# AmacaThera funding: rounds and investors

> AmacaThera has raised $6.2M across 3 rounds since 2019. Investors include Sprout BioVentures, Viva Biotech and Creative Destruction Lab.

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

Canada · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *AmacaThera*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 7 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 Pharma

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$6.2M** raised across 3 rounds since 2019, from 3 sources

**$2.5M** Seed **$3.6M** Seed **$50K** Grant

- **Latest round:** Grant, $50K Dec 2023
- **Biggest round:** $3.6M Seed · Oct 2019
- **Investors:** 7 (2 led)

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.

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

**$2.5M** Seed

**$3.6M** Seed

**$50K** Grant

- **First round:** Seed, $2.5M
- **Biggest round:** $3.6M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 4.2 years

## The rounds

- **Dec 2023** Grant **$50K** *2 new* [Creative Destruction Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab) [Inveready](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inveready) Source recorded
- **Oct 2019** Seed **$3.6M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Sprout BioVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sprout-bioventures) Lead [Viva Biotech](https://millionrounds.com/fund/viva-biotech) Lead [Lumira Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lumira-ventures) [Grey Sky Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/grey-sky-venture-partners) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Jan 2019** Seed **$2.5M** *2 new* [Sprout BioVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sprout-bioventures) Viva Biotech/ Grey Sky Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

From AmacaThera's own website: 2 founders, 3 on the team.

**Dr. Mike Cooke** Co-Founder & CEO

**Dr. Molly Shoichet** Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer

- **Andrew Bishop** Chief Financial Officer
- **Elaine Reguera** Senior Scientist
- **Nazli Hassnepou** Board of Directors

## 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** 2019 **Seed** 2019 **Grant** 2023 [Sprout BioVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sprout-bioventures) L [Viva Biotech](https://millionrounds.com/fund/viva-biotech) L [Creative Destruction Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab) [Inveready](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inveready) [Lumira Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lumira-ventures) [Grey Sky Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/grey-sky-venture-partners) Viva Biotech/ Grey Sky

## Everyone who backed them

[Sprout BioVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sprout-bioventures) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1

[Viva Biotech](https://millionrounds.com/fund/viva-biotech) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[Creative Destruction Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab) Accelerator **1** round

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

[Lumira Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lumira-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Grey Sky Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/grey-sky-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round

Viva Biotech/ Grey Sky 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=amacathera).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 5 firms list AmacaThera 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.

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

[Kapplex](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiap-toronto-innovation-acceleration-partners) Venture studio Per its own site

[NorthSpring Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/northspring-capital-partners) VC firm Per its own site

[Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners (TIAP)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toronto-innovation-acceleration-partners-tiap) VC firm Per its own site

[Xiamen Changrong Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xiamen-changrong-investment-management) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about AmacaThera

### Who invested in AmacaThera?

AmacaThera's investors include Sprout BioVentures, Viva Biotech, Creative Destruction Lab, Inveready and Lumira Ventures, and 2 more on record.

### How much has AmacaThera raised?

AmacaThera has raised $6.2M across 3 rounds since 2019.

### When did AmacaThera last raise?

AmacaThera's most recent round was a Grant of $50K in Dec 2023.

### What was AmacaThera's biggest round?

AmacaThera's largest round on record is $3.6M (Seed), in Oct 2019, led by Sprout BioVentures.

### Who backed AmacaThera first?

AmacaThera's first round on record, in Jan 2019, was backed by Sprout BioVentures and Viva Biotech/ Grey Sky.

### What stage is AmacaThera at?

AmacaThera's latest named round is a Grant, in Dec 2023.

### Where is AmacaThera based?

AmacaThera is based in Canada.

### Who led AmacaThera's rounds?

Sprout BioVentures led the Seed in 2019.

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