# MEL Science funding: rounds and investors

> MEL Science has raised $28M across 4 rounds since 2019. Investors include TMT Investments and Mubadala. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *MEL Science*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 2 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.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$28M** raised across 4 rounds since 2019, from 4 sources

**$2.0M** Round **$2.0M** Round **$15M** Series B **$9.2M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $9.2M Aug 2022
- **Biggest round:** $15M Series B · Dec 2020
- **Investors:** 2

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

**$2.0M** Round

**$2.0M** Round

**$15M** Series B

**$9.2M** Round

- **First round:** Round, $2.0M
- **Biggest round:** $15M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 16 months

## The rounds

- **Aug 2022** Round **$9.2M** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet
- **Dec 2020** Series B **$15M** *1 new* [Mubadala](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mubadala) Source recorded
- **Aug 2019** Round **$2.0M** *1 returning* [TMT Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tmt-investments) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Feb 2019** Round **$2.0M** *1 new* [TMT Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tmt-investments) Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

From MEL Science's own website: 1 founder, 2 on the team.

**Vassili Philippov** Founder, Exec Chair

- **Tara Hamilton-Whitaker** CEO
- **Michael Stevens** Chief Innovation Officer

## 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** 2019 **Round** 2019 **Series B** 2020 **Round** 2022 [TMT Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tmt-investments) [Mubadala](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mubadala)

## Everyone who backed them

[TMT Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tmt-investments) VC firm **2** rounds

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

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list MEL Science 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.

[Digital Horizon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/digital-horizon-vc) VC firm Per its own site

[Arc Capital Development](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arc-capital-development) Accelerator Per its own site

[Digital Horizon VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/digital-horizon-vc-2) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about MEL Science

### Who invested in MEL Science?

MEL Science's investors include TMT Investments and Mubadala.

### How much has MEL Science raised?

MEL Science has raised $28M across 4 rounds since 2019.

### When did MEL Science last raise?

MEL Science's most recent round, $9.2M, was in Aug 2022.

### What was MEL Science's biggest round?

MEL Science's largest round on record is $15M (Series B), in Dec 2020.

### Who backed MEL Science first?

MEL Science's first round on record, in Feb 2019, was backed by TMT Investments.

### What stage is MEL Science at?

MEL Science's latest named round is a Series B, in Dec 2020.

### Where is MEL Science based?

MEL Science is based in the United Kingdom.

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