# Synthorx funding: rounds and investors

> Synthorx has raised $79M across 3 rounds since 2014. Investors include Correlation Ventures, RA Capital Management and Avalon Ventures.

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

United States · [Series C startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Synthorx*

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.

Biotech Healthcare

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$79M** raised across 3 rounds since 2014, from 3 sources

**$6.0M** Series A **$10M** Series B **$63M** Series C

- **Latest round:** Series C, $63M Apr 2018
- **Step-up i:** 6.3×
- **Investors:** 7

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.

2015 2016 2017 2018

**$6.0M** Series A

**$10M** Series B

**$63M** Series C

- **First round:** Series A, $6.0M
- **Biggest round:** $63M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.3 years

## The rounds

- **Apr 2018** Series C **$63M** *4 new* *1 returning* [Correlation Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/correlation-ventures) [Osage University Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/osage-university-partners) [Avalon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avalon) OrbiMed/ Medicxi RA Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $27M sold, first sale Apr 2018
- **Jul 2016** Series B **$10M** *1 new* [RA Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ra-capital-management) Reported by Xconomy SEC filing: $5.0M sold, first sale Jul 2016
- **Apr 2014** Series A **$6.0M** *2 new* [Correlation Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/correlation-ventures) [Avalon Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avalon-ventures) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $3.1M sold, first sale May 2014

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 1 on the team.

- **Laura Shawver** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Andrew Levin* *Floyd Romesberg* *Jay Lichter* *Peter Thompson*

## 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** 2014 **Series B** 2016 **Series C** 2018 [Correlation Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/correlation-ventures) [RA Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ra-capital-management) [Avalon Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avalon-ventures) [Osage University Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/osage-university-partners) [Avalon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avalon) OrbiMed/ Medicxi RA

## Everyone who backed them

[Correlation Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/correlation-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[RA Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ra-capital-management) Private equity **1** round

[Avalon Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avalon-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Osage University Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/osage-university-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Avalon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avalon) Hedge fund **1** round

OrbiMed/ Medicxi no record of our own yet **1** round

RA 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=synthorx).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Synthorx 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.

[Myeloma Investment Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/myeloma-investment-fund) Corporate VC Per its own site

## Quick answers about Synthorx

### Who invested in Synthorx?

Synthorx's investors include Correlation Ventures, RA Capital Management, Avalon Ventures, Osage University Partners and Avalon, and 2 more on record.

### How much has Synthorx raised?

Synthorx has raised $79M across 3 rounds since 2014.

### When did Synthorx last raise?

Synthorx's most recent round was a Series C of $63M in Apr 2018.

### What was Synthorx's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $63M in Apr 2018, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Synthorx first?

Synthorx's first round on record, in Apr 2014, was backed by Correlation Ventures and Avalon Ventures.

### What stage is Synthorx at?

Synthorx's latest named round is a Series C, in Apr 2018.

### Where is Synthorx based?

Synthorx is based in the United States.

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