# BugBiome funding: rounds and investors > BugBiome has raised $1.5M across 3 rounds since 2024. Investors include SOSV, Rockstart and Innovate UK. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/bugbiome (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *BugBiome* 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. Biotech Raised 4 months ago Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$1.5M** raised across 3 rounds since 2024, from 3 sources **$280K** Round **$500K** Seed **$672K** Grant - **Latest round:** Grant, $672K Jul 2026 - **Step-up i:** 1.3× - **Investors:** 4 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. 2024 2025 2026 **$280K** Round **$500K** Seed **$672K** Grant - **First round:** Round, $280K - **Biggest round:** $672K - **Usual gap between rounds:** 18 months ## The rounds - **Jul 2026** Grant **$672K** *1 new* *2 returning* [SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) [Innovate UK](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovate-uk) [Rockstart](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rockstart) Source recorded - **Jul 2025** Seed **$500K** *3 new* [SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) [Rockstart](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rockstart) [Cambridge Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cambridge-angels) Source recorded - **Jan 2024** Round **$280K** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet ## Founders and team From BugBiome's own website: 2 founders. **Dr Alicia Showering** Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer **Chris Mosedale** Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer ## 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** 2024 **Seed** 2025 **Grant** 2026 [SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) [Rockstart](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rockstart) [Innovate UK](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovate-uk) [Cambridge Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cambridge-angels) ## Everyone who backed them [SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) VC firm **2** rounds [Rockstart](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rockstart) Accelerator **2** rounds [Innovate UK](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovate-uk) VC firm **1** round [Cambridge Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cambridge-angels) Angel network **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=bugbiome). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists BugBiome as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [Avonmore Developments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avonmore-developments) Family office Per its own site ## Quick answers about BugBiome ### Who invested in BugBiome? BugBiome's investors include SOSV, Rockstart, Innovate UK and Cambridge Angels. ### How much has BugBiome raised? BugBiome has raised $1.5M across 3 rounds since 2024. ### When did BugBiome last raise? BugBiome's most recent round was a Grant of $672K in Jul 2026. ### What was BugBiome's biggest round? Its most recent round, $672K in Jul 2026, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed BugBiome first? BugBiome's first round on record, in Jul 2025, was backed by SOSV, Rockstart and Cambridge Angels. ### What stage is BugBiome at? BugBiome's latest named round is a Grant, in Jul 2026. ### Where is BugBiome based? BugBiome is based in the United Kingdom. ## Companies like BugBiome 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