# Axsome Therapeutics funding: rounds and investors

> Axsome Therapeutics has raised $577M across 5 rounds since 2013. Investors include Blackstone Group and Hercules Capital. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Axsome Therapeutics*

5 rounds we have observed, with the 2 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

**$577M** raised across 5 rounds since 2013, from 5 sources

**$1.2M** Debt **$2.0M** Debt **$1.3M** Debt **$2.5M** Venture **$570M** Debt

- **Latest round:** Debt, $570M May 2025
- **Step-up i:** 231.7×
- **Investors:** 2

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## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025

**$1.2M** Debt

**$2.0M** Debt

**$1.3M** Debt

**$570M** Debt

- **First round:** Debt, $1.2M
- **Biggest round:** $570M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 15 months

## The rounds

- **May 2025** Debt **$570M** *2 new* [Blackstone Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackstone-group) [Hercules Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hercules-capital) Source recorded
- **May 2015** Venture **$2.5M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $2.5M sold, first sale May 2015
- **Jan 2015** Debt **$1.3M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $1.3M sold, first sale Dec 2014
- **Sept 2014** Debt **$2.0M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $2.0M sold, first sale Sept 2014
- **Jul 2013** Debt **$1.2M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by sec.gov SEC filing: $1.2M sold, first sale Jun 2013

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 1 on the team.

- **Herriot Tabuteau** Executive Officer, Director i

## 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.

**Debt** 2013 **Debt** 2014 **Debt** 2015 **Venture** 2015 **Debt** 2025 [Blackstone Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackstone-group) [Hercules Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hercules-capital)

## Everyone who backed them

[Blackstone Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackstone-group) Private equity **1** round

[Hercules Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hercules-capital) Venture debt **1** round

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## Quick answers about Axsome Therapeutics

### Who invested in Axsome Therapeutics?

Axsome Therapeutics's investors include Blackstone Group and Hercules Capital.

### How much has Axsome Therapeutics raised?

Axsome Therapeutics has raised $577M across 5 rounds since 2013.

### When did Axsome Therapeutics last raise?

Axsome Therapeutics's most recent round was a Debt of $570M in May 2025.

### What was Axsome Therapeutics's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $570M in May 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Axsome Therapeutics first?

Axsome Therapeutics's first round on record, in May 2025, was backed by Blackstone Group and Hercules Capital.

### What stage is Axsome Therapeutics at?

Axsome Therapeutics's latest named round is a Debt, in May 2025.

### Where is Axsome Therapeutics based?

Axsome Therapeutics is based in the United States.

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