# OpenTrons funding: rounds and investors

> OpenTrons has raised $30M across 6 rounds since 2014. Investors include SOSV, Y Combinator and Khosla Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *OpenTrons*

6 rounds we have observed, with the 11 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.

AI Biotech Healthcare

Raised 11 months ago Valuation: $1.8B, Mar 2026 Y Combinator: W16

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$30M** raised across 6 rounds since 2014, from 6 sources

**$25K** Seed **$10M** Seed **$20M** Series D

- **Latest round:** Series D, $20M Dec 2025
- **Step-up i:** 2×
- **Investors:** 11

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.

2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024

**$25K** Seed

**?** Round

**?** Venture

**$10M** Seed

**$20M** Series D

- **First round:** Seed, $25K
- **Biggest round:** $20M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 11 months

## The rounds

- **Dec 2025** Series D **$20M** *6 new* *1 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) [Lerer Hippeau](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau) [SoftBank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-2) [SoftBank Vision Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-investment-advisers) [Fifty Years](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fifty-years-industries-llc) Source recorded
- **Mar 2018** Seed **$10M** *3 new* [Y Combinator Continuity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator-continuity) Jeff Kindler Khosla Ventures/ Lerer Hippeau Reported by FinSMEs
- **Oct 2015** Venture **Amount undisclosed** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record
- **Nov 2014** Venture **Amount undisclosed** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record
- **Sept 2014** Round **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) From a historical funding record
- **Jul 2014** Seed **$25K** *1 new* [HAXLR8R](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haxlr8r) From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From OpenTrons's own website: 5 on the team.

- **James Atwood** CEO
- **Boris Mindzak** VP Legal
- **Censia Pottorf** Global Head of HR
- **Gavin Bogart** VP Finance
- **Greg Cole** VP Engineering

## 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** 2014 **Round** 2014 **Venture** 2014 **Venture** 2015 **Seed** 2018 **Series D** 2025 [SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Lerer Hippeau](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau) [SoftBank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-2) [SoftBank Vision Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-investment-advisers) [Fifty Years](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fifty-years-industries-llc) [HAXLR8R](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haxlr8r) [Y Combinator Continuity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator-continuity) Jeff Kindler

## Everyone who backed them

[SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) VC firm **2** rounds

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

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

[Lerer Hippeau](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau) VC firm **1** round

[SoftBank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-2) Investment firm **1** round

[SoftBank Vision Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-investment-advisers) VC firm **1** round

[Fifty Years](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fifty-years-industries-llc) VC firm **1** round

[HAXLR8R](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haxlr8r) VC firm **1** round

[Y Combinator Continuity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator-continuity) VC firm **1** round

Jeff Kindler no record of our own yet **1** round

Khosla Ventures/ Lerer Hippeau no record of our own yet **1** round

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

## Also claim to have backed them

These 6 firms list OpenTrons 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.

[TSVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tsv-capital) VC firm Per its own site

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

[BroadOak Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/broadoak-capital-partners) VC firm Per its own site

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

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

[Mount Pleasant Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mount-pleasant-ventures) Angel network Per its own site

## Quick answers about OpenTrons

### Who invested in OpenTrons?

OpenTrons's investors include SOSV, Y Combinator, Khosla Ventures, Lerer Hippeau and SoftBank, and 6 more on record.

### How much has OpenTrons raised?

OpenTrons has raised $30M across 6 rounds since 2014. 3 rounds did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did OpenTrons last raise?

OpenTrons's most recent round was a Series D of $20M in Dec 2025.

### What was OpenTrons's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $20M in Dec 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed OpenTrons first?

OpenTrons's first round on record, in Jul 2014, was backed by HAXLR8R.

### What stage is OpenTrons at?

OpenTrons's latest named round is a Series D, in Dec 2025.

### Where is OpenTrons based?

OpenTrons is based in the United States.

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