# Shift Bioscience funding: rounds and investors > Shift Bioscience has raised $34M across 4 rounds since 2021. Investors include Business Growth Fund, Boost VC and Kindred Capital. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/shift-bioscience (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Shift Bioscience* 4 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. Pharma Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$34M** raised across 4 rounds since 2021, from 4 sources **$5.3M** Round **$1.1M** Round **$11M** Seed **$16M** Seed - **Latest round:** Seed, $16M Oct 2024 - **Step-up i:** 1.5× - **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. 2022 2023 2024 **$5.3M** Round **$1.1M** Round **$11M** Seed **$16M** Seed - **First round:** Round, $5.3M - **Biggest round:** $16M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 9 months ## The rounds - **Oct 2024** Seed **$16M** *3 new* [Business Growth Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bgf) [Boost VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boost-vc) [Kindred Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kindred-capital-vc) Source recorded - **Jun 2024** Seed **$11M** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet - **Sept 2022** Round **$1.1M** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet - **Dec 2021** Round **$5.3M** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet ## Funding filed with regulators Shift Bioscience filed 6 raises, $17M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors. - Jun 2024 **$11M** UK share allotment - Sept 2022 **$1.1M** UK share allotment - Feb 2022 **$4.6M** UK share allotment - Feb 2022 **$206K** UK share allotment - Dec 2021 **$201K** UK share allotment - Dec 2021 **$251K** UK share allotment ## Founders and team From Shift Bioscience's own website: 2 founders, 2 on the team. **Daniel Ives Ph.D** CEO & Founder **Brendan Swain Ph.D** CSO & Founder - **Andrew Fraley Ph.D** Executive Chair - **Laurence Reid Ph.D** Non-Executive Director ## 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. **Round** 2021 **Round** 2022 **Seed** 2024 **Seed** 2024 [Business Growth Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bgf) [Boost VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boost-vc) [Kindred Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kindred-capital-vc) ## Everyone who backed them [Business Growth Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bgf) Private equity **1** round [Boost VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boost-vc) VC firm **1** round [Kindred Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kindred-capital-vc) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=shift-bioscience). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Shift Bioscience 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. [Meltwind Advisory](https://millionrounds.com/fund/meltwind-advisory) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Shift Bioscience ### Who invested in Shift Bioscience? Shift Bioscience's investors include Business Growth Fund, Boost VC and Kindred Capital. ### How much has Shift Bioscience raised? Shift Bioscience has raised $34M across 4 rounds since 2021. ### When did Shift Bioscience last raise? Shift Bioscience's most recent round was a Seed of $16M in Oct 2024. ### What was Shift Bioscience's biggest round? Its most recent round, $16M in Oct 2024, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Shift Bioscience first? Shift Bioscience's first round on record, in Oct 2024, was backed by Business Growth Fund, Boost VC and Kindred Capital. ### What stage is Shift Bioscience at? Shift Bioscience's latest named round is a Seed, in Oct 2024. ### Where is Shift Bioscience based? Shift Bioscience is based in the United Kingdom. ## Companies like Shift Bioscience In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**HydRegen** $12M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/hydregen)[**OMass Therapeutics** $442M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/omass-therapeutics)[**MAXWELLIA** $9.6M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/maxwellia)[**FLIP THERAPEUTICS** $676K · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/flip-therapeutics)[**ViaNautis** $52M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/vianautis)[**PhaSER Biomedical** $2.5M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/phaser-biomedical) ## 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