# Crescendo Biologics funding: rounds and investors

> Crescendo Biologics has raised $67M across 5 rounds since 2010. Investors include Astellas Venture Management, Sofinnova Partners and Imperial Innovations...

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

United Kingdom · [Series B startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Crescendo Biologics*

5 rounds we have observed, with the 7 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

**$67M** raised across 5 rounds since 2010, from 5 sources

**$7.3M** Series A **$27M** Series A **$3.0M** Series A **$31M** Series B

- **Latest round:** Series B, $31M Jan 2022
- **Step-up i:** 10.1×
- **Investors:** 7

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.

2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022

**$7.3M** Series A

**$27M** Series A

**$3.0M** Series A

**$31M** Series B

- **First round:** Series A, $7.3M
- **Biggest round:** $31M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 3.9 years

## The rounds

- **Jan 2022** Series B **$31M** No investor was named in the report. Also list them on their own site [Future Planet Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/future-planet-capital) Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet
- **Dec 2014** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *1 returning* [Astellas Venture Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/astellas-venture-management) From a historical funding record
- **Apr 2014** Series A **$3.0M** *1 new* *3 returning* [Sofinnova Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sofinnova-partners) [Imperial Innovations Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/imperial-innovations-investment-management) [Astellas Venture Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/astellas-venture-management) [EMBL Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/embl-ventures) From a historical funding record
- **Dec 2013** Series A **$27M** *3 new* [Sofinnova Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sofinnova-partners) [Imperial Innovations Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/imperial-innovations-investment-management) [Astellas Venture Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/astellas-venture-management) From a historical funding record
- **Jan 2010** Series A **$7.3M** *3 new* [Sofinnova Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sofinnova-investments) [Rainbow Seed Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rainbow-seed-fund) [Avlar BioVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avlar-bioventures) Reported by onbiovc.com

## 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** 2010 **Series A** 2013 **Series A** 2014 **Venture** 2014 **Series B** 2022 [Astellas Venture Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/astellas-venture-management) [Sofinnova Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sofinnova-partners) [Imperial Innovations Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/imperial-innovations-investment-management) [Sofinnova Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sofinnova-investments) [EMBL Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/embl-ventures) [Rainbow Seed Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rainbow-seed-fund) [Avlar BioVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avlar-bioventures)

## Everyone who backed them

[Astellas Venture Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/astellas-venture-management) Corporate VC **3** rounds

[Sofinnova Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sofinnova-partners) VC firm **2** rounds

[Imperial Innovations Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/imperial-innovations-investment-management) Investment firm **2** rounds

[Sofinnova Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sofinnova-investments) VC firm **1** round

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

[Rainbow Seed Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rainbow-seed-fund) VC firm **1** round

[Avlar BioVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avlar-bioventures) Investment firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Crescendo Biologics 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.

[Future Planet Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/future-planet-capital) VC firm Series B, per its site

[Andera Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andera-partners) Private equity 2018, per its site

[Touchstone Innovations](https://millionrounds.com/fund/touchstone-innovations) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Crescendo Biologics

### Who invested in Crescendo Biologics?

Crescendo Biologics's investors include Astellas Venture Management, Sofinnova Partners, Imperial Innovations Investment Management, Sofinnova Investments and EMBL Ventures, and 2 more on record.

### How much has Crescendo Biologics raised?

Crescendo Biologics has raised $67M across 5 rounds since 2010. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Crescendo Biologics last raise?

Crescendo Biologics's most recent round was a Series B of $31M in Jan 2022.

### What was Crescendo Biologics's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $31M in Jan 2022, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Crescendo Biologics first?

Crescendo Biologics's first round on record, in Jan 2010, was backed by Sofinnova Investments, Rainbow Seed Fund and Avlar BioVentures.

### What stage is Crescendo Biologics at?

Crescendo Biologics's latest named round is a Series B, in Jan 2022.

### Where is Crescendo Biologics based?

Crescendo Biologics is based in the United Kingdom.

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