# Checkmate Pharmaceuticals funding: rounds and investors > Checkmate Pharmaceuticals has raised $69M across 3 rounds since 2015. Investors include venBio Partners, F-Prime Capital and Sofinnova Investments. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/checkmate-pharmaceuticals (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Checkmate Pharmaceuticals* 3 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 **$69M** raised across 3 rounds since 2015, from 3 sources **$20M** Series A **$27M** Series B **$22M** Round - **Latest round:** Round, $22M Dec 2018 - **Biggest round:** $27M Series B · Jun 2017 - **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. 2016 2017 2018 **$20M** Series A **$27M** Series B **$22M** Round - **First round:** Series A, $20M - **Biggest round:** $27M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 22 months ## The rounds - **Dec 2018** Round **$22M** *2 new* *1 returning* [F-Prime Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/f-prime) [venBio Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venbio) Decheng Capital/ Sofinnova Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $11M sold, first sale Nov 2018 - **Jun 2017** Series B **$27M** *1 new* *1 returning* [venBio Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venbio) F-Prime Capital Partners/ Sofinnova Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $27M sold, first sale Jun 2017 - **Aug 2015** Series A **$20M** *2 new* [Sofinnova Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sofinnova-investments) [venBio Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venbio) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $10M sold, first sale Aug 2015 ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 7 on the team. - **Arthur Krieg** Executive Officer, Director i - **Barry Labinger** Executive Officer, Director i - **Charles Yon** Executive Officer i - **James Wooldridge** Executive Officer i - **Jonathan Lieber** Executive Officer i - **Karen Brennan** Executive Officer i - **Kleem Chaudhary** Executive Officer i On the board, as filed i *Alan Fuhrman* *Corey Goodman* *Keith Flaherty* *Michael Powell* *Peter Colabuono* *Robert Weisskoff* ## 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** 2015 **Series B** 2017 **Round** 2018 [venBio Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venbio) [F-Prime Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/f-prime) [Sofinnova Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sofinnova-investments) Decheng Capital/ Sofinnova F-Prime Capital Partners/ Sofinnova ## Everyone who backed them [venBio Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venbio) VC firm **3** rounds [F-Prime Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/f-prime) VC firm **1** round [Sofinnova Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sofinnova-investments) VC firm **1** round Decheng Capital/ Sofinnova no record of our own yet **1** round F-Prime Capital Partners/ Sofinnova 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=checkmate-pharmaceuticals). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Checkmate Pharmaceuticals 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. [Longitude Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/longitude-capital) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Checkmate Pharmaceuticals ### Who invested in Checkmate Pharmaceuticals? Checkmate Pharmaceuticals's investors include venBio Partners, F-Prime Capital, Sofinnova Investments, Decheng Capital/ Sofinnova and F-Prime Capital Partners/ Sofinnova. ### How much has Checkmate Pharmaceuticals raised? Checkmate Pharmaceuticals has raised $69M across 3 rounds since 2015. ### When did Checkmate Pharmaceuticals last raise? Checkmate Pharmaceuticals's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $22M in Dec 2018. ### What was Checkmate Pharmaceuticals's biggest round? Checkmate Pharmaceuticals's largest round on record is $27M (Series B), in Jun 2017. ### Who backed Checkmate Pharmaceuticals first? Checkmate Pharmaceuticals's first round on record, in Aug 2015, was backed by Sofinnova Investments and venBio Partners. ### What stage is Checkmate Pharmaceuticals at? Checkmate Pharmaceuticals's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Dec 2018. ### Where is Checkmate Pharmaceuticals based? Checkmate Pharmaceuticals is based in the United States. ## Companies like Checkmate Pharmaceuticals In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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