# Semma Therapeutics funding: rounds and investors

> Semma Therapeutics has raised $158M across 2 rounds since 2015. Investors include ARCH Venture Partners, F-Prime Capital and Medtronic.

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

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

# Who invested in *Semma Therapeutics*

2 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.

Biotech Healthcare

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$158M** raised across 2 rounds since 2015, from 2 sources

**$44M** Series A **$114M** Series B

- **Latest round:** Series B, $114M Nov 2017
- **Step-up i:** 2.6×
- **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.

2016 2017

**$44M** Series A

**$114M** Series B

- **First round:** Series A, $44M
- **Biggest round:** $114M
- **Between rounds:** 2.7 years

## The rounds

- **Nov 2017** Series B **$114M** *8 new* *3 returning* [ARCH Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arch-venture-partners) [Eight Roads Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eight-roads) [F-Prime Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/f-prime) [Novartis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novartis) [Medtronic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/medtronic) [6 Dimensions Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/6-dimensions-capital) [Wu Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wu-capital) [JDRF T1D](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jdrf-t1d) [ORI Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ori-capital) Cowen Healthcare Investments/ MPM SinoPharm Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $54M sold, first sale Nov 2017
- **Mar 2015** Series A **$44M** *4 new* [ARCH Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arch-venture-partners) [F-Prime Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/f-prime) [MPM Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mpm-bioimpact) [Medtronic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/medtronic) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $15M sold, first sale Mar 2015

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 3 on the team.

- **Bastiano Sanna** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Kingsley Taft** Executive Officer i
- **Todd Foley** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Daniel Auerbach* *Kevin Raidy* *Mark Fishman* *Mitchell Finer* *Stephen Knight* *William Sahlman*

## 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.

**Series A** 2015 **Series B** 2017 [ARCH Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arch-venture-partners) [F-Prime Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/f-prime) [Medtronic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/medtronic) [Eight Roads Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eight-roads) [MPM Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mpm-bioimpact) [Novartis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novartis) [6 Dimensions Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/6-dimensions-capital) [Wu Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wu-capital) [JDRF T1D](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jdrf-t1d) [ORI Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ori-capital)

## Everyone who backed them

[ARCH Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arch-venture-partners) VC firm **2** rounds

[F-Prime Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/f-prime) VC firm **2** rounds

[Medtronic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/medtronic) Growth equity **2** rounds

[Eight Roads Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eight-roads) VC firm **1** round

[MPM Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mpm-bioimpact) Private equity **1** round

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

[6 Dimensions Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/6-dimensions-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Wu Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wu-capital) Family office **1** round

[JDRF T1D](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jdrf-t1d) Growth equity **1** round

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

Cowen Healthcare Investments/ MPM no record of our own yet **1** round

SinoPharm no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Quick answers about Semma Therapeutics

### Who invested in Semma Therapeutics?

Semma Therapeutics's investors include ARCH Venture Partners, F-Prime Capital, Medtronic, Eight Roads Ventures and MPM Capital, and 7 more on record.

### How much has Semma Therapeutics raised?

Semma Therapeutics has raised $158M across 2 rounds since 2015.

### When did Semma Therapeutics last raise?

Semma Therapeutics's most recent round was a Series B of $114M in Nov 2017.

### What was Semma Therapeutics's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $114M in Nov 2017, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Semma Therapeutics first?

Semma Therapeutics's first round on record, in Mar 2015, was backed by ARCH Venture Partners, F-Prime Capital and MPM Capital and 1 others.

### What stage is Semma Therapeutics at?

Semma Therapeutics's latest named round is a Series B, in Nov 2017.

### Where is Semma Therapeutics based?

Semma Therapeutics is based in the United States.

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