# NovaBiotics funding: rounds and investors

> NovaBiotics has raised $103M across 2 rounds since 2015. Investors include Woodford Investment Management. Every round with its source.

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

United Kingdom · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *NovaBiotics*

2 rounds we have observed, with the one investor 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

Raised 11 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$103M** raised across 2 rounds since 2015, from 2 sources

**$7.6M** Venture **$96M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $96M Nov 2025
- **Step-up i:** 12.7×
- **Investors:** 1

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## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025

**$7.6M** Venture

**$96M** Round

- **First round:** Venture, $7.6M
- **Biggest round:** $96M
- **Between rounds:** 10.8 years

## The rounds

- **Nov 2025** Round **$96M** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet
- **Jan 2015** Venture **$7.6M** *1 new* [Woodford Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/woodford-investment-management) From a historical funding record

## Funding filed with regulators

NovaBiotics filed one raise, $96M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

- Nov 2025 **$96M** UK share allotment

## Founders and team

From NovaBiotics's own website: 4 on the team.

- **Bryan Bodek** Non-executive director
- **Dr Trevor Phillips** Non-executive director
- **Grant Ellis** Non-executive director
- **Ian Townsend** Chairman of the board

## Everyone who backed them

[Woodford Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/woodford-investment-management) Private equity **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists NovaBiotics 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.

[DISCOVERY INVESTMENT FUND LIMITED](https://millionrounds.com/fund/discovery-investment-fund-limited) Angel network Per its own site

## Quick answers about NovaBiotics

### Who invested in NovaBiotics?

NovaBiotics's investors include Woodford Investment Management.

### How much has NovaBiotics raised?

NovaBiotics has raised $103M across 2 rounds since 2015.

### When did NovaBiotics last raise?

NovaBiotics's most recent round, $96M, was in Nov 2025.

### What was NovaBiotics's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $96M in Nov 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed NovaBiotics first?

NovaBiotics's first round on record, in Jan 2015, was backed by Woodford Investment Management.

### What stage is NovaBiotics at?

NovaBiotics's latest named round is a Venture, in Jan 2015.

### Where is NovaBiotics based?

NovaBiotics is based in the United Kingdom.

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