# Galecto funding: rounds and investors

> Galecto has raised $365M across 2 rounds since 2018. Investors include Andreessen Horowitz, OrbiMed and RA Capital Management. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Galecto*

2 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

Raised 9 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$365M** raised across 2 rounds since 2018, from 2 sources

**$90M** Series C **$275M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $275M Feb 2026
- **Step-up i:** 3.1×
- **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.

2020 2022 2024 2026

**$90M** Series C

**$275M** Round

- **First round:** Series C, $90M
- **Biggest round:** $275M
- **Between rounds:** 7.3 years

## The rounds

- **Feb 2026** Round **$275M** *4 new* [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [RA Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ra-capital-management) [Wellington Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellington-management) [Janus Henderson Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/janus-henderson-investors) Source recorded SEC filing: $285M sold, first sale Nov 2025
- **Oct 2018** Series C **$90M** *10 new* [OrbiMed](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orbimed) [Ysios Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ysios-capital) [Bristol Myers Squibb](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bristol-myers-squibb) [Seventure](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seventure) [HBM Healthcare](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hbm-healthcare) [Novo Seeds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novo-seeds) [OrbiMed Israel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orbimed-israel) Maverick OrbiMed/ Ysios Sunstone Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

From Galecto's own website: 5 on the team.

- **Jennifer Jarrett** Chief Executive Officer & Board Director
- **Brian Burkavage** Senior Vice President, Finance
- **Jim Baker** Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
- **Sherwin Sattarzadeh** Chief Operating Officer
- **Garrett Winslow** General Counsel

## 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 C** 2018 **Round** 2026 [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [OrbiMed](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orbimed) [RA Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ra-capital-management) [Wellington Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellington-management) [Janus Henderson Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/janus-henderson-investors) [Ysios Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ysios-capital) [Bristol Myers Squibb](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bristol-myers-squibb) [Seventure](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seventure) [HBM Healthcare](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hbm-healthcare) [Novo Seeds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novo-seeds)

## Everyone who backed them

[Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) VC firm **1** round

[OrbiMed](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orbimed) Private equity **1** round

[RA Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ra-capital-management) Private equity **1** round

[Wellington Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellington-management) VC firm **1** round

[Janus Henderson Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/janus-henderson-investors) Private equity **1** round

[Ysios Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ysios-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Bristol Myers Squibb](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bristol-myers-squibb) VC firm **1** round

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

[HBM Healthcare](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hbm-healthcare) Growth equity **1** round

[Novo Seeds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novo-seeds) VC firm **1** round

[OrbiMed Israel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orbimed-israel) Private equity **1** round

Maverick no record of our own yet **1** round

OrbiMed/ Ysios no record of our own yet **1** round

Sunstone 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=galecto).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Galecto 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.

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

## Quick answers about Galecto

### Who invested in Galecto?

Galecto's investors include Andreessen Horowitz, OrbiMed, RA Capital Management, Wellington Management and Janus Henderson Investors, and 9 more on record.

### How much has Galecto raised?

Galecto has raised $365M across 2 rounds since 2018.

### When did Galecto last raise?

Galecto's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $275M in Feb 2026.

### What was Galecto's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $275M in Feb 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Galecto first?

Galecto's first round on record, in Oct 2018, was backed by OrbiMed, Ysios Capital and Bristol Myers Squibb and 7 others.

### What stage is Galecto at?

Galecto's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Feb 2026.

### Where is Galecto based?

Galecto is based in Denmark.

## Companies like Galecto

In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months.

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