# Step Pharma funding: rounds and investors

> Step Pharma has raised $20M across 2 rounds since 2017. Investors include Idinvest Partners, Bpifrance and EIC Accelerator. Every round with its source.

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

France · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Step Pharma*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 8 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

Raised 9 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$20M** raised across 2 rounds since 2017, from 2 sources

**$17M** Series A **$2.9M** Grant

- **Latest round:** Grant, $2.9M Feb 2026
- **Biggest round:** $17M Series A · Nov 2017
- **Investors:** 8

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.

2019 2021 2023 2025

**$17M** Series A

**$2.9M** Grant

- **First round:** Series A, $17M
- **Biggest round:** $17M
- **Between rounds:** 8.2 years

## The rounds

- **Feb 2026** Grant **$2.9M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Bpifrance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bpifrance) [EIC Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eic-accelerator) [Idinvest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idinvest-partners) [KurmaPartners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kurmapartners) Source recorded
- **Nov 2017** Series A **$17M** *5 new* [Idinvest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idinvest-partners) Imagine Institute Inserm Transfert Kurma Partners/ Bpifrance Sygnature Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

From Step Pharma's own website: 7 on the team.

- **Andrew Parker** Chief Executive Officer
- **Maureen Higgins** Vice President Head of Clinical Operations
- **Dr Karen Smith** Chief Medical Officer
- **Duc Tran** Chief Development Officer
- **Nicolas Marsault** Chief Financial Officer
- **Philip Beer** Chief Scientific Officer
- **Erik Van Den Berg** Chairman of The Board, Independent 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.

**Series A** 2017 **Grant** 2026 [Idinvest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idinvest-partners) [Bpifrance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bpifrance) [EIC Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eic-accelerator) [KurmaPartners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kurmapartners) Imagine Institute Inserm Transfert Kurma Partners/ Bpifrance Sygnature

## Everyone who backed them

[Idinvest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idinvest-partners) Private equity **2** rounds

[Bpifrance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bpifrance) Government **1** round

[EIC Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eic-accelerator) Government **1** round

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

Imagine Institute no record of our own yet **1** round

Inserm Transfert no record of our own yet **1** round

Kurma Partners/ Bpifrance no record of our own yet **1** round

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

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=step-pharma).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Step Pharma 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.

[V-Bio Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/v-bio-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Step Pharma

### Who invested in Step Pharma?

Step Pharma's investors include Idinvest Partners, Bpifrance, EIC Accelerator, KurmaPartners and Imagine Institute, and 3 more on record.

### How much has Step Pharma raised?

Step Pharma has raised $20M across 2 rounds since 2017.

### When did Step Pharma last raise?

Step Pharma's most recent round was a Grant of $2.9M in Feb 2026.

### What was Step Pharma's biggest round?

Step Pharma's largest round on record is $17M (Series A), in Nov 2017.

### Who backed Step Pharma first?

Step Pharma's first round on record, in Nov 2017, was backed by Idinvest Partners, Imagine Institute and Inserm Transfert and 2 others.

### What stage is Step Pharma at?

Step Pharma's latest named round is a Grant, in Feb 2026.

### Where is Step Pharma based?

Step Pharma is based in France.

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