# NEXT Life Sciences funding: rounds and investors

> NEXT Life Sciences has raised $2.5M across 1 round since 2024. Investors include Unpopular Ventures and StartUp Health. Every round with its source.

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

United States · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *NEXT Life Sciences*

One round we have observed, with the 2 investors named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Biotech

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Funding summary Updated 27 Oct 2026

**$2.5M** raised across 1 round since 2024, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Seed, $2.5M Jan 2024
- **Investors:** 2

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Jan 2024** Seed **$2.5M** [Unpopular Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unpopular-ventures) [StartUp Health](https://millionrounds.com/fund/startup-health) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From NEXT Life Sciences's own website: 1 founder, 5 on the team.

**L.R. Fox** Founder & Executive Chairman

- **Dr. Darlene Walley** Chief Executive Officer
- **Steve Bacich** President & COO
- **Dr. Bob Dudley** Chief Technology Officer
- **Dr. Charles Carignan** Chief Medical Officer
- **Dr. Rob Kellar** Chief Development Officer

## Everyone who backed them

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

[StartUp Health](https://millionrounds.com/fund/startup-health) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list NEXT Life Sciences 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.

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

[Mystic Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mystic-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Particular Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/particular-venture) Angel network Per its own site

## Quick answers about NEXT Life Sciences

### Who invested in NEXT Life Sciences?

NEXT Life Sciences's investors include Unpopular Ventures and StartUp Health.

### How much has NEXT Life Sciences raised?

NEXT Life Sciences has raised $2.5M across 1 round since 2024.

### When did NEXT Life Sciences last raise?

NEXT Life Sciences's most recent round was a Seed of $2.5M in Jan 2024.

### What was NEXT Life Sciences's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $2.5M in Jan 2024, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed NEXT Life Sciences first?

NEXT Life Sciences's first round on record, in Jan 2024, was backed by Unpopular Ventures and StartUp Health.

### What stage is NEXT Life Sciences at?

NEXT Life Sciences's latest named round is a Seed, in Jan 2024.

### Where is NEXT Life Sciences based?

NEXT Life Sciences is based in the United States.

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