# PetaGene funding: rounds and investors

> PetaGene has raised $2.1M across 2 rounds since 2018. Investors include Entrepreneur First and Romulus Capital. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *PetaGene*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 2 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

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$2.1M** raised across 2 rounds since 2018, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Venture May 2023
- **Biggest round:** $2.1M Round · Dec 2018
- **Investors:** 2

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 2020 2021 2022 2023

**$2.1M** Round

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Round, $2.1M
- **Biggest round:** $2.1M
- **Between rounds:** 4.3 years

## The rounds

- **May 2023** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Entrepreneur First](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first) Source recorded
- **Dec 2018** Round **$2.1M** *1 new* [Romulus Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/romulus-capital) Reported by TechCrunch

## Founders and team

From PetaGene's own website: 3 on the team.

- **Dr Christophe Trefois** Head of Facility, Clinical Genomics Gothenburg
- **Per Sikora** Head of Facility, Clinical Genomics Gothenburg
- **Allison Proffitt** Boston, USA Editorial Director of Bio-IT World

## 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** 2018 **Venture** 2023 [Entrepreneur First](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first) [Romulus Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/romulus-capital)

## Everyone who backed them

[Entrepreneur First](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first) Accelerator **1** round

[Romulus Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/romulus-capital) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list PetaGene 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.

[Samos Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samos-investments-2) VC firm Per its own site

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

## Quick answers about PetaGene

### Who invested in PetaGene?

PetaGene's investors include Entrepreneur First and Romulus Capital.

### How much has PetaGene raised?

PetaGene has raised $2.1M across 2 rounds since 2018. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did PetaGene last raise?

PetaGene's most recent round was a Venture in May 2023.

### What was PetaGene's biggest round?

PetaGene's largest round on record is $2.1M (Undisclosed round), in Dec 2018.

### Who backed PetaGene first?

PetaGene's first round on record, in Dec 2018, was backed by Romulus Capital.

### What stage is PetaGene at?

PetaGene's latest named round is a Venture, in May 2023.

### Where is PetaGene based?

PetaGene is based in the United Kingdom.

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