# Perlara funding: rounds and investors > Perlara has raised $9.1M across 2 rounds since 2017. Investors include Y Combinator, Homebrew and Slow Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/perlara (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Perlara* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 7 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 Y Combinator: W16 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$9.1M** raised across 2 rounds since 2017, from 2 sources **$7.4M** Round **$1.7M** Grant - **Latest round:** Grant, $1.7M Oct 2025 - **Biggest round:** $7.4M Round · Oct 2017 - **Investors:** 7 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. 2019 2021 2023 2025 **$7.4M** Round **$1.7M** Grant - **First round:** Round, $7.4M - **Biggest round:** $7.4M - **Between rounds:** 7.9 years ## The rounds - **Oct 2025** Grant **$1.7M** *1 new* *2 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) [Homebrew](https://millionrounds.com/fund/homebrew) Source recorded - **Oct 2017** Round **$7.4M** *6 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Homebrew](https://millionrounds.com/fund/homebrew) [Radical Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/radical-investments) [Al Hamra Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/al-hamra-group) [Pivotal Alpha](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pivotal-alpha) [Haystack Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haystack-fund) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $4.1M sold, first sale Aug 2017 ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 1 on the team. - **Ethan O Perlstein** Executive Officer, Director, Promoter i On the board, as filed i *Linda O Avey* *Matthew O Wilsey* ## 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. **Round** 2017 **Grant** 2025 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Homebrew](https://millionrounds.com/fund/homebrew) [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) [Radical Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/radical-investments) [Al Hamra Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/al-hamra-group) [Pivotal Alpha](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pivotal-alpha) [Haystack Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haystack-fund) ## Everyone who backed them [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds [Homebrew](https://millionrounds.com/fund/homebrew) VC firm **2** rounds [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Radical Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/radical-investments) VC firm **1** round [Al Hamra Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/al-hamra-group) VC firm **1** round [Pivotal Alpha](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pivotal-alpha) Growth equity **1** round [Haystack Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haystack-fund) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=perlara). ## Quick answers about Perlara ### Who invested in Perlara? Perlara's investors include Y Combinator, Homebrew, Slow Ventures, Radical Investments and Al Hamra Group, and 2 more on record. ### How much has Perlara raised? Perlara has raised $9.1M across 2 rounds since 2017. ### When did Perlara last raise? Perlara's most recent round was a Grant of $1.7M in Oct 2025. ### What was Perlara's biggest round? Perlara's largest round on record is $7.4M (Undisclosed round), in Oct 2017. ### Who backed Perlara first? Perlara's first round on record, in Oct 2017, was backed by Y Combinator, Homebrew and Radical Investments and 3 others. ### What stage is Perlara at? Perlara's latest named round is a Grant, in Oct 2025. ### Where is Perlara based? Perlara is based in the United States. ## Companies like Perlara In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Star Therapeutics** $325M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/star-therapeutics)[**Promaxo** $106M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/promaxo)[**Prolific Machines** $105M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/prolific-machines)[**AI** $18M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/ai)[**Baba** $40M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/baba)[**IMIO** $19M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/imio) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app