# Compass Therapeutics funding: rounds and investors

> Compass Therapeutics has raised $257M across 4 rounds since 2015. Investors include Alumni Ventures, Founders Fund and Polaris Partners.

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

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# Who invested in *Compass Therapeutics*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 14 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 Pharma

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$257M** raised across 4 rounds since 2015, from 4 sources

**$575K** Debt **$4.5M** Series A **$132M** Series A **$120M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $120M Aug 2025
- **Biggest round:** $132M Series A · Jul 2018
- **Investors:** 14

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.

2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025

**$575K** Debt

**$4.5M** Series A

**$132M** Series A

**$120M** Round

- **First round:** Debt, $575K
- **Biggest round:** $132M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 7.1 years

## The rounds

- **Aug 2025** Round **$120M** *5 new* [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) [Polaris Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/polaris-partners) [Janus Henderson Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/janus-henderson-investors) [Vivo Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vivo-capital) Source recorded
- **Jul 2018** Series A **$132M** *8 new* [Alexandria Real Estate Equities](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexandria) [Biomatics Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/biomatics-capital) [Cowen Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cowen-healthcare-investments) [Thiel Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thiel-capital) Biomed Realty Borealis OrbiMed Advisors/ F-Prime Ulysses Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $110M sold, first sale Jun 2015
- **Jun 2015** Series A **$4.5M** *1 new* [Launch Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launch-angels) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $16M sold, first sale Jun 2015
- **May 2015** Debt **$575K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $575K sold, first sale May 2014

## Founders and team

From Compass Therapeutics's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 3 on the team.

- **Arjun Prasad** Chief Commercial Officer
- **Thomas J. Schuetz** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Vered P. Bisker-Leib** Executive Officer i

On the board, as filed i *Carl L. Gordon* *Julie Sunderland* *Philip J. Ferneau* *Stephen P. Squinto*

## 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.

**Debt** 2015 **Series A** 2015 **Series A** 2018 **Round** 2025 [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) [Polaris Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/polaris-partners) [Janus Henderson Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/janus-henderson-investors) [Vivo Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vivo-capital) [Alexandria Real Estate Equities](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexandria) [Biomatics Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/biomatics-capital) [Cowen Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cowen-healthcare-investments) [Launch Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launch-angels) [Thiel Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thiel-capital)

## Everyone who backed them

[Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm **1** round

[Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) VC firm **1** round

[Polaris Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/polaris-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Janus Henderson Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/janus-henderson-investors) Private equity **1** round

[Vivo Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vivo-capital) Private equity **1** round

[Alexandria Real Estate Equities](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexandria) VC firm **1** round

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

[Cowen Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cowen-healthcare-investments) Growth equity **1** round

[Launch Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launch-angels) VC firm **1** round

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

Biomed Realty no record of our own yet **1** round

Borealis no record of our own yet **1** round

OrbiMed Advisors/ F-Prime no record of our own yet **1** round

Ulysses no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Compass Therapeutics 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.

[OrbiMed](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orbimed) Private equity Per its own site

[Rank Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rank-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Compass Therapeutics

### Who invested in Compass Therapeutics?

Compass Therapeutics's investors include Alumni Ventures, Founders Fund, Polaris Partners, Janus Henderson Investors and Vivo Capital, and 9 more on record.

### How much has Compass Therapeutics raised?

Compass Therapeutics has raised $257M across 4 rounds since 2015.

### When did Compass Therapeutics last raise?

Compass Therapeutics's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $120M in Aug 2025.

### What was Compass Therapeutics's biggest round?

Compass Therapeutics's largest round on record is $132M (Series A), in Jul 2018.

### Who backed Compass Therapeutics first?

Compass Therapeutics's first round on record, in Jun 2015, was backed by Launch Angels.

### What stage is Compass Therapeutics at?

Compass Therapeutics's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Aug 2025.

### Where is Compass Therapeutics based?

Compass Therapeutics is based in the United States.

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