# DNAnexus funding: rounds and investors

> DNAnexus has raised $173M across 6 rounds since 2009. Investors include Google Ventures, TPG and First Round Capital. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *DNAnexus*

6 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

Valuation: $600M, Oct 2024

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$173M** raised across 6 rounds since 2009, from 6 sources

**$1.6M** Series A **$15M** Series B **$15M** Series C **$15M** Series D **$58M** Round **$68M** Debt

- **Latest round:** Debt, $68M Feb 2019
- **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.

2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019

**$1.6M** Series A

**$15M** Series B

**$15M** Series C

**$15M** Series D

**$58M** Round

**$68M** Debt

- **First round:** Series A, $1.6M
- **Biggest round:** $68M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.1 years

## The rounds

- **Feb 2019** Debt **$68M** *2 new* *4 returning* [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [TPG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tpg) [Claremont Creek Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/claremont-creek-ventures) [Foresite](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foresite) [WuXi NextCODE](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wuxi-nextcode) Innovatus Reported by Businesswire
- **Jan 2017** Round **$58M** *3 new* *3 returning* [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [TPG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tpg) [Claremont Creek Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/claremont-creek-ventures) [MidCap](https://millionrounds.com/fund/midcap) [WuXi NextCODE](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wuxi-nextcode) Foresite Capital/ Microsoft Reported by FinSMEs
- **Apr 2015** Series D **$15M** *1 new* [WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wuxi-pharmatech-cayman) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $15M sold, first sale Apr 2015
- **Jan 2014** Series C **$15M** *1 new* *3 returning* [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) [TPG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tpg) [Claremont Creek Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/claremont-creek-ventures) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $15M sold, first sale Dec 2013
- **Oct 2011** Series B **$15M** *2 new* *4 returning* [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) [Felicis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures) [TPG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tpg) [Softtech VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softtech-vc) [K9 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k9-ventures) Reported by techcrunch.com
- **Aug 2009** Series A **$1.6M** *5 new* [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) [Felicis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures) [Softtech VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softtech-vc) [K9 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k9-ventures) Reported by deals.venturebeat.com SEC filing: $1.6M sold, first sale May 2009

## Founders and team

From DNAnexus's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 15 on the team.

- **Thomas Laur** Chief Executive Officer
- **Bill Madigan** Chief Commercial Officer
- **James McNicholas** Chief Financial Officer
- **Kelly Green** Chief People Officer
- **Arun Bhat** Head of Engineering
- **Daniel Schneider** VP, Legal
- **Imani Tate** VP, Corporate Governance, Risk, & Compliance
- **Jimita Parekh** VP, Regulatory Technology & Innovation
- **Kah H Liew** VP, Accounting & Finance
- **Andrea Jackson** Board Member
- **Jeffrey Margolis** Board Member
- **Mike Kirkman** Board Member
- **Michael Goldberg** Executive Chair, Board of Directors
- **Richard Daly** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Stephen Thau** Executive Officer i

On the board, as filed i *Geoff Duyk* *Hannes Smarason* *Krishna Yeshwant* *Nathaniel Goldhaber*

## 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** 2009 **Series B** 2011 **Series C** 2014 **Series D** 2015 **Round** 2017 **Debt** 2019 [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [TPG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tpg) [First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) [Claremont Creek Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/claremont-creek-ventures) [Felicis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures) [Softtech VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softtech-vc) [K9 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k9-ventures) [WuXi NextCODE](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wuxi-nextcode) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Foresite](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foresite)

## Everyone who backed them

[Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) Corporate VC **4** rounds

[TPG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tpg) Private equity **4** rounds

[First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) VC firm **3** rounds

[Claremont Creek Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/claremont-creek-ventures) VC firm **3** rounds

[Felicis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[Softtech VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softtech-vc) VC firm **2** rounds

[K9 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k9-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[WuXi NextCODE](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wuxi-nextcode) Investment firm **2** rounds

[SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) VC firm **1** round

[Foresite](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foresite) VC firm **1** round

[MidCap](https://millionrounds.com/fund/midcap) Investment firm **1** round

[WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wuxi-pharmatech-cayman) Growth equity **1** round

Foresite Capital/ Microsoft no record of our own yet **1** round

Innovatus 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=dnanexus).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists DNAnexus 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.

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

## Quick answers about DNAnexus

### Who invested in DNAnexus?

DNAnexus's investors include Google Ventures, TPG, First Round Capital, Claremont Creek Ventures and Felicis, and 9 more on record.

### How much has DNAnexus raised?

DNAnexus has raised $173M across 6 rounds since 2009.

### When did DNAnexus last raise?

DNAnexus's most recent round was a Debt of $68M in Feb 2019.

### What was DNAnexus's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $68M in Feb 2019, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed DNAnexus first?

DNAnexus's first round on record, in Aug 2009, was backed by SV Angel, First Round Capital and Felicis and 2 others.

### What stage is DNAnexus at?

DNAnexus's latest named round is a Debt, in Feb 2019.

### Where is DNAnexus based?

DNAnexus is based in the United States.

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