# Cerevance funding: rounds and investors

> Cerevance has raised $89M across 3 rounds since 2016. Investors include Foresite Capital, SV Health Investors and Google Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Cerevance*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 6 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

Raised 6 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$89M** raised across 3 rounds since 2016, from 3 sources

**$22M** Series A **$47M** Series B **$20M** Series C

- **Latest round:** Series C, $20M May 2026
- **Biggest round:** $47M Series B · Apr 2024
- **Investors:** 6

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 2020 2022 2024 2026

**$22M** Series A

**$47M** Series B

**$20M** Series C

- **First round:** Series A, $22M
- **Biggest round:** $47M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 7.3 years

## The rounds

- **May 2026** Series C **$20M** *2 returning* [Foresite Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forsite-capital) [SV Health Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-health-investors) Source recorded
- **Apr 2024** Series B **$47M** *4 new* [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Foresite Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forsite-capital) [Casdin Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/casdin-capital) [SV Health Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-health-investors) Source recorded
- **Dec 2016** Series A **$22M** *2 new* [Lightstone Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightstone-ventures) [Takeda Pharmaceutical](https://millionrounds.com/fund/takeda-pharmaceutical) Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

From Cerevance's own website: 8 on the team.

- **Rob Middlebrook** Chief Financial Officer
- **Brett Truitt** VP, Technical Operations
- **Johnna Simões** VP, Marketing
- **Brad Margus** Chair
- **Craig Thompson** Cheif Executive Officer
- **David Lubner** Independent Director
- **Jean George** General Partner
- **Robert Middlebrook** Cheif Financial Officer

## 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** 2016 **Series B** 2024 **Series C** 2026 [Foresite Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forsite-capital) [SV Health Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-health-investors) [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Casdin Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/casdin-capital) [Lightstone Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightstone-ventures) [Takeda Pharmaceutical](https://millionrounds.com/fund/takeda-pharmaceutical)

## Everyone who backed them

[Foresite Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forsite-capital) Private equity **2** rounds

[SV Health Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-health-investors) VC firm **2** rounds

[Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) Corporate VC **1** round

[Casdin Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/casdin-capital) VC firm **1** round

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

[Takeda Pharmaceutical](https://millionrounds.com/fund/takeda-pharmaceutical) Investment firm **1** round

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

## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Cerevance as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Dolby Family Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dolby-family-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Agent Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/agent-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Double Point Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/double-point-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Cerevance

### Who invested in Cerevance?

Cerevance's investors include Foresite Capital, SV Health Investors, Google Ventures, Casdin Capital and Lightstone Ventures, and 1 more on record.

### How much has Cerevance raised?

Cerevance has raised $89M across 3 rounds since 2016.

### When did Cerevance last raise?

Cerevance's most recent round was a Series C of $20M in May 2026.

### What was Cerevance's biggest round?

Cerevance's largest round on record is $47M (Series B), in Apr 2024.

### Who backed Cerevance first?

Cerevance's first round on record, in Dec 2016, was backed by Lightstone Ventures and Takeda Pharmaceutical.

### What stage is Cerevance at?

Cerevance's latest named round is a Series C, in May 2026.

### Where is Cerevance based?

Cerevance is based in the United States.

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