# CardiaLen funding: rounds and investors

> CardiaLen has raised $24M across 6 rounds since 2009. Investors include Cultivation Capital, St. Louis Arch Angels and BioGenerator.

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

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

# Who invested in *CardiaLen*

6 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

**$24M** raised across 6 rounds since 2009, from 6 sources

**$337K** Debt **$2.4M** Debt **$138K** Seed **$2.5M** Series A **$1.5M** Series B **$17M** Series B

- **Latest round:** Series B, $17M Oct 2018
- **Step-up i:** 11.2×
- **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.

2011 2013 2015 2017

**$337K** Debt

**$2.4M** Debt

**$138K** Seed

**$2.5M** Series A

**$1.5M** Series B

**$17M** Series B

- **First round:** Debt, $337K
- **Biggest round:** $17M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 17 months

## The rounds

- **Oct 2018** Series B **$17M** *2 new* *1 returning* [Cultivation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cultivation-capital) [HBM Healthcare](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hbm-healthcare) RiverVest Venture Partners/ Qiming Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $890K sold, first sale Mar 2018
- **Mar 2015** Series B **$1.5M** *6 new* *1 returning* [Cultivation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cultivation-capital) [BioGenerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/biogenerator) [St. Louis Arch Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/st-louis-arch-angels) [BELLE Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/belle-capital-usa-lp) [Heartland Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/heartland-angels) [Twin Cities Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/twin-cities-angels) Lambda Fund Management From a historical funding record SEC filing: $1.6M sold, first sale Mar 2015
- **Jan 2014** Series A **$2.5M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $2.5M sold, first sale Dec 2013
- **Sept 2012** Seed **$138K** *1 new* [St. Louis Arch Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/st-louis-arch-angels) Reported by bizjournals.com
- **Dec 2011** Debt **$2.4M** *1 new* [Broadview Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/broadview-ventures) Reported by sec.gov SEC filing: $2.4M sold, first sale Sept 2010
- **Aug 2009** Debt **$337K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $337K sold, first sale Jul 2009

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 1 on the team.

- **Jeff Peters** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Anna French* *Jay Schmelter* *Thomas Thaler* *Warren Watson* *William Schmidt*

## 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.

**Debt** 2009 **Debt** 2011 **Seed** 2012 **Series A** 2014 **Series B** 2015 **Series B** 2018 [Cultivation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cultivation-capital) [St. Louis Arch Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/st-louis-arch-angels) [BioGenerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/biogenerator) [Broadview Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/broadview-ventures) [HBM Healthcare](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hbm-healthcare) [BELLE Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/belle-capital-usa-lp) [Heartland Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/heartland-angels) [Twin Cities Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/twin-cities-angels) Lambda Fund Management RiverVest Venture Partners/ Qiming

## Everyone who backed them

[Cultivation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cultivation-capital) VC firm **2** rounds

[St. Louis Arch Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/st-louis-arch-angels) Angel network **2** rounds

[BioGenerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/biogenerator) Venture studio **1** round

[Broadview Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/broadview-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[HBM Healthcare](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hbm-healthcare) Growth equity **1** round

[BELLE Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/belle-capital-usa-lp) Angel network **1** round

[Heartland Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/heartland-angels) Growth equity **1** round

[Twin Cities Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/twin-cities-angels) VC firm **1** round

Lambda Fund Management no record of our own yet **1** round

RiverVest Venture Partners/ Qiming 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=cardialen).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists CardiaLen 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.

[Lateral Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lateral-capital-ma) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about CardiaLen

### Who invested in CardiaLen?

CardiaLen's investors include Cultivation Capital, St. Louis Arch Angels, BioGenerator, Broadview Ventures and HBM Healthcare, and 5 more on record.

### How much has CardiaLen raised?

CardiaLen has raised $24M across 6 rounds since 2009.

### When did CardiaLen last raise?

CardiaLen's most recent round was a Series B of $17M in Oct 2018.

### What was CardiaLen's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $17M in Oct 2018, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed CardiaLen first?

CardiaLen's first round on record, in Dec 2011, was backed by Broadview Ventures.

### What stage is CardiaLen at?

CardiaLen's latest named round is a Series B, in Oct 2018.

### Where is CardiaLen based?

CardiaLen is based in the United States.

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