Who invested in EarLens

6 rounds we have observed, with the 22 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.

BiotechHealthcare

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$248Mraised across 6 rounds since 2010, from 6 sources

$4.6MVenture$500KGrowth$1.6MDebt$36MVenture$118MDebt$87MRound

Latest round: Round, $87MOct 2018
Biggest round: $118MDebt · Jun 2017
Investors: 22

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

20102012201420162018

$4.6MVenture$500KGrowth$1.6MDebt$36MVenture$118MDebt$87MRound

First round: Venture, $4.6M
Biggest round: $118M
Usual gap between rounds: 17 months

The rounds

Oct 2018
Round$87M12 new4 returning
- New Enterprise Associates
- Vertex
- Lightstone Ventures
- CRG
- Cochlear
- Aisling
- Arch Healthcare
- Baltisches Haus Limited
- Far East
- GDN Holdings
- KCK Medical Technologies Group/ Exor Seeds
- MS Pace LP
- Mellon Foundation
- Relativity Health Fund
- Sightline Healthcare Opportunity
- Windham Life Sciences
Reported by PrnewswireSEC filing: $55M sold, first sale Oct 2018
Jun 2017
Debt$118M10 new
- New Enterprise Associates
- Medtronic
- Lightstone Ventures
- CRG
- RK Mellon
- Vertex Healthcare
- Aisling
- CRG LP/ Cochlear
- Sightline
- Windham
Reported by FinSMEsSEC filing: $72M sold, first sale Jun 2016
Feb 2014
Venture$36M
No investor was named in the report.
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $36M sold, first sale Feb 2014
Jan 2013
Debt$1.6M
No investor was named in the report.
Reported by sec.govSEC filing: $1.6M sold, first sale Jan 2013
Jul 2011
Growth$500K
No investor was named in the report.
Reported by sec.govSEC filing: $500K sold, first sale Jun 2011
May 2010
Venture$4.6M
No investor was named in the report.
Reported by sec.govSEC filing: $4.6M sold, first sale Apr 2010

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.

Venture2010Growth2011Debt2013Venture2014Debt2017Round2018

New Enterprise Associates

Lightstone Ventures

CRGAislingMedtronicVertexRK MellonVertex Healthcare

CochlearArch Healthcare

Everyone who backed them

New Enterprise AssociatesVC firm2rounds

Lightstone VenturesVC firm2rounds

CRGPrivate equity2rounds

Aislingno record of our own yet2rounds

MedtronicGrowth equity1round

VertexHedge fund1round

RK MellonVC firm1round

Vertex HealthcareGrowth equity1round

CochlearCorporate VC1round

Arch Healthcareno record of our own yet1round

Baltisches Haus Limitedno record of our own yet1round

CRG LP/ Cochlearno record of our own yet1round

Far Eastno record of our own yet1round

GDN Holdingsno record of our own yet1round

KCK Medical Technologies Group/ Exor Seedsno record of our own yet1round

Mellon Foundationno record of our own yet1round

MS Pace LPno record of our own yet1round

Relativity Health Fundno record of our own yet1round

Sightlineno record of our own yet1round

Sightline Healthcare Opportunityno record of our own yet1round

Windhamno record of our own yet1round

Windham Life Sciencesno record of our own yet1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list EarLens 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.