# Mission Bio funding: rounds and investors

> Mission Bio has raised $40M across 3 rounds since 2017. Investors include Mayfield Fund, Cota Capital and National Science Foundation.

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

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# Who invested in *Mission Bio*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 8 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

**$40M** raised across 3 rounds since 2017, from 3 sources

**$10M** Series A **$30M** Series B

- **Latest round:** Venture Aug 2025
- **Biggest round:** $30M Series B · Dec 2018
- **Investors:** 8

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 2021 2023 2025

**$10M** Series A

**$30M** Series B

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Series A, $10M
- **Biggest round:** $30M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 6.7 years

## The rounds

- **Aug 2025** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *4 new* *2 returning* [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) [Novo Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novo-ventures) [Cota Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cota-capital) [Fusion Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fusion-fund-2) Source recorded
- **Dec 2018** Series B **$30M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) [Cota Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cota-capital) [Agilent Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/fund/agilent-technologies) [Lam Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lam-capital) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Oct 2017** Series A **$10M** *1 new* [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $13M sold, first sale Jun 2017

## Founders and team

From Mission Bio's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 6 on the team.

- **Brian Kim** Chief Executive Officer
- **Charles Silver** Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer, Secretary and Director i
- **Dr. Zivjena Vucetic** Chief Medical Officer
- **Luke Hayes** Chief Financial Officer
- **Matthew Cato** Chief Commercial Officer
- **Aron Lewis** Head of People

On the board, as filed i *Adam Abate* *Allison Ballmer* *Brock Siegel* *Maneesh Jain* *Paul Billings* *Urshit Parikh*

## 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** 2017 **Series B** 2018 **Venture** 2025 [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) [Cota Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cota-capital) [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Novo Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novo-ventures) [Fusion Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fusion-fund-2) [Agilent Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/fund/agilent-technologies) [Lam Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lam-capital)

## Everyone who backed them

[Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) VC firm **3** rounds

[Cota Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cota-capital) VC firm **2** rounds

[National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) Government **1** round

[Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm **1** round

[Novo Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novo-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Fusion Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fusion-fund-2) VC firm **1** round

[Agilent Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/fund/agilent-technologies) Corporate VC **1** round

[Lam Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lam-capital) VC firm **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=mission-bio).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 4 firms list Mission Bio 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.

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

[Green Park & Golf Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/green-park-and-golf-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Seabed VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seabed-vc) VC firm Per its own site

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

## Quick answers about Mission Bio

### Who invested in Mission Bio?

Mission Bio's investors include Mayfield Fund, Cota Capital, National Science Foundation, Alumni Ventures and Novo Holdings, and 3 more on record.

### How much has Mission Bio raised?

Mission Bio has raised $40M across 3 rounds since 2017. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Mission Bio last raise?

Mission Bio's most recent round was a Venture in Aug 2025.

### What was Mission Bio's biggest round?

Mission Bio's largest round on record is $30M (Series B), in Dec 2018.

### Who backed Mission Bio first?

Mission Bio's first round on record, in Oct 2017, was backed by Mayfield Fund.

### What stage is Mission Bio at?

Mission Bio's latest named round is a Venture, in Aug 2025.

### Where is Mission Bio based?

Mission Bio is based in the United States.

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