# Kineta funding: rounds and investors > Kineta has raised $13M across 8 rounds since 2010. Investors include Wellcome Trust and AngelMD. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/kineta (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Kineta* 8 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 Healthcare Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$13M** raised across 8 rounds since 2010, from 8 sources **$942K** Venture **$709K** Venture **$5.8M** Venture **$760K** Venture **$1.6M** Venture **$1.4M** Venture **$1.8M** Round - **Latest round:** Round, $1.8M Aug 2019 - **Biggest round:** $5.8M Venture · Aug 2012 - **Step-up i:** 1.3× - **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. 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 **$942K** Venture **$709K** Venture **$5.8M** Venture **$760K** Venture **?** Round **$1.4M** Venture **$1.8M** Round - **First round:** Venture, $942K - **Biggest round:** $5.8M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 8 months ## The rounds - **Aug 2019** Round **$1.8M** *1 new* [Wellcome Trust](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellcome-trust) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $2.5M sold, first sale Nov 2017 - **Jan 2015** Venture **$1.4M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record - **May 2014** Venture **$1.6M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $1.6M sold, first sale Jun 2014 - **Mar 2014** Round **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [AngelMD](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angelmd-2) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $1.6M sold, first sale Jun 2014 - **Oct 2013** Venture **$760K** No investor was named in the report. Reported by sec.gov - **Aug 2012** Venture **$5.8M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by sec.gov - **Jul 2010** Venture **$709K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record - **Jan 2010** Venture **$942K** No investor was named in the report. Reported by sec.gov SEC filing: $942K sold, first sale Dec 2009 ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 3 on the team. - **Craig Philips** Executive Officer i - **Pauline Kenny** Executive Officer i - **Shawn ladonato** Executive Officer, Director i On the board, as filed i *Don R. Merlino* *Jiyoung R. Hwang* *Marion R. Foote* *Raymond R. Bartoszek* *Richard R. Samuelson* *Steven R. Mitchell* ## 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. **Venture** 2010 **Venture** 2010 **Venture** 2012 **Venture** 2013 **Round** 2014 **Venture** 2014 **Venture** 2015 **Round** 2019 [Wellcome Trust](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellcome-trust) [AngelMD](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angelmd-2) ## Everyone who backed them [Wellcome Trust](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellcome-trust) Government **1** round [AngelMD](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angelmd-2) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=kineta). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Kineta 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. [TSVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tsv-capital) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Kineta ### Who invested in Kineta? Kineta's investors include Wellcome Trust and AngelMD. ### How much has Kineta raised? Kineta has raised $13M across 8 rounds since 2010. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Kineta last raise? Kineta's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $1.8M in Aug 2019. ### What was Kineta's biggest round? Kineta's largest round on record is $5.8M (Venture), in Aug 2012. ### Who backed Kineta first? Kineta's first round on record, in Mar 2014, was backed by AngelMD. ### What stage is Kineta at? Kineta's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Aug 2019. ### Where is Kineta based? Kineta is based in the United States. ## Companies like Kineta In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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