# Starling Medical funding: rounds and investors

> Starling Medical has raised $9.7M across 2 rounds since 2024. Investors include Y Combinator, National Science Foundation and Gaingels.

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

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# Who invested in *Starling Medical*

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.

Healthcare

Raised 8 months ago Y Combinator: W22

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$9.7M** raised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 2 sources

**$8.9M** Venture **$825K** Venture

- **Latest round:** Venture, $825K Mar 2026
- **Biggest round:** $8.9M Venture · Sept 2024
- **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.

2025 2026

**$8.9M** Venture

**$825K** Venture

- **First round:** Venture, $8.9M
- **Biggest round:** $8.9M
- **Between rounds:** 18 months

## The rounds

- **Mar 2026** Venture **$825K** *1 new* *3 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [MassChallenge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/masschallenge) Source recorded SEC filing: $825K sold, first sale Feb 2026
- **Sept 2024** Venture **$8.9M** *4 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Capital Factory](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capital-factory) Source recorded SEC filing: $6.8M sold, first sale Sept 2024

## 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.

**Venture** 2024 **Venture** 2026 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [MassChallenge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/masschallenge) [Capital Factory](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capital-factory)

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds

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

[Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) Private equity **2** rounds

[MassChallenge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/masschallenge) Accelerator **1** round

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

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Starling Medical 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.

[Pixel Perfect Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pixel-perfect-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[iO life ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/io-life-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Starling Medical

### Who invested in Starling Medical?

Starling Medical's investors include Y Combinator, National Science Foundation, Gaingels, MassChallenge and Capital Factory.

### How much has Starling Medical raised?

Starling Medical has raised $9.7M across 2 rounds since 2024.

### When did Starling Medical last raise?

Starling Medical's most recent round was a Venture of $825K in Mar 2026.

### What was Starling Medical's biggest round?

Starling Medical's largest round on record is $8.9M (Venture), in Sept 2024.

### Who backed Starling Medical first?

Starling Medical's first round on record, in Sept 2024, was backed by Y Combinator, National Science Foundation and Gaingels and 1 others.

### What stage is Starling Medical at?

Starling Medical's latest named round is a Venture, in Mar 2026.

### Where is Starling Medical based?

Starling Medical is based in the United States.

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