# MelliCell funding: rounds and investors

> MelliCell has raised $296K across 2 rounds since 2024. Investors include National Science Foundation and LvlUp Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *MelliCell*

2 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.

Biotech

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$296K** raised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Venture Oct 2025
- **Biggest round:** $296K Grant · Oct 2024
- **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.

2025

**$296K** Grant

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Grant, $296K
- **Biggest round:** $296K
- **Between rounds:** 12 months

## The rounds

- **Oct 2025** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* *1 returning* [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [LvlUp Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lvlup-ventures) Source recorded
- **Oct 2024** Grant **$296K** *1 new* [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

- **Benjamin Pope** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Prince Nnah** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Todd Spalding*

## 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.

**Grant** 2024 **Venture** 2025 [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [LvlUp Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lvlup-ventures)

## Everyone who backed them

[National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) Government **2** rounds

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

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## Quick answers about MelliCell

### Who invested in MelliCell?

MelliCell's investors include National Science Foundation and LvlUp Ventures.

### How much has MelliCell raised?

MelliCell has raised $296K across 2 rounds since 2024. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did MelliCell last raise?

MelliCell's most recent round was a Venture in Oct 2025.

### What was MelliCell's biggest round?

MelliCell's largest round on record is $296K (Grant), in Oct 2024.

### Who backed MelliCell first?

MelliCell's first round on record, in Oct 2024, was backed by National Science Foundation.

### What stage is MelliCell at?

MelliCell's latest named round is a Venture, in Oct 2025.

### Where is MelliCell based?

MelliCell is based in the United States.

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