# Verinomics funding: rounds and investors

> Verinomics has raised $3.0M across 2 rounds since 2024. Investors include US Department of Energy and Cleveland Avenue. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Verinomics*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 2 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.

Big Data & Analytics

Raised 2 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$3.0M** raised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 2 sources

**$250K** Grant **$2.7M** Venture

- **Latest round:** Venture, $2.7M Sept 2026
- **Step-up i:** 10.8×
- **Investors:** 2

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.

2024 2025 2026

**$250K** Grant

**$2.7M** Venture

- **First round:** Grant, $250K
- **Biggest round:** $2.7M
- **Between rounds:** 2.7 years

## The rounds

- **Sept 2026** Venture **$2.7M** *2 returning* [US Department of Energy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/u-s-department-of-energy) [Cleveland Avenue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cleveland-avenue) Source recorded SEC filing: $2.7M sold
- **Jan 2024** Grant **$250K** *2 new* [US Department of Energy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/u-s-department-of-energy) [Cleveland Avenue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cleveland-avenue) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Verinomics's own website: 2 founders, 2 on the team.

**Chris Heffelfinger** Co-Founder and Director of Computational Biology

**Stephen Dellaporta** Founder

- **Anahid Powell** Director of Gene Editing
- **Sandra Romero** Director of Genomics

Advisers *Brian Staskawicz* *Maria Moreno*

## 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.

**Grant** 2024 **Venture** 2026 [US Department of Energy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/u-s-department-of-energy) [Cleveland Avenue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cleveland-avenue)

## Everyone who backed them

[US Department of Energy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/u-s-department-of-energy) Government **2** rounds

[Cleveland Avenue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cleveland-avenue) VC firm **2** rounds

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Verinomics 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.

[Fulcrum Global Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fulcrum-global-capital) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Verinomics

### Who invested in Verinomics?

Verinomics's investors include US Department of Energy and Cleveland Avenue.

### How much has Verinomics raised?

Verinomics has raised $3.0M across 2 rounds since 2024.

### When did Verinomics last raise?

Verinomics's most recent round was a Venture of $2.7M in Sept 2026.

### What was Verinomics's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $2.7M in Sept 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Verinomics first?

Verinomics's first round on record, in Jan 2024, was backed by US Department of Energy and Cleveland Avenue.

### What stage is Verinomics at?

Verinomics's latest named round is a Venture, in Sept 2026.

### Where is Verinomics based?

Verinomics is based in the United States.

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