Who invested in Talus Bio

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.

Raised 2 months agoY Combinator: S21

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$22Mraised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 2 sources

$11MSeed$11MSeed

Latest round: Seed, $11MSept 2026
Investors: 5

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

20252026

$11MSeed$11MSeed

First round: Seed, $11M
Biggest round: $11M
Between rounds: 2.1 years

The rounds

Sept 2026
Seed$11M1 new4 returning
Source recorded
Aug 2024
Seed$11M4 new
Source recorded

Founders and team

From Talus Bio's own website: 3 founders, 8 on the team.

Alex FederationChief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

Lindsay PinoChief Technology Officer & Co-Founder

Jesse SalkPhysician & Founder of TwinStrand Biosciences

Michelle BriscoeChief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer
Tara ArvedsonChief Scientific Officer at Hexagon Bio
Christopher JoyceVP of Business Development
Michael McKeownHead of Research at Bullseye Bioscience
Will FondrieHead of Data Science & Engineering
Daniele CanzaniSenior Scientist
Margaux McBirneySenior Lab Operations Manager
Sydney HuffLab Operations Associate

AdvisersGavin Hirst

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.

Seed2024Seed2026

Y Combinator

National Science Foundation

Pioneer Fund

Fifty Years

NFX

Everyone who backed them

Y CombinatorAccelerator2rounds

National Science FoundationGovernment2rounds

Pioneer FundPrivate equity2rounds

Fifty YearsVC firm2rounds

NFXVC firm1round

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