# Sano funding: rounds and investors

> Sano has raised $16M across 5 rounds since 2012. Investors include Felicis, True Ventures and Floodgate. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Sano*

5 rounds we have observed, with the 12 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

**$16M** raised across 5 rounds since 2012, from 5 sources

**$20K** Seed **$3.8M** Seed **$50K** Grant **$6.5M** Seed **$6.0M** Series A

- **Latest round:** Series A, $6.0M Jan 2018
- **Biggest round:** $6.5M Seed · Jun 2015
- **Investors:** 12

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.

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

**$20K** Seed

**$3.8M** Seed

**$50K** Grant

**$6.5M** Seed

**$6.0M** Series A

- **First round:** Seed, $20K
- **Biggest round:** $6.5M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 20 months

## The rounds

- **Jan 2018** Series A **$6.0M** *1 new* *4 returning* [Intel Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital) [Felicis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures) [True Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/true-ventures-2) [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate) [Social Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-capital) Source recorded
- **Jun 2015** Seed **$6.5M** *3 new* *5 returning* [Intel Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital) [First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) [Felicis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures) [True Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/true-ventures-2) [FundersClub](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fundersclub) [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate) [Rock Health](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rock-health) [Farzad (Zod) Nazem](https://millionrounds.com/fund/farzad-zod-nazem) From a historical funding record
- **Oct 2013** Grant **$50K** *1 new* [MassChallenge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/masschallenge) From a historical funding record
- **Jan 2013** Seed **$3.8M** *6 new* *1 returning* [First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) [Felicis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures) [True Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/true-ventures-2) [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate) [Rock Health](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rock-health) [Timothy Ferriss](https://millionrounds.com/fund/timothy-ferriss) [Elevation Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elevation-partners) From a historical funding record
- **Jan 2012** Seed **$20K** *1 new* [Rock Health](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rock-health) From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From Sano's own website: 2 on the team.

- **Paul Hayre** President
- **Barry Wolfenson** Board of Directors

Advisers *Jeff Farmer*

## 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.

**Seed** 2012 **Seed** 2013 **Grant** 2013 **Seed** 2015 **Series A** 2018 [Felicis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures) [True Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/true-ventures-2) [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate) [Rock Health](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rock-health) [Intel Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital) [First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) [MassChallenge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/masschallenge) [FundersClub](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fundersclub) [Social Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-capital) [Farzad (Zod) Nazem](https://millionrounds.com/fund/farzad-zod-nazem)

## Everyone who backed them

[Felicis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures) VC firm **3** rounds

[True Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/true-ventures-2) VC firm **3** rounds

[Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate) VC firm **3** rounds

[Rock Health](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rock-health) VC firm **3** rounds

[Intel Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital) Corporate VC **2** rounds

[First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) VC firm **2** rounds

[MassChallenge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/masschallenge) Accelerator **1** round

[FundersClub](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fundersclub) VC firm **1** round

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

[Farzad (Zod) Nazem](https://millionrounds.com/fund/farzad-zod-nazem) VC firm **1** round

[Timothy Ferriss](https://millionrounds.com/fund/timothy-ferriss) Angel network **1** round

[Elevation Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elevation-partners) Private equity **1** round

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

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Sano as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[RWS Financial Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rws-financial-group) Investment firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Sano

### Who invested in Sano?

Sano's investors include Felicis, True Ventures, Floodgate, Rock Health and Intel Capital, and 7 more on record.

### How much has Sano raised?

Sano has raised $16M across 5 rounds since 2012.

### When did Sano last raise?

Sano's most recent round was a Series A of $6.0M in Jan 2018.

### What was Sano's biggest round?

Sano's largest round on record is $6.5M (Seed), in Jun 2015.

### Who backed Sano first?

Sano's first round on record, in Jan 2012, was backed by Rock Health.

### What stage is Sano at?

Sano's latest named round is a Series A, in Jan 2018.

### Where is Sano based?

Sano is based in the United States.

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