# Bicycle Therapeutics funding: rounds and investors

> Bicycle Therapeutics has raised $110M across 4 rounds since 2012. Investors include SR One, Atlas Venture and Novartis Venture Fund.

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

United Kingdom · [Series B startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Bicycle Therapeutics*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 10 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

**$110M** raised across 4 rounds since 2012, from 4 sources

**$6.0M** Round **$32M** Series A **$51M** Series B **$20M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $20M Sept 2023
- **Biggest round:** $51M Series B · Jun 2017
- **Investors:** 10

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.

2014 2016 2018 2020 2022

**$6.0M** Round

**$32M** Series A

**$51M** Series B

**$20M** Round

- **First round:** Round, $6.0M
- **Biggest round:** $51M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.7 years

## The rounds

- **Sept 2023** Round **$20M** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet
- **Jun 2017** Series B **$51M** *5 new* *1 returning* [SR One](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sr-one) [Novartis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novartis) [Atlas](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlas-2) Longwood SVLS Vertex Ventures HC/ Cambridge Innovation Reported by FinSMEs
- **Oct 2014** Series A **$32M** *5 returning* [Atlas Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlas-venture) [Novartis Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novartis-venture-fund) [SR One](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sr-one) [SV Life Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-life-sciences) [Astellas Venture Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/astellas-venture-management) From a historical funding record
- **Dec 2012** Round **$6.0M** *5 new* [Atlas Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlas-venture) [Novartis Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novartis-venture-fund) [SR One](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sr-one) [SV Life Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-life-sciences) [Astellas Venture Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/astellas-venture-management) Reported by finsmes.com

## Funding filed with regulators

Bicycle Therapeutics filed 24 raises, $581M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

- Sept 2024 **$233K** UK share allotment
- Jul 2024 **$297K** UK share allotment
- Jul 2024 **$186K** UK share allotment
- Jun 2024 **$214K** UK share allotment
- Jun 2024 **$203K** UK share allotment
- Jun 2024 **$313K** UK share allotment
- Jun 2024 **$372K** UK share allotment
- May 2024 **$409M** UK share allotment
- May 2024 **$146M** UK share allotment
- May 2024 **$146K** UK share allotment
- Apr 2024 **$631K** UK share allotment
- Apr 2024 **$230K** UK share allotment
- Apr 2024 **$136K** UK share allotment
- Apr 2024 **$160K** UK share allotment
- Apr 2024 **$160K** UK share allotment
- Apr 2024 **$197K** UK share allotment
- Apr 2024 **$160K** UK share allotment
- Mar 2024 **$277K** UK share allotment
- Feb 2024 **$350K** UK share allotment
- Feb 2024 **$665K** UK share allotment
- Jan 2024 **$280K** UK share allotment
- Jan 2024 **$279K** UK share allotment
- Oct 2023 **$264K** UK share allotment
- Sept 2023 **$20M** UK share allotment

## Founders and team

From Bicycle Therapeutics's own website: 5 on the team.

- **Alistair Milnes** Chief Corporate Development Officer
- **Travis Thompson** Chief Financial Officer
- **Zafar Qadir** Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel
- **Jim MacDonald-Clink** SVP, Head of Business Development
- **Hervé Hoppenot** Director

Advisers *Fabrice André* *Robert Lutz*

## 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** 2012 **Series A** 2014 **Series B** 2017 **Round** 2023 [SR One](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sr-one) [Atlas Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlas-venture) [Novartis Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novartis-venture-fund) [SV Life Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-life-sciences) [Astellas Venture Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/astellas-venture-management) [Novartis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novartis) [Atlas](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlas-2) Longwood SVLS Vertex Ventures HC/ Cambridge Innovation

## Everyone who backed them

[SR One](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sr-one) Corporate VC **3** rounds

[Atlas Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlas-venture) VC firm **2** rounds

[Novartis Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novartis-venture-fund) Corporate VC **2** rounds

[SV Life Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-life-sciences) VC firm **2** rounds

[Astellas Venture Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/astellas-venture-management) Corporate VC **2** rounds

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

[Atlas](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlas-2) Private equity **1** round

Longwood no record of our own yet **1** round

SVLS no record of our own yet **1** round

Vertex Ventures HC/ Cambridge Innovation no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Quick answers about Bicycle Therapeutics

### Who invested in Bicycle Therapeutics?

Bicycle Therapeutics's investors include SR One, Atlas Venture, Novartis Venture Fund, SV Life Sciences and Astellas Venture Management, and 5 more on record.

### How much has Bicycle Therapeutics raised?

Bicycle Therapeutics has raised $110M across 4 rounds since 2012.

### When did Bicycle Therapeutics last raise?

Bicycle Therapeutics's most recent round, $20M, was in Sept 2023.

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

Bicycle Therapeutics's largest round on record is $51M (Series B), in Jun 2017.

### Who backed Bicycle Therapeutics first?

Bicycle Therapeutics's first round on record, in Dec 2012, was backed by Atlas Venture, Novartis Venture Fund and SR One and 2 others.

### What stage is Bicycle Therapeutics at?

Bicycle Therapeutics's latest named round is a Series B, in Jun 2017.

### Where is Bicycle Therapeutics based?

Bicycle Therapeutics is based in the United Kingdom.

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