# Gencove funding: rounds and investors

> Gencove has raised $13M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include Spero Ventures, SV Angel and Alexandria Venture Investments. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Gencove*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 9 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

**$3.0M** Round **$10M** Series A

- **Latest round:** Series A, $10M Oct 2021
- **Step-up i:** 3.3×
- **Investors:** 9 (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

**$3.0M** Round

**$10M** Series A

- **First round:** Round, $3.0M
- **Biggest round:** $10M
- **Between rounds:** 2.6 years

## The rounds

- **Oct 2021** Series A **$10M** *4 new* [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Alexandria Venture Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexandria-venture-investments) [Version One Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/version-one) [Refactor Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/refactor-capital) Source recorded SEC filing: $9.8M sold, first sale Oct 2021
- **Mar 2019** Round **$3.0M** *5 new* [Spero Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spero-ventures) Lead [Alexandria Real Estate Equities](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexandria) [Version One](https://millionrounds.com/fund/version-one-2) [BURST Capital Management, LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/burst-capital-management-llc) Third Kind Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $2.7M sold, first sale Jan 2019

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

- **Joseph Pickrell** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Tomaz Berisa** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Larry Page* *Sara Eshelman*

## 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.

**Round** 2019 **Series A** 2021 [Spero Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spero-ventures) L [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Alexandria Venture Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexandria-venture-investments) [Alexandria Real Estate Equities](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexandria) [Version One Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/version-one) [Refactor Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/refactor-capital) [Version One](https://millionrounds.com/fund/version-one-2) [BURST Capital Management, LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/burst-capital-management-llc) Third Kind

## Everyone who backed them

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

[SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) VC firm **1** round

[Alexandria Venture Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexandria-venture-investments) VC firm **1** round

[Alexandria Real Estate Equities](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexandria) VC firm **1** round

[Version One Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/version-one) VC firm **1** round

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

[Version One](https://millionrounds.com/fund/version-one-2) VC firm **1** round

[BURST Capital Management, LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/burst-capital-management-llc) VC firm **1** round

Third Kind no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Gencove 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.

[Bread and Butter Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bread-and-butter-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Gencove

### Who invested in Gencove?

Gencove's investors include Spero Ventures, SV Angel, Alexandria Venture Investments, Alexandria Real Estate Equities and Version One Ventures, and 4 more on record.

### How much has Gencove raised?

Gencove has raised $13M across 2 rounds since 2019.

### When did Gencove last raise?

Gencove's most recent round was a Series A of $10M in Oct 2021.

### What was Gencove's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $10M in Oct 2021, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Gencove first?

Gencove's first round on record, in Mar 2019, was backed by Spero Ventures, Alexandria Real Estate Equities and Version One and 2 others.

### What stage is Gencove at?

Gencove's latest named round is a Series A, in Oct 2021.

### Where is Gencove based?

Gencove is based in the United States.

### Who led Gencove's rounds?

Spero Ventures led the Undisclosed round in 2019.

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