# Lumen Bioscience funding: rounds and investors

> Lumen Bioscience has raised $30M across 1 round since 2025. Investors include US Department of Energy and STRIVE. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Lumen Bioscience*

One round we have observed, with the 2 investors named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$30M** raised across 1 round since 2025, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Series C, $30M Oct 2025
- **Investors:** 2

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Oct 2025** Series C **$30M** [US Department of Energy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/u-s-department-of-energy) [STRIVE](https://millionrounds.com/fund/strive) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Lumen Bioscience's own website: 2 founders, 6 on the team.

**Brian Finrow** Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

**Jim Roberts** Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer

- **Eric Orse** Chief Financial Officer
- **John Morrow** COO and General Counsel
- **Carl Mason** VP, Clinical
- **Steve Landas** VP & Controller
- **Expertise. Ingenuity. Execution.** Principal Scientist
- **Mark Heinnickel** Principal Scientist

## Everyone who backed them

[US Department of Energy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/u-s-department-of-energy) Government **1** round

[STRIVE](https://millionrounds.com/fund/strive) VC firm **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=lumen-bioscience).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Lumen Bioscience 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.

[Planetary Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/fund/planetary-technologies) Company Per its own site

## Quick answers about Lumen Bioscience

### Who invested in Lumen Bioscience?

Lumen Bioscience's investors include US Department of Energy and STRIVE.

### How much has Lumen Bioscience raised?

Lumen Bioscience has raised $30M across 1 round since 2025.

### When did Lumen Bioscience last raise?

Lumen Bioscience's most recent round was a Series C of $30M in Oct 2025.

### What was Lumen Bioscience's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $30M in Oct 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Lumen Bioscience first?

Lumen Bioscience's first round on record, in Oct 2025, was backed by US Department of Energy and STRIVE.

### What stage is Lumen Bioscience at?

Lumen Bioscience's latest named round is a Series C, in Oct 2025.

### Where is Lumen Bioscience based?

Lumen Bioscience is based in the United States.

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