# Arzeda funding: rounds and investors

> Arzeda has raised $65M across 4 rounds since 2009. Investors include WRF, Sofinnova Partners and National Science Foundation. Every round with its source.

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

United States · [Growth startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Arzeda*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 18 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.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$65M** raised across 4 rounds since 2009, from 5 sources

**$12M** Series A **$12M** Series A **$3.2M** Series A **$38M** Growth

- **Latest round:** Growth, $38M Sept 2024
- **Led by:** Sofinnova Partners
- **Step-up i:** 11.9×
- **Investors:** 18 (1 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.

2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023

**$12M** Series A

**$12M** Series A

**$3.2M** Series A

**$38M** Growth

- **First round:** Series A, $12M
- **Biggest round:** $38M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 6.8 years

## The rounds

- **Sept 2024** Growth **$38M** *10 new* [Sofinnova Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sofinnova-partners) Lead [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [Casdin Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/casdin-capital) [Fall Line Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fall-line-capital) [Bunge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bunge-ventures) [Lewis & Clark AgriFood](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lewis-and-clark-agrifood) [Continental Grain Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/continental-grain-company) [Silverblue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/silverblue) [W.L. Gore & Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/w-l-gore-and-associates) [Sucden Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sucden-ventures) Reported by Firms' own news pages and 1 other SEC filing: $38M sold, first sale Oct 2023
- **Nov 2017** Series A **$3.2M** *4 new* *1 returning* [WRF](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wrf) [Bioeconomy Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bioeconomy-capital) [Sustainable Conversion Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sustainable-conversion-ventures) [Universal Materials Incubator Co. Ltd.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/universal-materials-incubator-co-ltd) Casdin Capital/ OS Reported by FinSMEs
- **Jul 2017** Series A **$12M** *2 new* [WRF](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wrf) OS Fund/ Bioeconomy Capital Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $10M sold, first sale Jul 2017
- **Feb 2009** Series A **$12M** *2 new* [OVP Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ovp-venture-partners) [Washington Research Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/washington-research-foundation) Reported by biospace.com

## 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** 2009 **Series A** 2017 **Series A** 2017 **Growth** 2024 [WRF](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wrf) [Sofinnova Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sofinnova-partners) L [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [Casdin Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/casdin-capital) [OVP Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ovp-venture-partners) [Washington Research Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/washington-research-foundation) [Fall Line Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fall-line-capital) [Bunge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bunge-ventures) [Lewis & Clark AgriFood](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lewis-and-clark-agrifood) [Bioeconomy Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bioeconomy-capital)

## Everyone who backed them

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

[Sofinnova Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sofinnova-partners) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) Government **1** round

[Casdin Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/casdin-capital) VC firm **1** round

[OVP Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ovp-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Washington Research Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/washington-research-foundation) VC firm **1** round

[Fall Line Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fall-line-capital) Private equity **1** round

[Bunge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bunge-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round

[Lewis & Clark AgriFood](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lewis-and-clark-agrifood) Private equity **1** round

[Bioeconomy Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bioeconomy-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Continental Grain Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/continental-grain-company) VC firm **1** round

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

[W.L. Gore & Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/w-l-gore-and-associates) Corporate VC **1** round

[Sucden Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sucden-ventures) Growth equity **1** round

[Sustainable Conversion Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sustainable-conversion-ventures) Family office **1** round

[Universal Materials Incubator Co. Ltd.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/universal-materials-incubator-co-ltd) VC firm **1** round

Casdin Capital/ OS no record of our own yet **1** round

OS Fund/ Bioeconomy Capital 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=arzeda).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Arzeda 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.

[Planetary Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/fund/planetary-technologies) Company Per its own site

[SAGANA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sagana) Family office Per its own site

## Quick answers about Arzeda

### Who invested in Arzeda?

Arzeda's investors include WRF, Sofinnova Partners, National Science Foundation, Casdin Capital and OVP Venture Partners, and 13 more on record. Sofinnova Partners led its latest round.

### How much has Arzeda raised?

Arzeda has raised $65M across 4 rounds since 2009.

### When did Arzeda last raise?

Arzeda's most recent round was a Growth of $38M in Sept 2024, led by Sofinnova Partners.

### What was Arzeda's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $38M in Sept 2024, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Arzeda first?

Arzeda's first round on record, in Feb 2009, was backed by OVP Venture Partners and Washington Research Foundation.

### What stage is Arzeda at?

Arzeda's latest named round is a Growth, in Sept 2024.

### Where is Arzeda based?

Arzeda is based in the United States.

### Who led Arzeda's rounds?

Sofinnova Partners led the Growth in 2024.

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