Who invested in TELA Bio

6 rounds we have observed, with the 4 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.

BiotechHealthcare

Raised 12 months ago

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$138Mraised across 6 rounds since 2013, from 6 sources

$6.0MGrowth$45MVenture$500KVenture$25MRound$1.0MRound$60MDebt

Latest round: Debt, $60MNov 2025
Step-upi: 60×
Investors: 4

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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.

2013201520172019202120232025

$6.0MGrowth$45MVenture$500KVenture$25MRound$1.0MRound$60MDebt

First round: Growth, $6.0M
Biggest round: $60M
Usual gap between rounds: 14 months

The rounds

Nov 2025
Debt$60M2 new
- OrbiMed
- Perceptive Advisors
Source recorded
Mar 2018
Round$1.0M1 new
- ProMedica
Reported by FinSMEsSEC filing: $500K sold, first sale Mar 2018
Oct 2017
Round$25M1 new
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals
Reported by FinSMEsSEC filing: $15M sold, first sale Oct 2017
Nov 2014
Venture$500K
No investor was named in the report.
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $500K sold, first sale Nov 2014
Oct 2014
Venture$45M
No investor was named in the report.
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $45M sold, first sale Oct 2014
Aug 2013
Growth$6.0M
No investor was named in the report.
Reported by sec.govSEC filing: $6.0M sold, first sale Aug 2013

Founders and team

From TELA Bio's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 11 on the team.

Heather C. GetzChief Executive Officer
Jason GugliuzzaSenior Vice President - TELA Bio Europe
Jennifer ArmstrongSenior Vice President – Human Resources
Jeffrey BlizardPresident
Megan SmeykalChief Accounting Officer & Controller
Paul TalmoChief Science and Innovation Officer
Joseph CapperChairman
Antony KoblishExecutive Officer, Directori
Francis ConwayExecutive Officeri
Maarten PersenaireExecutive Officeri
Nora J. BrennanExecutive Officeri

On the board, as filediAdele OlivaAshley FriedmanKurt AzarbarzinMatt ZugaRonald J. EllisVince Burgess

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.

Growth2013Venture2014Venture2014Round2017Round2018Debt2025

OrbiMed

Perceptive Advisors

ProMedica

Pacira Pharmaceuticals

Everyone who backed them

OrbiMedPrivate equity1round

Perceptive AdvisorsAsset manager1round

ProMedicaVC firm1round

Pacira PharmaceuticalsVC firm1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list TELA 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.