# MarinaTex funding: rounds and investors

> MarinaTex has raised $471K across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include EIT Food RisingFoodstars. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *MarinaTex*

2 rounds we have observed, with the one investor 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

Raised 9 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$471K** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources

**$248K** Seed **$223K** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $223K Jan 2026
- **Biggest round:** $248K Seed · Oct 2025
- **Investors:** 1

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.

2026

**$248K** Seed

**$223K** Round

- **First round:** Seed, $248K
- **Biggest round:** $248K
- **Between rounds:** 4 months

## The rounds

- **Jan 2026** Round **$223K** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet
- **Oct 2025** Seed **$248K** *1 new* [EIT Food RisingFoodstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eit-food-risingfoo) Source recorded

## Funding filed with regulators

MarinaTex filed 2 raises, $1.1M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

- Jan 2026 **$223K** UK share allotment
- Oct 2025 **$889K** UK share allotment

## Founders and team

From MarinaTex's own website: 2 founders, 3 on the team.

**Craig Sterling** Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

**Lucy Hughes** Founder & COO

- **Lawrie Matthews** CTFO · Chief Technology and Financial Officer
- **Dawn Mace** Operations & Executive Manager
- **Sally Burr** Senior Scientist

## Everyone who backed them

[EIT Food RisingFoodstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eit-food-risingfoo) Accelerator **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list MarinaTex 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.

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

[South East Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/south-east-angels) Angel network Per its own site

## Quick answers about MarinaTex

### Who invested in MarinaTex?

MarinaTex's investors include EIT Food RisingFoodstars.

### How much has MarinaTex raised?

MarinaTex has raised $471K across 2 rounds since 2025.

### When did MarinaTex last raise?

MarinaTex's most recent round, $223K, was in Jan 2026.

### What was MarinaTex's biggest round?

MarinaTex's largest round on record is $248K (Seed), in Oct 2025.

### Who backed MarinaTex first?

MarinaTex's first round on record, in Oct 2025, was backed by EIT Food RisingFoodstars.

### What stage is MarinaTex at?

MarinaTex's latest named round is a Seed, in Oct 2025.

### Where is MarinaTex based?

MarinaTex is based in the United Kingdom.

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