# Bontia Bio funding: rounds and investors

> Bontia Bio has raised $715K across 1 round since 2025. Investors include Callaghan Innovation. Every round with its source.

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

New Zealand · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Bontia Bio*

One round we have observed, with the one investor named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Biotech

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$715K** raised across 1 round since 2025, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Seed, $715K Mar 2025
- **Investors:** 1

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Mar 2025** Seed **$715K** [Callaghan Innovation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/callaghan-innovation) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Bontia Bio's own website: 2 founders, 2 on the team.

**Dr. Matt Nicholson** Co-founder, Director, & Chief Executive Officer

**Prof. Emily Parker** Co-founder, Director, & Chief Scientific Officer

- **Dr. Sandhya Sriram** Board Member
- **Tony Simpson** Independent Board Chair

## Everyone who backed them

[Callaghan Innovation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/callaghan-innovation) Investment firm **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=bontia-bio).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Bontia Bio 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.

[Booster](https://millionrounds.com/fund/booster) VC firm Per its own site

[Sprout](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sprout-agritech) Accelerator Per its own site

## Quick answers about Bontia Bio

### Who invested in Bontia Bio?

Bontia Bio's investors include Callaghan Innovation.

### How much has Bontia Bio raised?

Bontia Bio has raised $715K across 1 round since 2025.

### When did Bontia Bio last raise?

Bontia Bio's most recent round was a Seed of $715K in Mar 2025.

### What was Bontia Bio's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $715K in Mar 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Bontia Bio first?

Bontia Bio's first round on record, in Mar 2025, was backed by Callaghan Innovation.

### What stage is Bontia Bio at?

Bontia Bio's latest named round is a Seed, in Mar 2025.

### Where is Bontia Bio based?

Bontia Bio is based in New Zealand.

## Companies like Bontia Bio

In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months.

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