# Leyden Labs funding: rounds and investors

> Leyden Labs has raised $221M across 4 rounds since 2025. Investors include Polaris Partners, Qiming Venture Partners and European Investment Bank.

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

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# Who invested in *Leyden Labs*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 11 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

Raised 5 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$221M** raised across 4 rounds since 2025, from 4 sources

**$70M** Round **$70M** Round **$35M** Venture **$45M** Venture

- **Latest round:** Venture, $45M Jun 2026
- **Biggest round:** $70M Round · Apr 2025
- **Step-up i:** 1.3×
- **Investors:** 11 (2 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

**$70M** Round

**$70M** Round

**$35M** Venture

**$45M** Venture

- **First round:** Round, $70M
- **Biggest round:** $70M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 6 months

## The rounds

- **Jun 2026** Venture **$45M** *3 returning* [Qiming Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qiming-venture-partners) [Polaris Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/polaris-partners) [European Investment Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/european-investment-bank) Source recorded
- **Oct 2025** Venture **$35M** *1 new* *2 returning* [Qiming Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qiming-venture-partners) [Polaris Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/polaris-partners) [European Investment Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/european-investment-bank) Source recorded
- **Apr 2025** Round **$70M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by Silicon Canals
- **Jan 2025** Round **$70M** *10 new* [Polaris Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/polaris-partners) Lead [ClavystBio](https://millionrounds.com/fund/clavystbio) Lead [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Qiming Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qiming-venture-partners) [F-Prime Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/f-prime) [Invus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/invus) [Casdin Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/casdin-capital) [SoftBank Vision Fund 2](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-vision-fund-2) [Bluebird Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bluebird-ventures) [Byers Capital / Brook Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/byers-capital-brook-byers) Reported by Silicon Canals

## Founders and team

From Leyden Labs's own website: 4 founders, 11 on the team.

**Koenraad Wiedhaup** Founder and Chief Executive Officer

**Eli Casdin** Casdin Capital, Chief Investment Officer and Founder

**Ronald Brus** Founder and Chief Growth Officer

**Dinko Valerio** Founder and Chair of the Supervisory Board

- **Ben Verwaayen** Alcatel-Lucent, former CEO
- **Khoo Shih** ClavystBio, CEO
- **Onno van de Stolpe** Galapagos, former CEO
- **René Russo** Xilio Therapeutics, CEO
- **Clarissa Koch** Chief Scientific Officer
- **Jintanat Ananworanich** Chief Medical Officer
- **Marieke van der Lans** Chief Financial Officer
- **Susan Sobolov** Chief Technology Officer
- **James Shannon** Novartis, former Global Head of Development
- **Richard Whitley** Novartis, former Global Head of Development
- **Xavier Maes** General Counsel

Advisers *Jaap Goudsmit*

## 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.

**Round** 2025 **Round** 2025 **Venture** 2025 **Venture** 2026 [Polaris Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/polaris-partners) L [Qiming Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qiming-venture-partners) [European Investment Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/european-investment-bank) [ClavystBio](https://millionrounds.com/fund/clavystbio) L [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [F-Prime Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/f-prime) [Invus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/invus) [Casdin Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/casdin-capital) [SoftBank Vision Fund 2](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-vision-fund-2) [Bluebird Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bluebird-ventures)

## Everyone who backed them

[Polaris Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/polaris-partners) VC firm **3** rounds, led 1

[Qiming Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qiming-venture-partners) VC firm **3** rounds

[European Investment Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/european-investment-bank) Government **2** rounds

[ClavystBio](https://millionrounds.com/fund/clavystbio) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) Corporate VC **1** round

[F-Prime Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/f-prime) VC firm **1** round

[Invus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/invus) Private equity **1** round

[Casdin Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/casdin-capital) VC firm **1** round

[SoftBank Vision Fund 2](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-vision-fund-2) Growth equity **1** round

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

[Byers Capital / Brook Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/byers-capital-brook-byers) Investment firm **1** round

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## Quick answers about Leyden Labs

### Who invested in Leyden Labs?

Leyden Labs's investors include Polaris Partners, Qiming Venture Partners, European Investment Bank, ClavystBio and Google Ventures, and 6 more on record.

### How much has Leyden Labs raised?

Leyden Labs has raised $221M across 4 rounds since 2025.

### When did Leyden Labs last raise?

Leyden Labs's most recent round was a Venture of $45M in Jun 2026.

### What was Leyden Labs's biggest round?

Leyden Labs's largest round on record is $70M (Undisclosed round), in Apr 2025.

### Who backed Leyden Labs first?

Leyden Labs's first round on record, in Jan 2025, was backed by Polaris Partners, ClavystBio and Google Ventures and 7 others.

### What stage is Leyden Labs at?

Leyden Labs's latest named round is a Venture, in Jun 2026.

### Where is Leyden Labs based?

Leyden Labs is based in the Netherlands.

### Who led Leyden Labs's rounds?

Polaris Partners led the funding round in 2025.

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