# Kanvas Biosciences funding: rounds and investors > Kanvas Biosciences has raised $61M across 2 rounds since 2024. Investors include DCVC, Lions Capital and Alumni Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/kanvas-biosciences (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Kanvas Biosciences* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 7 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 6 months ago Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$61M** raised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 3 sources **$13M** Series A **$48M** Series A - **Latest round:** Series A, $48M May 2026 - **Led by:** Lions Capital - **Step-up i:** 3.8× - **Investors:** 7 (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. 2025 2026 **$13M** Series A **$48M** Series A - **First round:** Series A, $13M - **Biggest round:** $48M - **Between rounds:** 22 months ## The rounds - **May 2026** Series A **$48M** *6 new* *1 returning* [Lions Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lions-capital) Lead [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) [Mana Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mana-ventures) [Gates Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation) [Zeon Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zeon-ventures) Reported by Firms' own news pages and 1 other - **Jul 2024** Series A **$13M** *1 new* [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) Source recorded SEC filing: $3.9M sold, first sale Mar 2024 ## Founders and team From Kanvas Biosciences's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 1 founder, 6 on the team. **Matthew P. Cheng** Co-founder and Chief Technical Officer *Named on its 2024 Form D* - **Phil Burnham** Chief Development Officer - **Hao Shi** Chief Scientific Officer - **Kyle Jacoby** VP Process Development and Manufacturing - **Lee Swem** VP Business Development - **Marguerite Prior** VP Clinical Research - **Steve Kujawa** VP Regulatory Affairs & Quality Assurance On the board, as filed i *Jason Pontin* *Paul Theunissen* Advisers *Aditya Bhalla* ## 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** 2024 **Series A** 2026 [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) [Lions Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lions-capital) L [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Mana Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mana-ventures) [Gates Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation) [Zeon Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zeon-ventures) ## Everyone who backed them [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) VC firm **2** rounds [Lions Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lions-capital) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm **1** round [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) Private equity **1** round [Mana Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mana-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Gates Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation) Institutional LP **1** round [Zeon Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zeon-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=kanvas-biosciences). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list Kanvas Biosciences 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. [FemHealth Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/femhealth-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Kicker Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kicker-ventures-2) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Kanvas Biosciences ### Who invested in Kanvas Biosciences? Kanvas Biosciences's investors include DCVC, Lions Capital, Alumni Ventures, Gaingels and Mana Ventures, and 2 more on record. Lions Capital led its latest round. ### How much has Kanvas Biosciences raised? Kanvas Biosciences has raised $61M across 2 rounds since 2024. ### When did Kanvas Biosciences last raise? Kanvas Biosciences's most recent round was a Series A of $48M in May 2026, led by Lions Capital. ### What was Kanvas Biosciences's biggest round? Its most recent round, $48M in May 2026, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Kanvas Biosciences first? Kanvas Biosciences's first round on record, in Jul 2024, was backed by DCVC. ### What stage is Kanvas Biosciences at? Kanvas Biosciences's latest named round is a Series A, in May 2026. ### Where is Kanvas Biosciences based? Kanvas Biosciences is based in the United States. ### Who led Kanvas Biosciences's rounds? Lions Capital led the Series A in 2026. ## Companies like Kanvas Biosciences In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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