# Bright Biotech funding: rounds and investors > Bright Biotech has raised $4.4M across 3 rounds since 2022. Investors include Big Idea Ventures and FoodLabs. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/bright-biotech (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Bright Biotech* 3 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. Biotech Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$4.4M** raised across 3 rounds since 2022, from 3 sources **$2.6M** Round **$535K** Round **$1.3M** Grant - **Latest round:** Grant, $1.3M Aug 2025 - **Biggest round:** $2.6M Round · Sept 2022 - **Step-up i:** 2.4× - **Investors:** 2 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. 2023 2024 2025 **$2.6M** Round **$535K** Round **$1.3M** Grant - **First round:** Round, $2.6M - **Biggest round:** $2.6M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.6 years ## The rounds - **Aug 2025** Grant **$1.3M** *2 new* [Big Idea Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/big-idea-ventures) [FoodLabs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foodlabs) Source recorded - **Apr 2025** Round **$535K** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet - **Sept 2022** Round **$2.6M** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet ## Funding filed with regulators Bright Biotech filed 2 raises, $3.1M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors. - Apr 2025 **$535K** UK share allotment - Sept 2022 **$2.6M** UK share allotment ## 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** 2022 **Round** 2025 **Grant** 2025 [Big Idea Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/big-idea-ventures) [FoodLabs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foodlabs) ## Everyone who backed them [Big Idea Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/big-idea-ventures) VC firm **1** round [FoodLabs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foodlabs) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=bright-biotech). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list Bright Biotech 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. [Atlantic Food Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlantic-foodlabs) VC firm Per its own site [GROW](https://millionrounds.com/fund/grow) Accelerator Per its own site ## Quick answers about Bright Biotech ### Who invested in Bright Biotech? Bright Biotech's investors include Big Idea Ventures and FoodLabs. ### How much has Bright Biotech raised? Bright Biotech has raised $4.4M across 3 rounds since 2022. ### When did Bright Biotech last raise? Bright Biotech's most recent round was a Grant of $1.3M in Aug 2025. ### What was Bright Biotech's biggest round? Bright Biotech's largest round on record is $2.6M, in Sept 2022. ### Who backed Bright Biotech first? Bright Biotech's first round on record, in Aug 2025, was backed by Big Idea Ventures and FoodLabs. ### What stage is Bright Biotech at? Bright Biotech's latest named round is a Grant, in Aug 2025. ### Where is Bright Biotech based? Bright Biotech is based in the United Kingdom. ## Companies like Bright Biotech In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**HydRegen** $12M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/hydregen)[**OMass Therapeutics** $442M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/omass-therapeutics)[**CMR Surgical** $1.1B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/cmr-surgical)[**Living Optics** $61M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/living-optics)[**Bactobio** $18M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/bactobio)[**RHYTHM AI** $23M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/rhythm-ai) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app