# Cecilia funding: rounds and investors

> Cecilia has raised $1.2M across 2 rounds since 2024. Investors include National Science Foundation and NASA. Every round with its source.

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

United States · [Pre-seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Cecilia*

2 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.

Chemicals & Materials

Raised 12 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$1.2M** raised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 2 sources

**$340K** Grant **$873K** Pre-seed

- **Latest round:** Pre-seed, $873K Nov 2025
- **Step-up i:** 2.6×
- **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.

2025

**$340K** Grant

**$873K** Pre-seed

- **First round:** Grant, $340K
- **Biggest round:** $873K
- **Between rounds:** 12 months

## The rounds

- **Nov 2025** Pre-seed **$873K** *2 returning* [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [NASA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nasa-national-aeronautics-and-space-administration) Source recorded
- **Nov 2024** Grant **$340K** *2 new* [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [NASA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nasa-national-aeronautics-and-space-administration) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Cecilia's own website: 1 founder, 5 on the team.

**Kathryn Carpenter** Founder & CEO

- **Dr. Yu-Ting Cheng** Chief Scientist
- **Lindsey Albano** Chief of Staff
- **Jack McFarland** Board Member
- **Robert Barnum** Principal Chemical Engineer
- **Tony Megalla** Chemical Research Engineer

## 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.

**Grant** 2024 **Pre-seed** 2025 [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [NASA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nasa-national-aeronautics-and-space-administration)

## Everyone who backed them

[National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) Government **2** rounds

[NASA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nasa-national-aeronautics-and-space-administration) Company **2** rounds

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=cecilia).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Cecilia 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.

[Charleston Angel Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/charleston-angel-partners) Angel network Per its own site

## Quick answers about Cecilia

### Who invested in Cecilia?

Cecilia's investors include National Science Foundation and NASA.

### How much has Cecilia raised?

Cecilia has raised $1.2M across 2 rounds since 2024.

### When did Cecilia last raise?

Cecilia's most recent round was a Pre-seed of $873K in Nov 2025.

### What was Cecilia's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $873K in Nov 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Cecilia first?

Cecilia's first round on record, in Nov 2024, was backed by National Science Foundation and NASA.

### What stage is Cecilia at?

Cecilia's latest named round is a Pre-seed, in Nov 2025.

### Where is Cecilia based?

Cecilia is based in the United States.

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