# BiomeSense funding: rounds and investors

> BiomeSense has raised $8.2M across 3 rounds since 2019. Investors include SOSV, National Science Foundation and BioX Clan. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *BiomeSense*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 4 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.

Big Data & Analytics Biotech Healthcare

Funding summary Updated 27 Oct 2026

**$8.2M** raised across 3 rounds since 2019, from 3 sources

**$2.0M** Seed **$6.2M** Venture

- **Latest round:** Venture Aug 2025
- **Biggest round:** $6.2M Venture · Dec 2023
- **Investors:** 4 (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.

2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

**$2.0M** Seed

**$6.2M** Venture

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Seed, $2.0M
- **Biggest round:** $6.2M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 4.2 years

## The rounds

- **Aug 2025** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *2 returning* [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) Source recorded SEC filing: $7.1M sold, first sale Jul 2025
- **Dec 2023** Venture **$6.2M** *1 new* *1 returning* [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) Source recorded SEC filing: $6.2M sold, first sale Feb 2023
- **Oct 2019** Seed **$2.0M** *3 new* BioX Clan Lead [SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) Seerave Foundation Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $2.4M sold, first sale Sept 2019

## Founders and team

From BiomeSense's own website: 2 founders, 3 on the team.

**Kevin Honaker** Co-Founder & CEO

**Dr. Jack Gilbert** Co-Founder

- **Carolyn Sharma** Chief of Staff
- **Dylan Nichols** Technical Operations Lead
- **Yoshiki Vázquez-Baeza** Bioinformatics Lead

Advisers *Dr. Charles Chiu* *Dr. Rob Knight* *Dr. Savas Tay*

## 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.

**Seed** 2019 **Venture** 2023 **Venture** 2025 [SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) BioX Clan L Seerave Foundation

## Everyone who backed them

[SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) VC firm **3** rounds

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

BioX Clan no record of our own yet **1** round, led 1

Seerave Foundation 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=biomesense).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 4 firms list BiomeSense 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.

[IrishAngels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/irishangels) Angel network Per its own site

[Bluestein & Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bluestein-and-associates) Family office Per its own site

[Bluestein Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bluestein-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Overton Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/overton-venture-capital) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about BiomeSense

### Who invested in BiomeSense?

BiomeSense's investors include SOSV, National Science Foundation, BioX Clan and Seerave Foundation.

### How much has BiomeSense raised?

BiomeSense has raised $8.2M across 3 rounds since 2019. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did BiomeSense last raise?

BiomeSense's most recent round was a Venture in Aug 2025.

### What was BiomeSense's biggest round?

BiomeSense's largest round on record is $6.2M (Venture), in Dec 2023.

### Who backed BiomeSense first?

BiomeSense's first round on record, in Oct 2019, was backed by BioX Clan, SOSV and Seerave Foundation.

### What stage is BiomeSense at?

BiomeSense's latest named round is a Venture, in Aug 2025.

### Where is BiomeSense based?

BiomeSense is based in the United States.

### Who led BiomeSense's rounds?

BioX Clan led the Seed in 2019.

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