# iMicrobes funding: rounds and investors

> iMicrobes has raised $10M across 1 round since 2024. Investors include Y Combinator, National Science Foundation and Bossa Invest. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *iMicrobes*

One round we have observed, with the 4 investors named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Biotech

Y Combinator: W15

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$10M** raised across 1 round since 2024, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Seed, $10M Nov 2024
- **Investors:** 4

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Nov 2024** Seed **$10M** [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [Bossa Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest) [Asymmetry Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/asymmetry-ventures) Source recorded

## Founders and team

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

- **Derek Greenfield** President
- **Jennifer Holmgren** CEO at LanzaTech
- **Noah Helman** CEO
- **Elizabeth Clarke** CTO
- **Johan van Walsem** COO at Lygos

Advisers *Mark Oberle* *Olivier Marie* *Veronique Lafargue*

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round

[National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) Government **1** round

[Bossa Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest) VC firm **1** round

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

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=imicrobes).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 5 firms list iMicrobes as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

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

[Juniper](https://millionrounds.com/fund/juniper) VC firm Per its own site

[Point Reyes Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/efund-llc) Private equity Per its own site

[First Bight Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-bight-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Seed Smart](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seed-smart) Angel network Per its own site

## Quick answers about iMicrobes

### Who invested in iMicrobes?

iMicrobes's investors include Y Combinator, National Science Foundation, Bossa Invest and Asymmetry Ventures.

### How much has iMicrobes raised?

iMicrobes has raised $10M across 1 round since 2024.

### When did iMicrobes last raise?

iMicrobes's most recent round was a Seed of $10M in Nov 2024.

### What was iMicrobes's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $10M in Nov 2024, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed iMicrobes first?

iMicrobes's first round on record, in Nov 2024, was backed by Y Combinator, National Science Foundation and Bossa Invest and 1 others.

### What stage is iMicrobes at?

iMicrobes's latest named round is a Seed, in Nov 2024.

### Where is iMicrobes based?

iMicrobes is based in the United States.

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