# Scentian Bio funding: rounds and investors

> Scentian Bio has raised $7.2M across 2 rounds since 2024. Investors include Icehouse Ventures, Toyota Ventures and OurCrowd. Every round with its source.

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

New Zealand · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Scentian Bio*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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

Raised 7 months ago

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Funding summary Updated 27 Oct 2026

**$7.2M** raised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 2 sources

**$150K** Grant **$7.0M** Seed

- **Latest round:** Seed, $7.0M Apr 2026
- **Step-up i:** 46.7×
- **Investors:** 5

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## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2025 2026

**$150K** Grant

**$7.0M** Seed

- **First round:** Grant, $150K
- **Biggest round:** $7.0M
- **Between rounds:** 19 months

## The rounds

- **Apr 2026** Seed **$7.0M** *1 new* *3 returning* [Icehouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures) [New Zealand Growth Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-zealand-growth-capital-partners-nzgcp) [Toyota Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyota-ventures) OurCrowd Source recorded
- **Sept 2024** Grant **$150K** *4 new* [Callaghan Innovation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/callaghan-innovation) [Icehouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures) [Toyota Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyota-ventures) OurCrowd Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Scentian Bio's own website: 4 on the team.

- **Andrew Králíček** Chief Scientific Officer
- **Colm Carraher** Chief Financial Officer
- **Jonathan Good** Chief Technology Officer
- **Brady Owen** Senior Machine Learing Scientist

## 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.

**Grant** 2024 **Seed** 2026 [Icehouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures) [Toyota Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyota-ventures) OurCrowd [Callaghan Innovation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/callaghan-innovation) [New Zealand Growth Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-zealand-growth-capital-partners-nzgcp)

## Everyone who backed them

[Icehouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[Toyota Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyota-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

OurCrowd no record of our own yet **2** rounds

[Callaghan Innovation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/callaghan-innovation) Investment firm **1** round

[New Zealand Growth Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-zealand-growth-capital-partners-nzgcp) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Scentian Bio 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.

[Booster](https://millionrounds.com/fund/booster) VC firm Per its own site

[Sprout](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sprout-agritech) Accelerator Per its own site

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

## Quick answers about Scentian Bio

### Who invested in Scentian Bio?

Scentian Bio's investors include Icehouse Ventures, Toyota Ventures, OurCrowd, Callaghan Innovation and New Zealand Growth Capital Partners.

### How much has Scentian Bio raised?

Scentian Bio has raised $7.2M across 2 rounds since 2024.

### When did Scentian Bio last raise?

Scentian Bio's most recent round was a Seed of $7.0M in Apr 2026.

### What was Scentian Bio's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $7.0M in Apr 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Scentian Bio first?

Scentian Bio's first round on record, in Sept 2024, was backed by Callaghan Innovation, Icehouse Ventures and Toyota Ventures and 1 others.

### What stage is Scentian Bio at?

Scentian Bio's latest named round is a Seed, in Apr 2026.

### Where is Scentian Bio based?

Scentian Bio is based in New Zealand.

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