# Modern Synthesis funding: rounds and investors > Modern Synthesis has raised $15M across 3 rounds since 2022. Investors include Pillar VC, AgFunder and Taihill Venture. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/modern-synthesis (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Modern Synthesis* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 3 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 Chemicals & Materials Fashion Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$15M** raised across 3 rounds since 2022, from 3 sources **$4.1M** Seed **$5.6M** Round **$5.5M** Seed - **Latest round:** Seed, $5.5M Feb 2025 - **Biggest round:** $5.6M Round · Aug 2023 - **Investors:** 3 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 **$4.1M** Seed **$5.6M** Round **$5.5M** Seed - **First round:** Seed, $4.1M - **Biggest round:** $5.6M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 18 months ## The rounds - **Feb 2025** Seed **$5.5M** *3 new* [Pillar VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pillar-vc) [AgFunder](https://millionrounds.com/fund/agfunder) [Taihill Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/taihill-venture) Source recorded - **Aug 2023** Round **$5.6M** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet - **Jun 2022** Seed **$4.1M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by Pillar VC ## Founders and team From Modern Synthesis's own website: 3 on the team. - **Patricia Ahufinger** Vice President of Operations - **Nava Esmailizadeh** Interim Head of Growth (Maternity Cover) - **Sarah West Young** Head of Growth ## 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. **Seed** 2022 **Round** 2023 **Seed** 2025 [Pillar VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pillar-vc) [AgFunder](https://millionrounds.com/fund/agfunder) [Taihill Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/taihill-venture) ## Everyone who backed them [Pillar VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pillar-vc) VC firm **1** round [AgFunder](https://millionrounds.com/fund/agfunder) VC firm **1** round [Taihill Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/taihill-venture) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=modern-synthesis). ## Also claim to have backed them These 3 firms list Modern Synthesis 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. [Collaborative Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund) VC firm Per its own site [Juniper](https://millionrounds.com/fund/juniper) VC firm Per its own site [Female Leaders VC Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/female-leaders-vc-fund) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Modern Synthesis ### Who invested in Modern Synthesis? Modern Synthesis's investors include Pillar VC, AgFunder and Taihill Venture. ### How much has Modern Synthesis raised? Modern Synthesis has raised $15M across 3 rounds since 2022. ### When did Modern Synthesis last raise? Modern Synthesis's most recent round was a Seed of $5.5M in Feb 2025. ### What was Modern Synthesis's biggest round? Modern Synthesis's largest round on record is $5.6M, in Aug 2023. ### Who backed Modern Synthesis first? Modern Synthesis's first round on record, in Feb 2025, was backed by Pillar VC, AgFunder and Taihill Venture. ### What stage is Modern Synthesis at? Modern Synthesis's latest named round is a Seed, in Feb 2025. ### Where is Modern Synthesis based? Modern Synthesis is based in the United Kingdom. ## Companies like Modern Synthesis In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Adaptavate** $15M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/adaptavate)[**HydRegen** $12M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/hydregen)[**OMass Therapeutics** $442M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/omass-therapeutics)[**CMR Surgical** $1.1B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/cmr-surgical)[**Living Optics** $61M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/living-optics)[**Bactobio** $18M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/bactobio) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app