# SomaDetect funding: rounds and investors > SomaDetect has raised $2.5M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, Creative Destruction Lab and Government of... Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/somadetect (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Canada · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *SomaDetect* 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. Agtech Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$2.5M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources **$2.0M** Seed **$500K** Grant - **Latest round:** Grant, $500K Nov 2023 - **Biggest round:** $2.0M Seed · Aug 2019 - **Investors:** 5 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. 2020 2021 2022 2023 **$2.0M** Seed **$500K** Grant - **First round:** Seed, $2.0M - **Biggest round:** $2.0M - **Between rounds:** 4.3 years ## The rounds - **Nov 2023** Grant **$500K** *3 new* *1 returning* [Creative Destruction Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab) [Government of Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/government-of-canada) [Builders VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/builders-vc) [New Brunswick Innovation Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nbif) Source recorded - **Aug 2019** Seed **$2.0M** *2 new* [New Brunswick Innovation Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nbif) [New York Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-york-ventures) Reported by BetaKit ## Founders and team From SomaDetect's own website: 2 founders, 3 on the team. **Bharath Sudarsan** CTO & Founder **Nicholas Clermont** COO & Founder - **David Blyth** CEO - **John Lansink** Board Member - **John Walker** Board Member Advisers *Matt Musselman* ## 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** 2019 **Grant** 2023 [New Brunswick Innovation Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nbif) [Creative Destruction Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab) [Government of Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/government-of-canada) [Builders VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/builders-vc) [New York Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-york-ventures) ## Everyone who backed them [New Brunswick Innovation Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nbif) VC firm **2** rounds [Creative Destruction Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab) Accelerator **1** round [Government of Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/government-of-canada) Government **1** round [Builders VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/builders-vc) VC firm **1** round [New York Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-york-ventures) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=somadetect). ## Also claim to have backed them These 4 firms list SomaDetect 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. [Cavallo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cavallo-ventures) Corporate VC Per its own site [Ag Capital Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ag-capital-canada) Private equity Per its own site [XDL Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xdl-capital-group) Private equity Per its own site [Skull, Diamond, and Heart Capital, LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/skull-diamond-and-heart-capital-llc) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about SomaDetect ### Who invested in SomaDetect? SomaDetect's investors include New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, Creative Destruction Lab, Government of Canada, Builders VC and New York Ventures. ### How much has SomaDetect raised? SomaDetect has raised $2.5M across 2 rounds since 2019. ### When did SomaDetect last raise? SomaDetect's most recent round was a Grant of $500K in Nov 2023. ### What was SomaDetect's biggest round? SomaDetect's largest round on record is $2.0M (Seed), in Aug 2019. ### Who backed SomaDetect first? SomaDetect's first round on record, in Aug 2019, was backed by New Brunswick Innovation Foundation and New York Ventures. ### What stage is SomaDetect at? SomaDetect's latest named round is a Grant, in Nov 2023. ### Where is SomaDetect based? SomaDetect is based in Canada. ## Companies like SomaDetect In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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