# PhotoniCare funding: rounds and investors > PhotoniCare has raised $4.8M across 2 rounds since 2015. Investors include National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and Sony Innovation Fund. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/photonicare (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series B startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *PhotoniCare* 2 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. Healthcare Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$4.8M** raised across 2 rounds since 2015, from 2 sources **$250K** Venture **$4.6M** Series B - **Latest round:** Series B, $4.6M Dec 2024 - **Step-up i:** 18.4× - **Investors:** 3 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. 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 **$250K** Venture **$4.6M** Series B - **First round:** Venture, $250K - **Biggest round:** $4.6M - **Between rounds:** 9.4 years ## The rounds - **Dec 2024** Series B **$4.6M** *3 new* [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [National Institutes of Health](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-institutes-of-health) [Sony Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sony-innovation-fund) Source recorded SEC filing: $4.6M sold, first sale Nov 2024 - **Jun 2015** Venture **$250K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $250K sold, first sale Jun 2015 ## 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. **Venture** 2015 **Series B** 2024 [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [National Institutes of Health](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-institutes-of-health) [Sony Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sony-innovation-fund) ## Everyone who backed them [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) Government **1** round [National Institutes of Health](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-institutes-of-health) Government **1** round [Sony Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sony-innovation-fund) Corporate VC **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=photonicare). ## Also claim to have backed them These 3 firms list PhotoniCare 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. [Illinois Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/illinois-ventures) Government Per its own site [VisionTech Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/visiontech-partners-visiontech-angels) Angel network Per its own site [Plains Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plains-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about PhotoniCare ### Who invested in PhotoniCare? PhotoniCare's investors include National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and Sony Innovation Fund. ### How much has PhotoniCare raised? PhotoniCare has raised $4.8M across 2 rounds since 2015. ### When did PhotoniCare last raise? PhotoniCare's most recent round was a Series B of $4.6M in Dec 2024. ### What was PhotoniCare's biggest round? Its most recent round, $4.6M in Dec 2024, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed PhotoniCare first? PhotoniCare's first round on record, in Dec 2024, was backed by National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and Sony Innovation Fund. ### What stage is PhotoniCare at? PhotoniCare's latest named round is a Series B, in Dec 2024. ### Where is PhotoniCare based? PhotoniCare is based in the United States. ## Companies like PhotoniCare 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)[**AI** $18M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/ai)[**Baba** $40M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/baba)[**Clinical Ink** $24M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/clinical-ink)[**Rejuvenate Bio** $13M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/rejuvenate-bio) ## 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