Who invested in Oxitec

6 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.

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Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$37Mraised across 6 rounds since 2005, from 6 sources

$2.4MVenture$3.1MRound$3.0MVenture$5.5MVenture$13MRound$10MVenture

Latest round: Venture, $10MJun 2014
Biggest round: $13MRound · Feb 2012
Investors: 3

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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.

20052007200920112013

$2.4MVenture$3.1MRound$3.0MVenture$5.5MVenture$13MRound$10MVenture

First round: Venture, $2.4M
Biggest round: $13M
Usual gap between rounds: 2.2 years

The rounds

Jun 2014
Venture$10M1 new1 returning
- Oxford Capital Partners
- University of Oxford
From a historical funding record
Feb 2012
Round$13M1 returning
- Oxford Capital Partners
Reported by finsmes.com
Mar 2011
Venture$5.5M1 returning
- Oxford Capital Partners
From a historical funding record
Dec 2009
Venture$3.0M2 returning
- Oxford Capital Partners
- East Hill Advisors
From a historical funding record
Oct 2007
Round$3.1M2 returning
- Oxford Capital Partners
- East Hill Advisors
Reported by oxitec.com
Jun 2005
Venture$2.4M2 new
- Oxford Capital Partners
- East Hill Advisors
Reported by oxitec.com

Funding filed with regulators

Oxitec filed 24 raises, $50M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

Dec 2025$720KUK share allotment
Dec 2025$302KUK share allotment
Dec 2025$477KUK share allotment
Dec 2025$1.2MUK share allotment
Dec 2025$1.0MUK share allotment
Apr 2025$1.4MUK share allotment
Apr 2025$413KUK share allotment
Apr 2025$1.6MUK share allotment
Dec 2024$1.9MUK share allotment
Dec 2024$879KUK share allotment
Dec 2024$1.4MUK share allotment
Dec 2024$391KUK share allotment
Dec 2024$1.1MUK share allotment
Dec 2024$1.2MUK share allotment
Dec 2024$4.7MUK share allotment
Dec 2024$1.0MUK share allotment
Aug 2023$2.3MUK share allotment
Aug 2023$1.3MUK share allotment
Dec 2022$7.3MUK share allotment
Jul 2022$2.4MUK share allotment
Jun 2022$6.5MUK share allotment
Dec 2021$7.8MUK share allotment
Oct 2021$2.5MUK share allotment
May 2021Amount not statedUK share allotment

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.

Venture2005Round2007Venture2009Venture2011Round2012Venture2014

Oxford Capital PartnersEast Hill Advisors

University of Oxford

The exit

ExitBuyerPriceWhen

AcquiredIntrexon Corporation$160MAug 2015

From historical deal records. Wrong? Tell us.

Everyone who backed them

Oxford Capital PartnersVC firm6rounds

East Hill AdvisorsVC firm3rounds

University of OxfordInvestment firm1round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? Tell us.

Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Oxitec 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.