# Exscientia funding: rounds and investors > Exscientia has raised $28M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include BlackRock, SoftBank and Novo Holdings. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/exscientia (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Exscientia* 2 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. AI Biotech Healthcare Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$28M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources **$26M** Series B **$2.3M** Grant - **Latest round:** Grant, $2.3M Dec 2023 - **Biggest round:** $26M Series B · Jan 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. 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 **$26M** Series B **$2.3M** Grant - **First round:** Series B, $26M - **Biggest round:** $26M - **Between rounds:** 4.9 years ## The rounds - **Dec 2023** Grant **$2.3M** *5 new* [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) [SoftBank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-2) [Novo Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novo-ventures) [SoftBank Vision Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-investment-advisers) [Casdin Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/casdin-capital) Source recorded - **Jan 2019** Series B **$26M** *3 new* [GT Healthcare Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gt-healthcare-capital-partners) [Celgene Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/celgene-corporation) Evotec AG Reported by FinSMEs ## Funding filed with regulators Exscientia filed 2 raises, $874K in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors. - Aug 2021 **Amount not stated** UK share allotment - Aug 2021 **$874K** UK share allotment ## Founders and team From Exscientia's own website: 3 on the team. - **Ben Taylor** Chief Financial Officer & President Recursion UK - **Erica Fox** Chief People and Impact Officer - **Ryan Kelly** Chief Communications Officer ## 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 B** 2019 **Grant** 2023 [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) [SoftBank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-2) [Novo Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novo-ventures) [SoftBank Vision Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-investment-advisers) [Casdin Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/casdin-capital) [GT Healthcare Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gt-healthcare-capital-partners) [Celgene Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/celgene-corporation) Evotec AG ## Everyone who backed them [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) Asset manager **1** round [SoftBank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-2) Investment firm **1** round [Novo Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novo-ventures) VC firm **1** round [SoftBank Vision Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-investment-advisers) VC firm **1** round [Casdin Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/casdin-capital) VC firm **1** round [GT Healthcare Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gt-healthcare-capital-partners) VC firm **1** round [Celgene Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/celgene-corporation) Investment firm **1** round Evotec AG 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=exscientia). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list Exscientia 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. [42CAP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/42cap) VC firm Per its own site [PUSH VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/push-vc) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Exscientia ### Who invested in Exscientia? Exscientia's investors include BlackRock, SoftBank, Novo Holdings, SoftBank Vision Fund and Casdin Capital, and 3 more on record. ### How much has Exscientia raised? Exscientia has raised $28M across 2 rounds since 2019. ### When did Exscientia last raise? Exscientia's most recent round was a Grant of $2.3M in Dec 2023. ### What was Exscientia's biggest round? Exscientia's largest round on record is $26M (Series B), in Jan 2019. ### Who backed Exscientia first? Exscientia's first round on record, in Jan 2019, was backed by GT Healthcare Capital Partners, Celgene Corporation and Evotec AG. ### What stage is Exscientia at? Exscientia's latest named round is a Grant, in Dec 2023. ### Where is Exscientia based? Exscientia is based in the United Kingdom. ## Companies like Exscientia In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Coherence Neuro** $55M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/coherence-neuro)[**Marrow** $2.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/marrow)[**Cognitive Credit** $64M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/cognitive-credit)[**Opply** $23M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/opply)[**HydRegen** $12M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/hydregen)[**XRlabs** $8.4M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/xrlabs) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. 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