# Carisma Therapeutics funding: rounds and investors

> Carisma Therapeutics has raised $90M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include AbbVie, Wellington Partners and IP Group. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Carisma Therapeutics*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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

**$90M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources

**$60M** Series A **$30M** Series C

- **Latest round:** Series C, $30M Sept 2022
- **Biggest round:** $60M Series A · Aug 2019
- **Investors:** 5

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

**$60M** Series A

**$30M** Series C

- **First round:** Series A, $60M
- **Biggest round:** $60M
- **Between rounds:** 3.1 years

## The rounds

- **Sept 2022** Series C **$30M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Wellington Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellington-partners) [IP Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ip-group) [AbbVie](https://millionrounds.com/fund/abbvie) [UNITED, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/united) Source recorded
- **Aug 2019** Series A **$60M** *2 new* [AbbVie](https://millionrounds.com/fund/abbvie) [HealthCap](https://millionrounds.com/fund/healthcap) Reported by Technical SEC filing: $29M sold, first sale Jun 2018

## Founders and team

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

- **Steven Kelly** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Briggs Morrison* *Chidozie Ugwumba* *Jacob Gunterberg* *Margarita Chavez* *Michael Heffernan* *Regina Hodits*

## 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.

**Series A** 2019 **Series C** 2022 [AbbVie](https://millionrounds.com/fund/abbvie) [Wellington Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellington-partners) [IP Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ip-group) [UNITED, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/united) [HealthCap](https://millionrounds.com/fund/healthcap)

## Everyone who backed them

[AbbVie](https://millionrounds.com/fund/abbvie) Corporate VC **2** rounds

[Wellington Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellington-partners) VC firm **1** round

[IP Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ip-group) VC firm **1** round

[UNITED, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/united) Hedge fund **1** round

[HealthCap](https://millionrounds.com/fund/healthcap) VC firm **1** round

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## Quick answers about Carisma Therapeutics

### Who invested in Carisma Therapeutics?

Carisma Therapeutics's investors include AbbVie, Wellington Partners, IP Group, UNITED, Inc. and HealthCap.

### How much has Carisma Therapeutics raised?

Carisma Therapeutics has raised $90M across 2 rounds since 2019.

### When did Carisma Therapeutics last raise?

Carisma Therapeutics's most recent round was a Series C of $30M in Sept 2022.

### What was Carisma Therapeutics's biggest round?

Carisma Therapeutics's largest round on record is $60M (Series A), in Aug 2019.

### Who backed Carisma Therapeutics first?

Carisma Therapeutics's first round on record, in Aug 2019, was backed by AbbVie and HealthCap.

### What stage is Carisma Therapeutics at?

Carisma Therapeutics's latest named round is a Series C, in Sept 2022.

### Where is Carisma Therapeutics based?

Carisma Therapeutics is based in the United States.

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