# Arborea funding: rounds and investors > Arborea has raised $11M across 3 rounds since 2021. Investors include MassChallenge, EIC Accelerator and EIT Food RisingFoodstars. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/arborea (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Arborea* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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 Energy Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$11M** raised across 3 rounds since 2021, from 4 sources **$4.5M** Round **$1.6M** Venture **$5.2M** Venture - **Latest round:** Venture, $5.2M Dec 2024 - **Step-up i:** 3.3× - **Investors:** 5 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. 2022 2023 2024 **$4.5M** Round **$1.6M** Venture **$5.2M** Venture - **First round:** Round, $4.5M - **Biggest round:** $5.2M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 23 months ## The rounds - **Dec 2024** Venture **$5.2M** *4 new* [EIC Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eic-accelerator) [EIT Food RisingFoodstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eit-food-risingfoo) [Indico Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/indico-capital-partners) [Rubio Impact Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rubio-impact-ventures) Source recorded - **Jan 2023** Venture **$1.6M** *1 new* [MassChallenge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/masschallenge) Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet and 1 other - **Jul 2021** Round **$4.5M** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet ## Funding filed with regulators Arborea filed 2 raises, $6.1M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors. - Jan 2023 **$1.6M** UK share allotment - Jul 2021 **$4.5M** UK share allotment ## Founders and team From Arborea's own website: 1 founder, 9 on the team. **Julian Melchiorri** Founder & CEO - **Joana da Silva** Head of Biotechnology - **Joao Nunes** Head of Automation - **Ian Kegler** Lead Design Engineer - **Jasper Noriel** Finance Director - **Joao Rebelo** Associate Scientist – Product Development - **Kaly Chatakondu** Global Commercial Director - **Kelly Diaz** Accounting Analyst - **Lucas Cardoso** Associate Scientist - Biotechnology - **Miguel Rodrigues** R&D Site Manager ## 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** 2021 **Venture** 2023 **Venture** 2024 [MassChallenge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/masschallenge) [EIC Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eic-accelerator) [EIT Food RisingFoodstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eit-food-risingfoo) [Indico Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/indico-capital-partners) [Rubio Impact Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rubio-impact-ventures) ## Everyone who backed them [MassChallenge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/masschallenge) Accelerator **1** round [EIC Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eic-accelerator) Government **1** round [EIT Food RisingFoodstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eit-food-risingfoo) Accelerator **1** round [Indico Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/indico-capital-partners) Accelerator **1** round [Rubio Impact Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rubio-impact-ventures) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=arborea). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list Arborea 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. [Mudcake](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mudcake) VC firm Per its own site [StartLife](https://millionrounds.com/fund/startlife) Accelerator Per its own site ## Quick answers about Arborea ### Who invested in Arborea? Arborea's investors include MassChallenge, EIC Accelerator, EIT Food RisingFoodstars, Indico Capital Partners and Rubio Impact Ventures. ### How much has Arborea raised? Arborea has raised $11M across 3 rounds since 2021. ### When did Arborea last raise? Arborea's most recent round was a Venture of $5.2M in Dec 2024. ### What was Arborea's biggest round? Its most recent round, $5.2M in Dec 2024, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Arborea first? Arborea's first round on record, in Jan 2023, was backed by MassChallenge. ### What stage is Arborea at? Arborea's latest named round is a Venture, in Dec 2024. ### Where is Arborea based? Arborea is based in the United Kingdom. ## Companies like Arborea In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**HydRegen** $12M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/hydregen)[**OMass Therapeutics** $442M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/omass-therapeutics)[**CMR Surgical** $1.1B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/cmr-surgical)[**Living Optics** $61M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/living-optics)[**Bactobio** $18M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/bactobio)[**novosound** $8.7M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/novosound) ## 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