# Zenas BioPharma funding: rounds and investors

> Zenas BioPharma has raised $420M across 3 rounds since 2024. Investors include New Enterprise Associates, Norwest Venture Partners and Wellington Management.

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

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# Who invested in *Zenas BioPharma*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 16 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.

Biotech Pharma

Raised 8 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$420M** raised across 3 rounds since 2024, from 3 sources

**$200M** Series C **$120M** Round **$100M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $100M Mar 2026
- **Biggest round:** $200M Series C · May 2024
- **Investors:** 16 (4 led)

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

**$200M** Series C

**$120M** Round

**$100M** Round

- **First round:** Series C, $200M
- **Biggest round:** $200M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 17 months

## The rounds

- **Mar 2026** Round **$100M** *1 new* *4 returning* [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) [Norwest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/norwest) [Wellington Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellington-management) [Perceptive Advisors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perceptive-advisors) [Vivo Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vivo-capital) Source recorded
- **Oct 2025** Round **$120M** *5 returning* [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) [Norwest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/norwest) [Wellington Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellington-management) [Vivo Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vivo-capital) [SR One](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sr-one) Source recorded
- **May 2024** Series C **$200M** *15 new* [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) Lead [Norwest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/norwest) Lead [SR One](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sr-one) Lead [Delos Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/delos-capital) Lead [Wellington Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellington-management) [Vivo Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vivo-capital) [Longitude Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/longitude-capital) [Rock Springs Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rock-springs-capital) [ArrowMark Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arrowmark-partners) [Pivotal bioVenture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pivotal-life-sciences) [Fairmount](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fairmount) [Enavate Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enavate-sciences) [Federated Hermes Kaufmann Funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/federated-hermes-kaufmann-funds) [Quan Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quan-venture-fund) [Superstring Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/superstring-capital) Reported by Tellus BioVentures SEC filing: $200M sold, first sale May 2024

## Founders and team

From Zenas BioPharma's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 1 founder, 11 on the team.

**Lonnie Moulder** Founder, CEO & Chairman

- **Joe Farmer** President and Chief Operating Officer
- **Caroline Chevalier** Chief Administrative Officer
- **Christy Oliger** Board of Directors
- **Jake Jacob Nunn** Board of Directors
- **James Patrick Boylan** Board of Directors
- **Jennifer Jacob Fox** Executive Officer i
- **Joseph O. Farmer** Executive Officer i
- **Leon O. Moulder** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Patricia Jacob Allen** Board of Directors
- **Patrick Gerald Enright** Board of Directors
- **Tanya Z. Fischer** Executive Officer i

On the board, as filed i *Hongbo O. Lu* *John Jacob Orloff* *Tim Jacob Xiao* *Tomas O. Kiselak*

## 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.

**Series C** 2024 **Round** 2025 **Round** 2026 [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) L [Norwest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/norwest) L [Wellington Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellington-management) [Vivo Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vivo-capital) [SR One](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sr-one) L [Delos Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/delos-capital) L [Perceptive Advisors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perceptive-advisors) [Longitude Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/longitude-capital) [Rock Springs Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rock-springs-capital) [ArrowMark Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arrowmark-partners)

## Everyone who backed them

[New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) VC firm **3** rounds, led 1

[Norwest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/norwest) VC firm **3** rounds, led 1

[Wellington Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellington-management) VC firm **3** rounds

[Vivo Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vivo-capital) Private equity **3** rounds

[SR One](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sr-one) Corporate VC **2** rounds, led 1

[Delos Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/delos-capital) Private equity **1** round, led 1

[Perceptive Advisors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perceptive-advisors) Asset manager **1** round

[Longitude Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/longitude-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Rock Springs Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rock-springs-capital) Hedge fund **1** round

[ArrowMark Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arrowmark-partners) Private equity **1** round

[Pivotal bioVenture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pivotal-life-sciences) VC firm **1** round

[Fairmount](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fairmount) Growth equity **1** round

[Enavate Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enavate-sciences) VC firm **1** round

[Federated Hermes Kaufmann Funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/federated-hermes-kaufmann-funds) Growth equity **1** round

[Quan Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quan-venture-fund) Growth equity **1** round

[Superstring Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/superstring-capital) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Zenas BioPharma 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.

[Tellus BioVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tellus-bioventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Zenas BioPharma

### Who invested in Zenas BioPharma?

Zenas BioPharma's investors include New Enterprise Associates, Norwest Venture Partners, Wellington Management, Vivo Capital and SR One, and 11 more on record.

### How much has Zenas BioPharma raised?

Zenas BioPharma has raised $420M across 3 rounds since 2024.

### When did Zenas BioPharma last raise?

Zenas BioPharma's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $100M in Mar 2026.

### What was Zenas BioPharma's biggest round?

Zenas BioPharma's largest round on record is $200M (Series C), in May 2024, led by New Enterprise Associates.

### Who backed Zenas BioPharma first?

Zenas BioPharma's first round on record, in May 2024, was backed by New Enterprise Associates, Norwest Venture Partners and SR One and 12 others.

### What stage is Zenas BioPharma at?

Zenas BioPharma's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Mar 2026.

### Where is Zenas BioPharma based?

Zenas BioPharma is based in the United States.

### Who led Zenas BioPharma's rounds?

New Enterprise Associates led the Series C in 2024.

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