# KIYATEC funding: rounds and investors

> KIYATEC has raised $21M across 4 rounds since 2012. Investors include VentureSouth, Upstate Carolina Angel Network and Nexus Medical Partners.

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

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

# Who invested in *KIYATEC*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 4 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

**$21M** raised across 4 rounds since 2012, from 4 sources

**$180K** Venture **$3.0M** Series B **$18M** Series C

- **Latest round:** Series C, $18M May 2023
- **Step-up i:** 6×
- **Investors:** 4 (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.

2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022

**?** Series A

**$180K** Venture

**$3.0M** Series B

**$18M** Series C

- **First round:** Series A
- **Biggest round:** $18M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 4 years

## The rounds

- **May 2023** Series C **$18M** *1 returning* [VentureSouth](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venturesouth) Source recorded
- **May 2019** Series B **$3.0M** *2 new* [VentureSouth](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venturesouth) Lead [LabCorp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/labcorp) Reported by Biospace SEC filing: $5.3M sold, first sale Feb 2019
- **Dec 2014** Venture **$180K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $180K sold, first sale Nov 2014
- **May 2012** Series A **Amount undisclosed** *2 new* [Upstate Carolina Angel Network](https://millionrounds.com/fund/upstate-carolina-angel-network) [Nexus Medical Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nexus-medical-partners) Reported by finsmes.com

## Founders and team

From KIYATEC's own website: 2 on the team.

- **Eric Perreault** Chief Executive Officer
- **Jason Robart** Chairman

## 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 **Venture** 2014 **Series B** 2019 **Series C** 2023 [VentureSouth](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venturesouth) L [Upstate Carolina Angel Network](https://millionrounds.com/fund/upstate-carolina-angel-network) [Nexus Medical Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nexus-medical-partners) [LabCorp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/labcorp)

## Everyone who backed them

[VentureSouth](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venturesouth) Angel network **2** rounds, led 1

[Upstate Carolina Angel Network](https://millionrounds.com/fund/upstate-carolina-angel-network) Angel network **1** round

[Nexus Medical Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nexus-medical-partners) VC firm **1** round

[LabCorp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/labcorp) Corporate VC **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 6 firms list KIYATEC 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.

[South Carolina Research Authority](https://millionrounds.com/fund/south-carolina-research-authority) Corporate VC Per its own site

[Atlanta Technology Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlanta-technology-angels) Angel network Per its own site

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

[Sontag Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sontag-innovation-fund) Institutional LP Per its own site

[Brain Tumor Investment Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brain-tumor-investment-fund) Corporate VC Per its own site

[NMT Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nmt-capital) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about KIYATEC

### Who invested in KIYATEC?

KIYATEC's investors include VentureSouth, Upstate Carolina Angel Network, Nexus Medical Partners and LabCorp.

### How much has KIYATEC raised?

KIYATEC has raised $21M across 4 rounds since 2012. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did KIYATEC last raise?

KIYATEC's most recent round was a Series C of $18M in May 2023.

### What was KIYATEC's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $18M in May 2023, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed KIYATEC first?

KIYATEC's first round on record, in May 2012, was backed by Upstate Carolina Angel Network and Nexus Medical Partners.

### What stage is KIYATEC at?

KIYATEC's latest named round is a Series C, in May 2023.

### Where is KIYATEC based?

KIYATEC is based in the United States.

### Who led KIYATEC's rounds?

VentureSouth led the Series B in 2019.

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