# Mi-Helper funding: rounds and investors

> Mi-Helper has raised $4.5M across 2 rounds since 2022. Investors include National Institutes of Health and TEDCO. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Mi-Helper*

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.

Healthcare

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$4.5M** raised across 2 rounds since 2022, from 2 sources

**$4.0M** Series A **$474K** Venture

- **Latest round:** Venture, $474K Sept 2025
- **Biggest round:** $4.0M Series A · Oct 2022
- **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.

2023 2024 2025

**$4.0M** Series A

**$474K** Venture

- **First round:** Series A, $4.0M
- **Biggest round:** $4.0M
- **Between rounds:** 2.9 years

## The rounds

- **Sept 2025** Venture **$474K** *2 returning* [National Institutes of Health](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-institutes-of-health) [TEDCO](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tedco) Source recorded
- **Oct 2022** Series A **$4.0M** *2 new* [National Institutes of Health](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-institutes-of-health) [TEDCO](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tedco) Source recorded SEC filing: $4.0M sold, first sale Oct 2022

## Founders and team

From Mi-Helper's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 1 founder, 8 on the team.

**Brian E. Lipford** MedTech Expert & Founder *Named on its 2022 Form D*

- **Steve Schaefer** CEO & President
- **Marc Davidson** Chief Technology Officer
- **Eileen E. O'Rourke** CFO and Director of Impact
- **Casey Hannan** Director of
- **Joy Holland** Clinical Trial Manager
- **Krystian Zimowski** Senior Product Engineer
- **Omar Koroma** Clinical Research Associate
- **Steven E. Schaefer** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Harikrishna E. Tandri* *Keith E. Sullivan*

## 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** 2022 **Venture** 2025 [National Institutes of Health](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-institutes-of-health) [TEDCO](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tedco)

## Everyone who backed them

[National Institutes of Health](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-institutes-of-health) Government **2** rounds

[TEDCO](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tedco) VC firm **2** rounds

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Mi-Helper 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.

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

## Quick answers about Mi-Helper

### Who invested in Mi-Helper?

Mi-Helper's investors include National Institutes of Health and TEDCO.

### How much has Mi-Helper raised?

Mi-Helper has raised $4.5M across 2 rounds since 2022.

### When did Mi-Helper last raise?

Mi-Helper's most recent round was a Venture of $474K in Sept 2025.

### What was Mi-Helper's biggest round?

Mi-Helper's largest round on record is $4.0M (Series A), in Oct 2022.

### Who backed Mi-Helper first?

Mi-Helper's first round on record, in Oct 2022, was backed by National Institutes of Health and TEDCO.

### What stage is Mi-Helper at?

Mi-Helper's latest named round is a Venture, in Sept 2025.

### Where is Mi-Helper based?

Mi-Helper is based in the United States.

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