# Tempo Therapeutics funding: rounds and investors

> Tempo Therapeutics has raised $2.3M across 2 rounds since 2024. Investors include National Science Foundation. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Tempo Therapeutics*

2 rounds we have observed, with the one investor 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

Raised 2 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$2.3M** raised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Grant, $2.3M Sept 2026
- **Investors:** 1

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

**?** Venture

**$2.3M** Grant

- **First round:** Venture
- **Biggest round:** $2.3M
- **Between rounds:** 2 years

## The rounds

- **Sept 2026** Grant **$2.3M** *1 returning* [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) Source recorded SEC filing: $14M sold
- **Sept 2024** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Tempo Therapeutics's own website: 1 on the team.

- **Steven Sands** Board of Directors

Advisers *Clinical Advisor*

## Everyone who backed them

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

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Tempo Therapeutics 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.

[Rafferty Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rafferty-holdings) Family office Per its own site

## Quick answers about Tempo Therapeutics

### Who invested in Tempo Therapeutics?

Tempo Therapeutics's investors include National Science Foundation.

### How much has Tempo Therapeutics raised?

Tempo Therapeutics has raised $2.3M across 2 rounds since 2024. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Tempo Therapeutics last raise?

Tempo Therapeutics's most recent round was a Grant of $2.3M in Sept 2026.

### What was Tempo Therapeutics's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $2.3M in Sept 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Tempo Therapeutics first?

Tempo Therapeutics's first round on record, in Sept 2024, was backed by National Science Foundation.

### What stage is Tempo Therapeutics at?

Tempo Therapeutics's latest named round is a Grant, in Sept 2026.

### Where is Tempo Therapeutics based?

Tempo Therapeutics is based in the United States.

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