# Kano Therapeutics funding: rounds and investors > Kano Therapeutics has raised $5.0M across 2 rounds since 2024. Investors include Metaplanet, Taihill Venture and Engine Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/kano-therapeutics (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Kano Therapeutics* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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 Raised 12 months ago Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$5.0M** raised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 2 sources - **Latest round:** Venture Nov 2025 - **Biggest round:** $5.0M Seed · Aug 2024 - **Investors:** 5 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. 2025 **$5.0M** Seed **?** Venture - **First round:** Seed, $5.0M - **Biggest round:** $5.0M - **Between rounds:** 15 months ## The rounds - **Nov 2025** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* *3 returning* [ZAKA VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zaka-vc) [Metaplanet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/metaplanet) [Taihill Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/taihill-venture) [Engine Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/engine-ventures) Source recorded - **Aug 2024** Seed **$5.0M** *4 new* [Vsquared Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vsquared-ventures) [Metaplanet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/metaplanet) [Taihill Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/taihill-venture) [Engine Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/engine-ventures) Source recorded SEC filing: $5.0M sold, first sale May 2024 ## Founders and team From Kano Therapeutics's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 2 founders, 3 on the team. **Dr. Floris Engelhardt** CEO/CSO & Co-Founder *Named on its 2024 Form D* **John Vroom** Chief Business Officer & Co-Founder *Named on its 2024 Form D* - **Christian Burns** Associate Director, Platform - **Dr. Seth Ettenberg** Independent Board Member - **Emma Cole** Research Associate On the board, as filed i *Ann DeWitt* ## 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. **Seed** 2024 **Venture** 2025 [Metaplanet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/metaplanet) [Taihill Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/taihill-venture) [Engine Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/engine-ventures) [ZAKA VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zaka-vc) [Vsquared Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vsquared-ventures) ## Everyone who backed them [Metaplanet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/metaplanet) VC firm **2** rounds [Taihill Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/taihill-venture) VC firm **2** rounds [Engine Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/engine-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [ZAKA VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zaka-vc) VC firm **1** round [Vsquared Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vsquared-ventures) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=kano-therapeutics). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Kano 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. [Amino Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amino-collective) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Kano Therapeutics ### Who invested in Kano Therapeutics? Kano Therapeutics's investors include Metaplanet, Taihill Venture, Engine Ventures, ZAKA VC and Vsquared Ventures. ### How much has Kano Therapeutics raised? Kano Therapeutics has raised $5.0M across 2 rounds since 2024. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Kano Therapeutics last raise? Kano Therapeutics's most recent round was a Venture in Nov 2025. ### What was Kano Therapeutics's biggest round? Kano Therapeutics's largest round on record is $5.0M (Seed), in Aug 2024. ### Who backed Kano Therapeutics first? Kano Therapeutics's first round on record, in Aug 2024, was backed by Vsquared Ventures, Metaplanet and Taihill Venture and 1 others. ### What stage is Kano Therapeutics at? Kano Therapeutics's latest named round is a Venture, in Nov 2025. ### Where is Kano Therapeutics based? Kano Therapeutics is based in the United States. ## Companies like Kano Therapeutics In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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