# Fifth Eye funding: rounds and investors

> Fifth Eye has raised $12M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include Cultivation Capital, Arboretum Ventures and Mint. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Fifth Eye*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 4 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

**$12M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Venture Feb 2025
- **Biggest round:** $12M Series A · Apr 2019
- **Investors:** 4 (2 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.

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

**$12M** Series A

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Series A, $12M
- **Biggest round:** $12M
- **Between rounds:** 5.8 years

## The rounds

- **Feb 2025** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* *1 returning* [Cultivation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cultivation-capital) [Mint](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mint) Source recorded
- **Apr 2019** Series A **$12M** *3 new* [Cultivation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cultivation-capital) Lead [Arboretum Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arboretum-ventures) Lead [MINTS](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mints) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $7.0M sold, first sale Mar 2019

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 4 on the team.

- **Ashwin Belle** Executive Officer i
- **Jeff Basch** Executive Officer i
- **Jennifer Baird** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Mark Salamango** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Thomas Shehab* *William Schmidt*

## 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** 2019 **Venture** 2025 [Cultivation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cultivation-capital) L [Arboretum Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arboretum-ventures) L [Mint](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mint) [MINTS](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mints)

## Everyone who backed them

[Cultivation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cultivation-capital) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1

[Arboretum Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arboretum-ventures) VC firm **1** round, led 1

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

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

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Fifth Eye 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.

[Invest Michigan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/invest-michigan) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Fifth Eye

### Who invested in Fifth Eye?

Fifth Eye's investors include Cultivation Capital, Arboretum Ventures, Mint and MINTS.

### How much has Fifth Eye raised?

Fifth Eye has raised $12M across 2 rounds since 2019. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Fifth Eye last raise?

Fifth Eye's most recent round was a Venture in Feb 2025.

### What was Fifth Eye's biggest round?

Fifth Eye's largest round on record is $12M (Series A), in Apr 2019, led by Cultivation Capital.

### Who backed Fifth Eye first?

Fifth Eye's first round on record, in Apr 2019, was backed by Cultivation Capital, Arboretum Ventures and MINTS.

### What stage is Fifth Eye at?

Fifth Eye's latest named round is a Venture, in Feb 2025.

### Where is Fifth Eye based?

Fifth Eye is based in the United States.

### Who led Fifth Eye's rounds?

Cultivation Capital led the Series A in 2019.

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