# Univercells funding: rounds and investors

> Univercells has raised $77M across 4 rounds since 2015. Investors include Korea Investment Partners, Gates Foundation and Takeda Pharmaceutical.

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

Belgium · [Series D startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Univercells*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 6 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.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$77M** raised across 4 rounds since 2015, from 4 sources

**$3.4M** Venture **$12M** Grant **$19M** Series B **$43M** Series D

- **Latest round:** Series D, $43M Oct 2022
- **Step-up i:** 2.3×
- **Investors:** 6

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.

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

**$3.4M** Venture

**$12M** Grant

**$19M** Series B

**$43M** Series D

- **First round:** Venture, $3.4M
- **Biggest round:** $43M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 19 months

## The rounds

- **Oct 2022** Series D **$43M** *1 new* [Korea Investment Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/korea-investment-partners) Source recorded
- **Jul 2018** Series B **$19M** *3 new* [The Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-innovation-fund) Inventures II TheClubDeal Reported by FinSMEs
- **Dec 2016** Grant **$12M** *1 new* [Gates Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Oct 2015** Venture **$3.4M** *1 new* [Takeda Pharmaceutical](https://millionrounds.com/fund/takeda-pharmaceutical) From a historical funding record

## 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** 2015 **Grant** 2016 **Series B** 2018 **Series D** 2022 [Korea Investment Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/korea-investment-partners) [Gates Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation) [Takeda Pharmaceutical](https://millionrounds.com/fund/takeda-pharmaceutical) [The Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-innovation-fund) Inventures II TheClubDeal

## Everyone who backed them

[Korea Investment Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/korea-investment-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Gates Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation) Institutional LP **1** round

[Takeda Pharmaceutical](https://millionrounds.com/fund/takeda-pharmaceutical) Investment firm **1** round

[The Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-innovation-fund) VC firm **1** round

Inventures II no record of our own yet **1** round

TheClubDeal 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=univercells).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Univercells 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.

[SFPIM](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sfpim) VC firm Per its own site

[AdBio partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adbio-partners) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Univercells

### Who invested in Univercells?

Univercells's investors include Korea Investment Partners, Gates Foundation, Takeda Pharmaceutical, The Innovation Fund and Inventures II, and 1 more on record.

### How much has Univercells raised?

Univercells has raised $77M across 4 rounds since 2015.

### When did Univercells last raise?

Univercells's most recent round was a Series D of $43M in Oct 2022.

### What was Univercells's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $43M in Oct 2022, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Univercells first?

Univercells's first round on record, in Oct 2015, was backed by Takeda Pharmaceutical.

### What stage is Univercells at?

Univercells's latest named round is a Series D, in Oct 2022.

### Where is Univercells based?

Univercells is based in Belgium.

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