# Fauna Bio funding: rounds and investors > Fauna Bio has raised $13M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include True Ventures, National Institutes of Health and The Longevity Fund. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/fauna-bio (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Fauna Bio* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 6 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 **$13M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources **$4.1M** Seed **$9.0M** Seed - **Latest round:** Seed, $9.0M Sept 2021 - **Step-up i:** 2.2× - **Investors:** 6 (1 led) 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. 2020 2021 **$4.1M** Seed **$9.0M** Seed - **First round:** Seed, $4.1M - **Biggest round:** $9.0M - **Between rounds:** 2.4 years ## The rounds - **Sept 2021** Seed **$9.0M** *1 new* *1 returning* [True Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/true-ventures-2) [National Institutes of Health](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-institutes-of-health) Source recorded - **Apr 2019** Seed **$4.1M** *5 new* [True Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/true-ventures-2) Lead [The Longevity Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-longevity-fund) [Boom](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boom) [Pacific 8 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pacific-8-ventures) Beagle Reported by FinSMEs ## Founders and team From Fauna Bio's own website: 3 founders, 2 on the team. **Ashley Zehnder** Founder and CEO **Linda Goodman** Founder & CTO **Katie Grabek** Founder & CSO - **Ben Sajdak** Director of Emerging Animal Models - **Kacey Haptonstall** Translational Operations Manager ## 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** 2019 **Seed** 2021 [True Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/true-ventures-2) L [National Institutes of Health](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-institutes-of-health) [The Longevity Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-longevity-fund) [Boom](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boom) [Pacific 8 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pacific-8-ventures) Beagle ## Everyone who backed them [True Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/true-ventures-2) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1 [National Institutes of Health](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-institutes-of-health) Government **1** round [The Longevity Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-longevity-fund) VC firm **1** round [Boom](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boom) Company **1** round [Pacific 8 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pacific-8-ventures) VC firm **1** round Beagle 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=fauna-bio). ## Also claim to have backed them These 9 firms list Fauna Bio 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. [True Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/true-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Farvatn Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/farvatn-venture) Family office Per its own site [Lifeforce Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lifeforce-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Lifespan Vision Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lifespan-vision-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Age1](https://millionrounds.com/fund/age1) VC firm Per its own site [Bija Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bija-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Planet 9 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/planet-9-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Planet 9 Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/planet-9-venture) VC firm Per its own site [Vibe Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vibe-capital) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Fauna Bio ### Who invested in Fauna Bio? Fauna Bio's investors include True Ventures, National Institutes of Health, The Longevity Fund, Boom and Pacific 8 Ventures, and 1 more on record. ### How much has Fauna Bio raised? Fauna Bio has raised $13M across 2 rounds since 2019. ### When did Fauna Bio last raise? Fauna Bio's most recent round was a Seed of $9.0M in Sept 2021. ### What was Fauna Bio's biggest round? Its most recent round, $9.0M in Sept 2021, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Fauna Bio first? Fauna Bio's first round on record, in Apr 2019, was backed by True Ventures, The Longevity Fund and Boom and 2 others. ### What stage is Fauna Bio at? Fauna Bio's latest named round is a Seed, in Sept 2021. ### Where is Fauna Bio based? Fauna Bio is based in the United States. ### Who led Fauna Bio's rounds? True Ventures led the Seed in 2019. ## Companies like Fauna Bio In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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