# Psilera funding: rounds and investors

> Psilera has raised $11M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include National Institutes of Health. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Psilera*

2 rounds we have observed, with the one investor 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

Raised 6 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$11M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources

**$2.0M** Grant **$8.8M** Seed

- **Latest round:** Seed, $8.8M May 2026
- **Step-up i:** 4.4×
- **Investors:** 1

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.

2026

**$2.0M** Grant

**$8.8M** Seed

- **First round:** Grant, $2.0M
- **Biggest round:** $8.8M
- **Between rounds:** 7 months

## The rounds

- **May 2026** Seed **$8.8M** *1 returning* [National Institutes of Health](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-institutes-of-health) Source recorded
- **Oct 2025** Grant **$2.0M** *1 new* [National Institutes of Health](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-institutes-of-health) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

- **Jacqueline Lee Salm** Executive Officer i
- **Scott Lee Rairigh** Board of Directors i

## Everyone who backed them

[National Institutes of Health](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-institutes-of-health) Government **2** rounds

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

## Also claim to have backed them

These 4 firms list Psilera 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.

[JLS Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jls-fund) VC firm Per its own site

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

[Baird Inc](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baird-inc) Private equity Per its own site

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

## Quick answers about Psilera

### Who invested in Psilera?

Psilera's investors include National Institutes of Health.

### How much has Psilera raised?

Psilera has raised $11M across 2 rounds since 2025.

### When did Psilera last raise?

Psilera's most recent round was a Seed of $8.8M in May 2026.

### What was Psilera's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $8.8M in May 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Psilera first?

Psilera's first round on record, in Oct 2025, was backed by National Institutes of Health.

### What stage is Psilera at?

Psilera's latest named round is a Seed, in May 2026.

### Where is Psilera based?

Psilera is based in the United States.

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