# Metacrine funding: rounds and investors > Metacrine has raised $173M across 4 rounds since 2015. Investors include Polaris Partners, ARCH Venture Partners and venBio Partners. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/metacrine (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Metacrine* 4 rounds we have observed, with the 16 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 **$173M** raised across 4 rounds since 2015, from 4 sources **$36M** Series A **$22M** Series B **$65M** Series C **$50M** Debt - **Latest round:** Debt, $50M Sept 2019 - **Biggest round:** $65M Series C · Jun 2018 - **Investors:** 16 (1 led) 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. 2016 2017 2018 2019 **$36M** Series A **$22M** Series B **$65M** Series C **$50M** Debt - **First round:** Series A, $36M - **Biggest round:** $65M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 15 months ## The rounds - **Sept 2019** Debt **$50M** *3 new* *2 returning* [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) [Polaris Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/polaris-partners) [ARCH Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arch-venture-partners) [Franklin Templeton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/franklin-templeton) [Vivo Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vivo-capital) Source recorded - **Jun 2018** Series C **$65M** *6 new* Venrock Healthcare Partners/ Franklin Templeton Lead [Deerfield](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deerfield) [Invus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/invus) [Lilly Asia Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lilly-asia-ventures) [ArrowMark Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arrowmark-partners) Vivo Reported by Globenewswire SEC filing: $65M sold, first sale Jun 2018 - **Dec 2017** Series B **$22M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Alexandria Real Estate Equities](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexandria) [venBio Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venbio) [Goldbell Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/polaris) NEA/ ARCH Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $22M sold, first sale Nov 2017 - **Aug 2015** Series A **$36M** *4 new* [Polaris Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/polaris-partners) [ARCH Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arch-venture-partners) [EcoR1 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ecor1-capital) [venBio Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venbio) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $12M sold, first sale Jan 2015 ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team. - **Kenneth Song** Executive Officer, Director i - **Patricia Millican** Executive Officer i On the board, as filed i *Amir Nashat* *Carol Gallagher* *Kristina Burow* *Richard Heyman* *Robert Adelman* *Ronald Evans* ## 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. **Series A** 2015 **Series B** 2017 **Series C** 2018 **Debt** 2019 [Polaris Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/polaris-partners) [ARCH Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arch-venture-partners) [venBio Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venbio) Venrock Healthcare Partners/ Franklin Templeton L [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) [Deerfield](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deerfield) [Franklin Templeton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/franklin-templeton) [Invus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/invus) [Vivo Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vivo-capital) [Lilly Asia Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lilly-asia-ventures) ## Everyone who backed them [Polaris Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/polaris-partners) VC firm **2** rounds [ARCH Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arch-venture-partners) VC firm **2** rounds [venBio Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venbio) VC firm **2** rounds Venrock Healthcare Partners/ Franklin Templeton no record of our own yet **1** round, led 1 [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) VC firm **1** round [Deerfield](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deerfield) VC firm **1** round [Franklin Templeton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/franklin-templeton) Private equity **1** round [Invus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/invus) Private equity **1** round [Vivo Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vivo-capital) Private equity **1** round [Lilly Asia Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lilly-asia-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Alexandria Real Estate Equities](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexandria) VC firm **1** round [EcoR1 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ecor1-capital) Private equity **1** round [Goldbell Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/polaris) Growth equity **1** round [ArrowMark Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arrowmark-partners) Private equity **1** round NEA/ ARCH no record of our own yet **1** round Vivo no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=metacrine). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list Metacrine 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. [The Longevity Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-longevity-fund) VC firm Per its own site [Age1](https://millionrounds.com/fund/age1) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Metacrine ### Who invested in Metacrine? Metacrine's investors include Polaris Partners, ARCH Venture Partners, venBio Partners, Venrock Healthcare Partners/ Franklin Templeton and New Enterprise Associates, and 11 more on record. ### How much has Metacrine raised? Metacrine has raised $173M across 4 rounds since 2015. ### When did Metacrine last raise? Metacrine's most recent round was a Debt of $50M in Sept 2019. ### What was Metacrine's biggest round? Metacrine's largest round on record is $65M (Series C), in Jun 2018, led by Venrock Healthcare Partners/ Franklin Templeton. ### Who backed Metacrine first? Metacrine's first round on record, in Aug 2015, was backed by Polaris Partners, ARCH Venture Partners and EcoR1 Capital and 1 others. ### What stage is Metacrine at? Metacrine's latest named round is a Debt, in Sept 2019. ### Where is Metacrine based? Metacrine is based in the United States. ### Who led Metacrine's rounds? Venrock Healthcare Partners/ Franklin Templeton led the Series C in 2018. ## Companies like Metacrine In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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