# Aura Biosciences funding: rounds and investors > Aura Biosciences has raised $112M across 9 rounds since 2010. Investors include Ysios Capital, Chiesi Ventures and Alexandria Real Estate Equities. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/aura-biosciences (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series D startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Aura Biosciences* 9 rounds we have observed, with the 14 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 **$112M** raised across 9 rounds since 2010, from 10 sources **$1.4M** Series A **$3.0M** Series A **$3.2M** Growth **$1.3M** Debt **$4.0M** Venture **$21M** Series B **$8.0M** Round **$30M** Series C **$40M** Series D - **Latest round:** Series D, $40M Apr 2019 - **Step-up i:** 1.3× - **Investors:** 14 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. 2012 2014 2016 2018 **$1.4M** Series A **$3.0M** Series A **$3.2M** Growth **$1.3M** Debt **$4.0M** Venture **$21M** Series B **$8.0M** Round **$30M** Series C **$40M** Series D - **First round:** Series A, $1.4M - **Biggest round:** $40M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 15 months ## The rounds - **Apr 2019** Series D **$40M** *1 new* [Medicxi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/medicxi) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $20M sold, first sale Apr 2019 - **Dec 2017** Series C **$30M** *7 new* *3 returning* [Alexandria Real Estate Equities](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexandria) [Ysios Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ysios-capital) [Chiesi Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chiesi-ventures) [Lundbeckfonden Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lundbeckfonden-ventures) [Arix Bioscience/ Advent Life Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arix-bioscience-advent-life-sciences) [Columbus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/columbus) [LI-COR](https://millionrounds.com/fund/li-cor) Arix Biosciences LI-COR Biosciences Lundbeckfonden/ Advent Reported by 4-traders and 1 other SEC filing: $32M sold, first sale Dec 2017 - **Sept 2016** Round **$8.0M** *1 new* *2 returning* [Ysios Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ysios-capital) [Chiesi Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chiesi-ventures) [Advent Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/advent-partners) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $1.8M sold, first sale Sept 2016 - **Mar 2015** Series B **$21M** *5 new* [Alexandria Real Estate Equities](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexandria) [Ysios Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ysios-capital) [Advent Life Sciences Llp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/advent-life-sciences) [Chiesi Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chiesi-ventures) [Henri Termeer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/henri-termeer) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $21M sold, first sale Feb 2015 - **Aug 2014** Venture **$4.0M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $4.0M sold, first sale Apr 2014 - **Jan 2014** Debt **$1.3M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $1.3M sold, first sale Aug 2013 - **Dec 2012** Growth **$3.2M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by sec.gov SEC filing: $3.2M sold, first sale Aug 2012 - **Aug 2011** Series A **$3.0M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by masshightech.com SEC filing: $2.9M sold, first sale May 2011 - **Sept 2010** Series A **$1.4M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by masshightech.com SEC filing: $1.4M sold, first sale Sept 2010 ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team. - **Elisabet de los Pinos** Executive Officer, Director i - **Julie Feder** Executive Officer i On the board, as filed i *David Johnson* *Giovanni Mariggi* *Karan Takhar* *Raj Parekh* ## 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** 2011 **Growth** 2012 **Debt** 2014 **Venture** 2014 **Series B** 2015 **Round** 2016 **Series C** 2017 **Series D** 2019 [Ysios Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ysios-capital) [Chiesi Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chiesi-ventures) [Alexandria Real Estate Equities](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexandria) [Advent Life Sciences Llp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/advent-life-sciences) [Medicxi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/medicxi) [Lundbeckfonden Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lundbeckfonden-ventures) [Henri Termeer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/henri-termeer) [Advent Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/advent-partners) [Arix Bioscience/ Advent Life Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arix-bioscience-advent-life-sciences) [Columbus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/columbus) ## Everyone who backed them [Ysios Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ysios-capital) VC firm **3** rounds [Chiesi Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chiesi-ventures) VC firm **3** rounds [Alexandria Real Estate Equities](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexandria) VC firm **2** rounds [Advent Life Sciences Llp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/advent-life-sciences) VC firm **1** round [Medicxi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/medicxi) VC firm **1** round [Lundbeckfonden Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lundbeckfonden-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Henri Termeer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/henri-termeer) Angel **1** round [Advent Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/advent-partners) Private equity **1** round [Arix Bioscience/ Advent Life Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arix-bioscience-advent-life-sciences) Growth equity **1** round [Columbus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/columbus) Growth equity **1** round [LI-COR](https://millionrounds.com/fund/li-cor) Growth equity **1** round Arix Biosciences no record of our own yet **1** round LI-COR Biosciences no record of our own yet **1** round Lundbeckfonden/ Advent 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=aura-biosciences). ## Also claim to have backed them These 4 firms list Aura Biosciences 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. [Droia Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/droia-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [VAS Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vas-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Jazzya Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jazzya-investments) Family office Per its own site [Myelin VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/myelin-vc) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Aura Biosciences ### Who invested in Aura Biosciences? Aura Biosciences's investors include Ysios Capital, Chiesi Ventures, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Advent Life Sciences Llp and Medicxi, and 9 more on record. ### How much has Aura Biosciences raised? Aura Biosciences has raised $112M across 9 rounds since 2010. ### When did Aura Biosciences last raise? Aura Biosciences's most recent round was a Series D of $40M in Apr 2019. ### What was Aura Biosciences's biggest round? Its most recent round, $40M in Apr 2019, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Aura Biosciences first? Aura Biosciences's first round on record, in Mar 2015, was backed by Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Ysios Capital and Advent Life Sciences Llp and 2 others. ### What stage is Aura Biosciences at? Aura Biosciences's latest named round is a Series D, in Apr 2019. ### Where is Aura Biosciences based? Aura Biosciences is based in the United States. ## Companies like Aura Biosciences In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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