# Cera funding: rounds and investors > Cera has raised $168M across 3 rounds since 2018. Investors include Schroders Capital, BDT & MSD Partners and Y Combinator. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/cera (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Cera* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 8 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. AI Biotech Healthcare Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$168M** raised across 3 rounds since 2018, from 3 sources **$17M** Series A **$500K** Pre-seed **$150M** Debt - **Latest round:** Debt, $150M Jan 2025 - **Led by:** Schroders Capital and BDT & MSD Partners - **Step-up i:** 300× - **Investors:** 8 (2 led) 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. 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 **$17M** Series A **$500K** Pre-seed **$150M** Debt - **First round:** Series A, $17M - **Biggest round:** $150M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 3.8 years ## The rounds - **Jan 2025** Debt **$150M** *3 new* [Schroders Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/schroders-capital) Lead [BDT & MSD Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdt-and-msd-partners) Lead [Credo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/credo-ventures) Reported by TechCrunch - **Mar 2022** Pre-seed **$500K** *1 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Source recorded - **May 2018** Series A **$17M** *4 new* [Kairos Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kairos-ventures) [Yabeo Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yabeo) Guinness Asset Peter Sands Reported by FinSMEs ## 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** 2018 **Pre-seed** 2022 **Debt** 2025 [Schroders Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/schroders-capital) L [BDT & MSD Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdt-and-msd-partners) L [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Credo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/credo-ventures) [Kairos Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kairos-ventures) [Yabeo Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yabeo) Guinness Asset Peter Sands ## Everyone who backed them [Schroders Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/schroders-capital) Hedge fund **1** round, led 1 [BDT & MSD Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdt-and-msd-partners) Investment bank **1** round, led 1 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round [Credo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/credo-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Kairos Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kairos-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Yabeo Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yabeo) VC firm **1** round Guinness Asset no record of our own yet **1** round Peter Sands 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=cera). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Cera 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. [Candy Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/candy-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Cera ### Who invested in Cera? Cera's investors include Schroders Capital, BDT & MSD Partners, Y Combinator, Credo Ventures and Kairos Ventures, and 3 more on record. Schroders Capital led its latest round. ### How much has Cera raised? Cera has raised $168M across 3 rounds since 2018. ### When did Cera last raise? Cera's most recent round was a Debt of $150M in Jan 2025, led by Schroders Capital. ### What was Cera's biggest round? Its most recent round, $150M in Jan 2025, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Cera first? Cera's first round on record, in May 2018, was backed by Kairos Ventures, Yabeo Capital and Guinness Asset and 1 others. ### What stage is Cera at? Cera's latest named round is a Debt, in Jan 2025. ### Where is Cera based? Cera is based in the United Kingdom. ### Who led Cera's rounds? Schroders Capital led the Debt in 2025. ## Companies like Cera In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Coherence Neuro** $55M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/coherence-neuro)[**Marrow** $2.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/marrow)[**Cognitive Credit** $64M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/cognitive-credit)[**Opply** $23M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/opply)[**HydRegen** $12M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/hydregen)[**XRlabs** $8.4M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/xrlabs) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. 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