# Manual funding: rounds and investors

> Manual has raised $45M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include Cherry Ventures, FJ Labs and Octopus Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

United Kingdom · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Manual*

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 Healthcare

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$45M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources

**$6.4M** Seed **$38M** Venture

- **Latest round:** Venture, $38M Sept 2024
- **Step-up i:** 6×
- **Investors:** 7

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.

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

**$6.4M** Seed

**$38M** Venture

- **First round:** Seed, $6.4M
- **Biggest round:** $38M
- **Between rounds:** 5.7 years

## The rounds

- **Sept 2024** Venture **$38M** *4 new* *1 returning* [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) [Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) [Cherry Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cherry-ventures) [Acurio Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/acurio-ventures) [Felix Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felix-capital) Source recorded
- **Jan 2019** Seed **$6.4M** *3 new* [Cherry Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cherry-ventures) [Felix](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felix) [CASSIUS](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cassius) Reported by TechCrunch

## 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.

**Seed** 2019 **Venture** 2024 [Cherry Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cherry-ventures) [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) [Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) [Acurio Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/acurio-ventures) [Felix Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felix-capital) [Felix](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felix) [CASSIUS](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cassius)

## Everyone who backed them

[Cherry Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cherry-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) VC firm **1** round

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

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

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

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

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

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Manual 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.

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

[Vorwerk Direct Selling Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vorwerk-direct-selling-ventures) Growth equity Per its own site

## Quick answers about Manual

### Who invested in Manual?

Manual's investors include Cherry Ventures, FJ Labs, Octopus Ventures, Acurio Ventures and Felix Capital, and 2 more on record.

### How much has Manual raised?

Manual has raised $45M across 2 rounds since 2019.

### When did Manual last raise?

Manual's most recent round was a Venture of $38M in Sept 2024.

### What was Manual's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $38M in Sept 2024, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Manual first?

Manual's first round on record, in Jan 2019, was backed by Cherry Ventures, Felix and CASSIUS.

### What stage is Manual at?

Manual's latest named round is a Venture, in Sept 2024.

### Where is Manual based?

Manual is based in the United Kingdom.

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