# AvantGuard funding: rounds and investors

> AvantGuard has raised $2.6M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include National Science Foundation, SOSV and Launch NY. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *AvantGuard*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 3 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.

Chemicals & Materials

Raised 9 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$2.6M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Venture Feb 2026
- **Biggest round:** $2.6M Grant · Nov 2025
- **Investors:** 3

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

**$2.6M** Grant

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Grant, $2.6M
- **Biggest round:** $2.6M
- **Between rounds:** 3 months

## The rounds

- **Feb 2026** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *3 returning* [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) [Launch NY](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launch-ny) Source recorded
- **Nov 2025** Grant **$2.6M** *3 new* [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) [Launch NY](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launch-ny) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From AvantGuard's own website: 4 on the team.

- **Edward S. Eveleth** CTO
- **Dr. Marc Hein** VP of Sales and Marketing
- **Dr. Carine Nkemngong** Director of Microbiology and Disinfectants
- **Michael Newell** Director of Microbiology and Disinfectants

## 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.

**Grant** 2025 **Venture** 2026 [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) [Launch NY](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launch-ny)

## Everyone who backed them

[National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) Government **2** rounds

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

[Launch NY](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launch-ny) VC firm **2** rounds

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## Quick answers about AvantGuard

### Who invested in AvantGuard?

AvantGuard's investors include National Science Foundation, SOSV and Launch NY.

### How much has AvantGuard raised?

AvantGuard has raised $2.6M across 2 rounds since 2025. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did AvantGuard last raise?

AvantGuard's most recent round was a Venture in Feb 2026.

### What was AvantGuard's biggest round?

AvantGuard's largest round on record is $2.6M (Grant), in Nov 2025.

### Who backed AvantGuard first?

AvantGuard's first round on record, in Nov 2025, was backed by National Science Foundation, SOSV and Launch NY.

### What stage is AvantGuard at?

AvantGuard's latest named round is a Venture, in Feb 2026.

### Where is AvantGuard based?

AvantGuard is based in the United States.

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