

[Vivo Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vivo-capital) Private equity **2** rounds

[Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) Private equity **1** round

[Perceptive Advisors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perceptive-advisors) Asset manager **1** round

[Eli Lilly](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eli-lilly) Corporate VC **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 5 firms list Alto Neuroscience 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.

[Alpha Wave Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alpha-wave-global) Private equity Per its own site

[Windham Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/windham-capital-partners) Growth equity Per its own site

[Able Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/able-partners) VC firm Per its own site

[What If Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/what-if-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

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

## Quick answers about Alto Neuroscience

### Who invested in Alto Neuroscience?

Alto Neuroscience's investors include Valor Equity Partners, Franklin Templeton, Vivo Capital, Gaingels and Perceptive Advisors, and 1 more on record.

### How much has Alto Neuroscience raised?

Alto Neuroscience has raised $270M across 3 rounds since 2025.

### When did Alto Neuroscience last raise?

Alto Neuroscience's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $100M in Jul 2026.

### What was Alto Neuroscience's biggest round?

Alto Neuroscience's largest round on record is $120M (Undisclosed round), in Mar 2026.

### Who backed Alto Neuroscience first?

Alto Neuroscience's first round on record, in Mar 2026, was backed by Gaingels, Valor Equity Partners and Perceptive Advisors and 2 others.

### What stage is Alto Neuroscience at?

Alto Neuroscience's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Jul 2026.

### Where is Alto Neuroscience based?

Alto Neuroscience is based in the United States.

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