# ILC Therapeutics funding: rounds and investors

> ILC Therapeutics has raised $10M across 4 rounds since 2020. Investors include Scottish Enterprise and Medical Incubator Japan K.K..

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

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# Who invested in *ILC Therapeutics*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 2 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

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$10M** raised across 4 rounds since 2020, from 4 sources

**$4.9M** Round **$2.3M** Round **$3.3M** Venture

- **Latest round:** Venture, $3.3M Sept 2024
- **Biggest round:** $4.9M Round · Sept 2021
- **Step-up i:** 1.5×
- **Investors:** 2

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.

2021 2022 2023 2024

**?** Round

**$4.9M** Round

**$2.3M** Round

**$3.3M** Venture

- **First round:** Round
- **Biggest round:** $4.9M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 13 months

## The rounds

- **Sept 2024** Venture **$3.3M** *1 new* [Scottish Enterprise](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scottish-enterprise) Source recorded
- **Oct 2022** Round **$2.3M** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet
- **Sept 2021** Round **$4.9M** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet
- **Dec 2020** Round **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Medical Incubator Japan K.K.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/medical-incubator-japan-k-k) Reported by Medical Incubator Japan K.K.

## Funding filed with regulators

ILC Therapeutics filed 3 raises, $10M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

- Jun 2024 **$3.2M** UK share allotment
- Oct 2022 **$2.3M** UK share allotment
- Sept 2021 **$4.9M** UK share allotment

## Founders and team

From ILC Therapeutics's own website: 3 on the team.

- **Dr Owain Millington** Chief Executive Officer
- **Dr Dawn Firmin** Chief Operating Officer
- **Julie Bailey** Chief Financial 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.

**Round** 2020 **Round** 2021 **Round** 2022 **Venture** 2024 [Scottish Enterprise](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scottish-enterprise) [Medical Incubator Japan K.K.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/medical-incubator-japan-k-k)

## Everyone who backed them

[Scottish Enterprise](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scottish-enterprise) Government **1** round

[Medical Incubator Japan K.K.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/medical-incubator-japan-k-k) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists ILC Therapeutics 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.

[Eos](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eos-advisory) Angel network Per its own site

## Quick answers about ILC Therapeutics

### Who invested in ILC Therapeutics?

ILC Therapeutics's investors include Scottish Enterprise and Medical Incubator Japan K.K..

### How much has ILC Therapeutics raised?

ILC Therapeutics has raised $10M across 4 rounds since 2020. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did ILC Therapeutics last raise?

ILC Therapeutics's most recent round was a Venture of $3.3M in Sept 2024.

### What was ILC Therapeutics's biggest round?

ILC Therapeutics's largest round on record is $4.9M, in Sept 2021.

### Who backed ILC Therapeutics first?

ILC Therapeutics's first round on record, in Dec 2020, was backed by Medical Incubator Japan K.K..

### What stage is ILC Therapeutics at?

ILC Therapeutics's latest named round is a Venture, in Sept 2024.

### Where is ILC Therapeutics based?

ILC Therapeutics is based in the United Kingdom.

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