# Mara Bio funding: rounds and investors

> Mara Bio has raised $1.0M across 1 round since 2025. Investors include K1W1. Every round with its source.

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

New Zealand · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Mara Bio*

One round we have observed, with the one investor 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.

Foodtech

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$1.0M** raised across 1 round since 2025, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Seed, $1.0M Jul 2025
- **Investors:** 1

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Jul 2025** Seed **$1.0M** [K1W1](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k1w1) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Mara Bio's own website: 2 on the team.

- **Mark Balchin** Chief Executive Officer (CEO)​​​​​​​
- **Steve Boggs** Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)​​​​​​​

## Everyone who backed them

[K1W1](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k1w1) Investment firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Mara Bio 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.

[AIF](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aif) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Mara Bio

### Who invested in Mara Bio?

Mara Bio's investors include K1W1.

### How much has Mara Bio raised?

Mara Bio has raised $1.0M across 1 round since 2025.

### When did Mara Bio last raise?

Mara Bio's most recent round was a Seed of $1.0M in Jul 2025.

### What was Mara Bio's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $1.0M in Jul 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Mara Bio first?

Mara Bio's first round on record, in Jul 2025, was backed by K1W1.

### What stage is Mara Bio at?

Mara Bio's latest named round is a Seed, in Jul 2025.

### Where is Mara Bio based?

Mara Bio is based in New Zealand.

## Companies like Mara Bio

In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months.

[**Opo Bio** May 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/opo-bio)[**ASTRA FOOD PLAN** $5.9M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/astra-food-plan)[**Edonia** $18M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/edonia)[**FOOD FOUNDERS Studio** $4.5M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/food-founders-studio)[**MicroLub** $15M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/microlub)[**Qkine** $9.9M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/qkine)

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