# ImaginAb funding: rounds and investors

> ImaginAb has raised $42M across 3 rounds since 2012. Investors include Cycad Group, Novartis Venture Fund and Nextech Invest. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *ImaginAb*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 8 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

**$42M** raised across 3 rounds since 2012, from 3 sources

**$13M** Series A **$21M** Series B **$8.0M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $8.0M Oct 2017
- **Biggest round:** $21M Series B · May 2014
- **Investors:** 8

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.

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

**$13M** Series A

**$21M** Series B

**$8.0M** Round

- **First round:** Series A, $13M
- **Biggest round:** $21M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 3.4 years

## The rounds

- **Oct 2017** Round **$8.0M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Cycad Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cycad-group) [Nextech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextech-ventures) Jim Pallotta NVF Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $7.7M sold, first sale Sept 2017
- **May 2014** Series B **$21M** *2 new* *2 returning* [Novartis Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novartis-venture-fund) [Cycad Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cycad-group) [Nextech Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextech-invest) [Merieux Developpement](https://millionrounds.com/fund/merieux-developpement) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $16M sold, first sale May 2014
- **Mar 2012** Series A **$13M** *3 new* [Novartis Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novartis-venture-fund) [Cycad Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cycad-group) [Momentum Bioscience](https://millionrounds.com/fund/momentum-bioscience) Reported by finsmes.com SEC filing: $7.3M sold, first sale Mar 2012

## Founders and team

From ImaginAb's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 7 on the team.

- **David Fractor** Chief Financial Officer
- **Jill Durkin** VP, Financial Strategy and Planning
- **Friedhelm Blobel** Independent Non-Executive Director
- **Jules Haimovitz** Member of the Board
- **Jeffrey D. Quan** Executive Officer i
- **K. Leonard Judson** Board Chairman
- **Martyn Coombs** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Anna W. Work* *Jeff Leonard Bailey* *Joseph Leonard Limber* *Thilo Leonard Schroeder*

Advisers *Anna M. Wu*

## 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** 2012 **Series B** 2014 **Round** 2017 [Cycad Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cycad-group) [Novartis Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novartis-venture-fund) [Nextech Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextech-invest) [Merieux Developpement](https://millionrounds.com/fund/merieux-developpement) [Nextech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextech-ventures) [Momentum Bioscience](https://millionrounds.com/fund/momentum-bioscience) Jim Pallotta NVF

## Everyone who backed them

[Cycad Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cycad-group) Growth equity **3** rounds

[Novartis Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novartis-venture-fund) Corporate VC **2** rounds

[Nextech Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextech-invest) Private equity **1** round

[Merieux Developpement](https://millionrounds.com/fund/merieux-developpement) Private equity **1** round

[Nextech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextech-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Momentum Bioscience](https://millionrounds.com/fund/momentum-bioscience) VC firm **1** round

Jim Pallotta no record of our own yet **1** round

NVF 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=imaginab).

## Quick answers about ImaginAb

### Who invested in ImaginAb?

ImaginAb's investors include Cycad Group, Novartis Venture Fund, Nextech Invest, Merieux Developpement and Nextech Ventures, and 3 more on record.

### How much has ImaginAb raised?

ImaginAb has raised $42M across 3 rounds since 2012.

### When did ImaginAb last raise?

ImaginAb's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $8.0M in Oct 2017.

### What was ImaginAb's biggest round?

ImaginAb's largest round on record is $21M (Series B), in May 2014.

### Who backed ImaginAb first?

ImaginAb's first round on record, in Mar 2012, was backed by Novartis Venture Fund, Cycad Group and Momentum Bioscience.

### What stage is ImaginAb at?

ImaginAb's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Oct 2017.

### Where is ImaginAb based?

ImaginAb is based in the United States.

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