# CytoVale funding: rounds and investors

> CytoVale has raised $19M across 4 rounds since 2013. Investors include Blackhorn Ventures, National Science Foundation and Alumni Ventures.

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

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# Who invested in *CytoVale*

4 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.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$19M** raised across 4 rounds since 2013, from 4 sources

**$4.3M** Series A **$15M** Round

- **Latest round:** Venture Apr 2025
- **Biggest round:** $15M Round · Oct 2019
- **Investors:** 8

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

**?** Seed

**$4.3M** Series A

**$15M** Round

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Seed
- **Biggest round:** $15M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 5.4 years

## The rounds

- **Apr 2025** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *4 new* *1 returning* [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Norwest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/norwest) [Sands Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sands-capital-ventures) [Blackhorn Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackhorn-ventures) Source recorded
- **Oct 2019** Round **$15M** *2 new* [Blackhorn Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackhorn-ventures) [Breakout Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/breakout-ventures) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $7.4M sold, first sale Oct 2019
- **Jun 2014** Series A **$4.3M** *1 new* [Dolby Family Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dolby-family-ventures) From a historical funding record
- **Nov 2013** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Breakout Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/breakout-labs) Reported by finsmes.com

## Founders and team

From CytoVale's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 7 on the team.

- **Bill Blackledge** Chief Financial Officer
- **Jack Fuchs** Life Sciences CFO and Serial Entrepreneur
- **Hemant Goel** Independent Director & Healthcare Operating Executive
- **Ajay Shah** Executive Officer, Director, Promoter i
- **Dino DiCarlo** Director, Promoter i
- **Henry Tse** Executive Officer i
- **William Blackledge** Executive Officer i

On the board, as filed i *Jordanna Polis Schutz* *Lindy Fishburne*

## 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.

**Seed** 2013 **Series A** 2014 **Round** 2019 **Venture** 2025 [Blackhorn Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackhorn-ventures) [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Norwest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/norwest) [Sands Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sands-capital-ventures) [Dolby Family Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dolby-family-ventures) [Breakout Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/breakout-labs) [Breakout Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/breakout-ventures)

## Everyone who backed them

[Blackhorn Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackhorn-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) Government **1** round

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

[Norwest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/norwest) VC firm **1** round

[Sands Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sands-capital-ventures) Private equity **1** round

[Dolby Family Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dolby-family-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Breakout Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/breakout-labs) Angel **1** round

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

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list CytoVale 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.

[Pathway Bioventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pathway-bioventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Sprig Equity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sprig-equity) VC firm Per its own site

[FreeRun Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/freerun-ventures) Corporate VC Per its own site

## Quick answers about CytoVale

### Who invested in CytoVale?

CytoVale's investors include Blackhorn Ventures, National Science Foundation, Alumni Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners and Sands Capital Ventures, and 3 more on record.

### How much has CytoVale raised?

CytoVale has raised $19M across 4 rounds since 2013. 2 rounds did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did CytoVale last raise?

CytoVale's most recent round was a Venture in Apr 2025.

### What was CytoVale's biggest round?

CytoVale's largest round on record is $15M (Undisclosed round), in Oct 2019.

### Who backed CytoVale first?

CytoVale's first round on record, in Nov 2013, was backed by Breakout Labs.

### What stage is CytoVale at?

CytoVale's latest named round is a Venture, in Apr 2025.

### Where is CytoVale based?

CytoVale is based in the United States.

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