# Ochre Bio funding: rounds and investors

> Ochre Bio has raised $30M across 2 rounds since 2021. Investors include Y Combinator, Khosla Ventures and Apollo. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Ochre Bio*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 4 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 Pharma

Y Combinator: W20

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$30M** raised across 2 rounds since 2021, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Series A, $30M Oct 2022
- **Investors:** 4

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.

2022

**?** Seed

**$30M** Series A

- **First round:** Seed
- **Biggest round:** $30M
- **Between rounds:** 15 months

## The rounds

- **Oct 2022** Series A **$30M** *4 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Apollo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/apollo-global-management) [Backed VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/backed-vc) Source recorded
- **Jun 2021** Seed **Amount undisclosed** No investor was named in the report. Reported by Firms' own news pages

## Founders and team

From Ochre Bio's own website: 1 founder, 17 on the team.

**Quin Wills** Founder & CEO

- **Jack Castle** Chief Business Officer
- **Sarah Batey** Chief Operating Officer
- **Fabio Sanna** Head of Discovery & Innovation
- **Ahmad Bashir Barekzai** Clinical Research Scientist
- **Birbal Prasad** Senior Scientist I
- **Cho-Chin Cheng** Senior Scientist I
- **Eduardo Martins** Clinical Translation Board
- **Elaine Sullivan** Board Member
- **Eliot Forster** Board Chair
- **Giuseppe D'Agostino** Principal Scientist I
- **Jian-Hua Wang** Research Associate II
- **Joanne Soong** Lab Manager
- **Johan Louw** Research Associate II
- **Jung-An Lin** Research Associate I
- **Kayla Lawrence** Research Associate II
- **Ness Bermingham** Board Member
- **No Lab** Exec and board

## 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** 2021 **Series A** 2022 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Apollo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/apollo-global-management) [Backed VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/backed-vc)

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round

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

[Apollo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/apollo-global-management) Private equity **1** round

[Backed VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/backed-vc) VC firm **1** round

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

## Also claim to have backed them

These 6 firms list Ochre 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.

[TGM ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tgm) Angel network Per its own site

[Expa](https://millionrounds.com/fund/expa) VC firm Per its own site

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

[Pathway Bioventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pathway-bioventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Beast Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/beast) VC firm Per its own site

[CoastCap](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coastcap) Family office Per its own site

## Quick answers about Ochre Bio

### Who invested in Ochre Bio?

Ochre Bio's investors include Y Combinator, Khosla Ventures, Apollo and Backed VC.

### How much has Ochre Bio raised?

Ochre Bio has raised $30M across 2 rounds since 2021. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Ochre Bio last raise?

Ochre Bio's most recent round was a Series A of $30M in Oct 2022.

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

Its most recent round, $30M in Oct 2022, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Ochre Bio first?

Ochre Bio's first round on record, in Oct 2022, was backed by Y Combinator, Khosla Ventures and Apollo and 1 others.

### What stage is Ochre Bio at?

Ochre Bio's latest named round is a Series A, in Oct 2022.

### Where is Ochre Bio based?

Ochre Bio is based in the United Kingdom.

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