# Spearhead Bio funding: rounds and investors

> Spearhead Bio has raised $5.9M across 3 rounds since 2025. Investors include National Science Foundation, BioGenerator and Danforth Technology Company.

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

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# Who invested in *Spearhead Bio*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 7 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 Biotech

Raised 2 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$5.9M** raised across 3 rounds since 2025, from 5 sources

**$305K** Grant **$4.0M** Round **$1.6M** Seed

- **Latest round:** Seed, $1.6M Sept 2026
- **Led by:** BioGenerator and Danforth Technology Company
- **Biggest round:** $4.0M Round · Feb 2026
- **Investors:** 7 (2 led)

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.

2026

**$305K** Grant

**$4.0M** Round

**$1.6M** Seed

- **First round:** Grant, $305K
- **Biggest round:** $4.0M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 7 months

## The rounds

- **Sept 2026** Seed **$1.6M** *6 new* *1 returning* [BioGenerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/biogenerator) Lead [Danforth Technology Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/danforth-technology-company) Lead [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [Grit Road Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/grit-road-partners) [QRM Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qrm-capital) [SDH Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sdh-capital) [St. Louis Port Authority Helix Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/st-louis-port-authority-helix-fund) Reported by AgFunderNews and 2 others SEC filing: $1.2M sold
- **Feb 2026** Round **$4.0M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by Danforth Technology Company
- **Jul 2025** Grant **$305K** *1 new* [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Spearhead Bio's own website: 3 on the team.

- **Tom Laurita** CEO
- **Hal Davies** CFO
- **John Ahn** Business Development 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.

**Grant** 2025 **Round** 2026 **Seed** 2026 [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [BioGenerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/biogenerator) L [Danforth Technology Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/danforth-technology-company) L [Grit Road Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/grit-road-partners) [QRM Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qrm-capital) [SDH Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sdh-capital) [St. Louis Port Authority Helix Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/st-louis-port-authority-helix-fund)

## Everyone who backed them

[National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) Government **2** rounds

[BioGenerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/biogenerator) Venture studio **1** round, led 1

[Danforth Technology Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/danforth-technology-company) Accelerator **1** round, led 1

[Grit Road Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/grit-road-partners) VC firm **1** round

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

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

[St. Louis Port Authority Helix Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/st-louis-port-authority-helix-fund) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Spearhead 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.

[Skull Diamond & Heart Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/skull-diamond-and-heart-capital) VC firm 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 Spearhead Bio

### Who invested in Spearhead Bio?

Spearhead Bio's investors include National Science Foundation, BioGenerator, Danforth Technology Company, Grit Road Partners and QRM Capital, and 2 more on record. BioGenerator led its latest round.

### How much has Spearhead Bio raised?

Spearhead Bio has raised $5.9M across 3 rounds since 2025.

### When did Spearhead Bio last raise?

Spearhead Bio's most recent round was a Seed of $1.6M in Sept 2026, led by BioGenerator.

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

Spearhead Bio's largest round on record is $4.0M, in Feb 2026.

### Who backed Spearhead Bio first?

Spearhead Bio's first round on record, in Jul 2025, was backed by National Science Foundation.

### What stage is Spearhead Bio at?

Spearhead Bio's latest named round is a Seed, in Sept 2026.

### Where is Spearhead Bio based?

Spearhead Bio is based in the United States.

### Who led Spearhead Bio's rounds?

BioGenerator led the Seed in 2026.

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