# Verge Genomics funding: rounds and investors > Verge Genomics has raised $36M across 4 rounds since 2015. Investors include Draper Associates, Alumni Ventures and BlackRock. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/verge-genomics (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Verge Genomics* 4 rounds we have observed, with the 14 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. AI Biotech Healthcare Y Combinator: S15 Follow Verge Genomics and see its new rounds in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Fcompany%2Fverge-genomics) Funding summary Updated 27 Oct 2026 **$36M** raised across 4 rounds since 2015, from 4 sources **$4.0M** Seed **$32M** Series A - **Latest round:** Venture Oct 2024 - **Biggest round:** $32M Series A · Jul 2018 - **Investors:** 14 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. 2017 2019 2021 2023 **$4.0M** Seed **$32M** Series A **?** Venture **?** Venture - **First round:** Seed, $4.0M - **Biggest round:** $32M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.8 years ## The rounds - **Oct 2024** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* *4 returning* [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) [Eli Lilly](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eli-lilly) [Basis Set Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/basis-set-ventures) Source recorded - **Jul 2023** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *4 new* *1 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) [Basis Set Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/basis-set-ventures) Source recorded - **Jul 2018** Series A **$32M** *3 new* [OS Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/os-fund) Agent DFJ/ WuXi AppTec Reported by FinSMEs - **Oct 2015** Seed **$4.0M** *6 new* [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital) [IA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ia-ventures) [Two Sigma Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/two-sigma-ventures) [Karlin Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/karlin-ventures) From a historical funding record ## Founders and team From Verge Genomics's own website: 1 founder, 8 on the team. **Alice Zhang** Co-founder & CEO - **Carla Leibowitz** Chief Business Officer - **Effie Bruzik** VP Operations - **Emily Ripka** VP Product & Engineering - **Cameron Gallivan** Senior Data Engineer - **Jesus Madero** Associate Principal Computational Biologist - **Peter Boekelheide** Principal Software Engineer - **Sean Hackett** Principal Computational Biologist - **Sebastian Guelfi** Associate Principal Computational Biologist ## 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. **Seed** 2015 **Series A** 2018 **Venture** 2023 **Venture** 2024 [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) [Basis Set Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/basis-set-ventures) [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital) [Eli Lilly](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eli-lilly) [IA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ia-ventures) [Two Sigma Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/two-sigma-ventures) ## Everyone who backed them [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) VC firm **3** rounds [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm **2** rounds [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) Asset manager **2** rounds [Basis Set Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/basis-set-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital) VC firm **1** round [Eli Lilly](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eli-lilly) Corporate VC **1** round [IA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ia-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Two Sigma Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/two-sigma-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Karlin Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/karlin-ventures) VC firm **1** round [OS Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/os-fund) VC firm **1** round Agent no record of our own yet **1** round DFJ/ WuXi AppTec 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=verge-genomics). ## Also claim to have backed them These 4 firms list Verge Genomics 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. [Lifeforce Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lifeforce-capital) VC firm Per its own site [WorldQuant Ventures LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/worldquant-ventures-llc) VC firm Per its own site [Agent Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/agent-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Tenmile](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tenmile) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Verge Genomics ### Who invested in Verge Genomics? Verge Genomics's investors include Draper Associates, Alumni Ventures, BlackRock, Basis Set Ventures and Y Combinator, and 9 more on record. ### How much has Verge Genomics raised? Verge Genomics has raised $36M across 4 rounds since 2015. 2 rounds did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Verge Genomics last raise? Verge Genomics's most recent round was a Venture in Oct 2024. ### What was Verge Genomics's biggest round? Verge Genomics's largest round on record is $32M (Series A), in Jul 2018. ### Who backed Verge Genomics first? Verge Genomics's first round on record, in Oct 2015, was backed by Slow Ventures, Draper Associates and Great Oaks Venture Capital and 3 others. ### What stage is Verge Genomics at? Verge Genomics's latest named round is a Venture, in Oct 2024. ### Where is Verge Genomics based? Verge Genomics is based in the United States. ## Companies like Verge Genomics In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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