# Cascade Biocatalysts funding: rounds and investors

> Cascade Biocatalysts has raised $8.6M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include Boost VC, Spacecadet and National Science Foundation.

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

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# Who invested in *Cascade Biocatalysts*

2 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

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$8.6M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources

**$5.4M** Venture **$3.2M** Grant

- **Latest round:** Grant, $3.2M Sept 2025
- **Biggest round:** $5.4M Venture · Aug 2025
- **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.

2026

**$5.4M** Venture

**$3.2M** Grant

- **First round:** Venture, $5.4M
- **Biggest round:** $5.4M
- **Between rounds:** 1 month

## The rounds

- **Sept 2025** Grant **$3.2M** *1 new* *2 returning* [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [Boost VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boost-vc) [Spacecadet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spacecadet) Source recorded SEC filing: $5.4M sold, first sale Aug 2025
- **Aug 2025** Venture **$5.4M** *3 new* [Boost VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boost-vc) [Third Derivative](https://millionrounds.com/fund/third-derivative) [Spacecadet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spacecadet) Source recorded SEC filing: $5.4M sold, first sale Aug 2025

## Founders and team

From Cascade Biocatalysts's own website: 2 founders, 4 on the team.

**Alex Rosay** Co-Founder And CEO

**James Weltz** Co-Founder And Cso

- **Abby Barmore** Research Associate
- **Khloe Kleinstuber** Research Associate
- **Laura Macdougall** Associate Director Of Chemistry
- **Stephanie Breunig** Senior Scientist

Advisers *Josh Robinson* *Tim Hitchman*

## 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.

**Venture** 2025 **Grant** 2025 [Boost VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boost-vc) [Spacecadet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spacecadet) [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [Third Derivative](https://millionrounds.com/fund/third-derivative)

## Everyone who backed them

[Boost VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boost-vc) VC firm **2** rounds

[Spacecadet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spacecadet) VC firm **2** rounds

[National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) Government **1** round

[Third Derivative](https://millionrounds.com/fund/third-derivative) Accelerator **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Cascade Biocatalysts 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.

[Cool Climate Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cool-climate-collective) Angel network Per its own site

## Quick answers about Cascade Biocatalysts

### Who invested in Cascade Biocatalysts?

Cascade Biocatalysts's investors include Boost VC, Spacecadet, National Science Foundation and Third Derivative.

### How much has Cascade Biocatalysts raised?

Cascade Biocatalysts has raised $8.6M across 2 rounds since 2025.

### When did Cascade Biocatalysts last raise?

Cascade Biocatalysts's most recent round was a Grant of $3.2M in Sept 2025.

### What was Cascade Biocatalysts's biggest round?

Cascade Biocatalysts's largest round on record is $5.4M (Venture), in Aug 2025.

### Who backed Cascade Biocatalysts first?

Cascade Biocatalysts's first round on record, in Aug 2025, was backed by Boost VC, Third Derivative and Spacecadet.

### What stage is Cascade Biocatalysts at?

Cascade Biocatalysts's latest named round is a Grant, in Sept 2025.

### Where is Cascade Biocatalysts based?

Cascade Biocatalysts is based in the United States.

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