# Tessera Therapeutics funding: rounds and investors

> Tessera Therapeutics has raised $150M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include SoftBank, SoftBank Vision Fund and Cormorant Asset Management.

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

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

# Who invested in *Tessera Therapeutics*

2 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.

Pharma

Raised 8 months ago Valuation: $1.7B, Mar 2026

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$150M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Venture Mar 2026
- **Biggest round:** $150M Venture · Dec 2025
- **Investors:** 4

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.

2026

**$150M** Venture

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Venture, $150M
- **Biggest round:** $150M
- **Between rounds:** 3 months

## The rounds

- **Mar 2026** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *4 returning* [SoftBank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-2) [SoftBank Vision Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-investment-advisers) [Cormorant Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cormorant-asset-management) [Artis Ventures (AV)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/artis-ventures-av) Source recorded
- **Dec 2025** Venture **$150M** *4 new* [SoftBank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-2) [SoftBank Vision Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-investment-advisers) [Cormorant Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cormorant-asset-management) [Artis Ventures (AV)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/artis-ventures-av) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Tessera Therapeutics's own website: 15 on the team.

- **Joseph Romanelli** President and Chief Executive Officer, Board Director
- **Cecilia Cotta-Ramusino** Senior Vice President, Head of Platform
- **Navreet Dhindsa** Senior Vice President, Clinical Operations
- **Becky Lillie** Chief Human Resources Officer
- **David Davidson** Chief Medical and Development Officer
- **Hari Pujar** Chief Operating Officer
- **Kathy Bergsteinsson** Chief Financial Officer
- **Michael Holmes** Chief Scientific Officer
- **Cynthia Patton** General Counsel and Secretary
- **Derica Rice** Board Director
- **Elliott Sigal** Board Director
- **Geoffrey von Maltzahn** Board Chair
- **Jacob Rubens** Board Chair
- **Mary Rozenman** Board Director
- **Paul Biondi** Board Director

Advisers *Britt Adamson* *David A. Williams* *David Schaffer* *Erik Sontheimer* *George Church* *Jef Boeke* *John Moran* *Jonathan Weissman* *Luigi Naldini* *Melissa Moore*

## 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.

**Venture** 2025 **Venture** 2026 [SoftBank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-2) [SoftBank Vision Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-investment-advisers) [Cormorant Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cormorant-asset-management) [Artis Ventures (AV)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/artis-ventures-av)

## Everyone who backed them

[SoftBank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-2) Investment firm **2** rounds

[SoftBank Vision Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-investment-advisers) VC firm **2** rounds

[Cormorant Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cormorant-asset-management) Private equity **2** rounds

[Artis Ventures (AV)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/artis-ventures-av) VC firm **2** rounds

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 4 firms list Tessera Therapeutics 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.

[Toba Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toba-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Randall Kaplan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/randall-kaplan) Angel Per its own site

[Longevity Vision](https://millionrounds.com/fund/longevity-vision) Family office Per its own site

[Solari Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/solari-capital) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Tessera Therapeutics

### Who invested in Tessera Therapeutics?

Tessera Therapeutics's investors include SoftBank, SoftBank Vision Fund, Cormorant Asset Management and Artis Ventures (AV).

### How much has Tessera Therapeutics raised?

Tessera Therapeutics has raised $150M across 2 rounds since 2025. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Tessera Therapeutics last raise?

Tessera Therapeutics's most recent round was a Venture in Mar 2026.

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

Tessera Therapeutics's largest round on record is $150M (Venture), in Dec 2025.

### Who backed Tessera Therapeutics first?

Tessera Therapeutics's first round on record, in Dec 2025, was backed by SoftBank, SoftBank Vision Fund and Cormorant Asset Management and 1 others.

### What stage is Tessera Therapeutics at?

Tessera Therapeutics's latest named round is a Venture, in Mar 2026.

### Where is Tessera Therapeutics based?

Tessera Therapeutics is based in the United States.

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