# Lab Automation Investors Map 2026: 15 Investors Backing Lab Automation Startups

> The 15 investors that have backed two or more lab automation startups worldwide, by kind: accelerators, VC firms and government funds and more.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/lab-automation-investors-map (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

## Accelerators

6

- [Creative Destruction Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab)
- [Venture Kick](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venture-kick)
- [Berkeley SkyDeck](https://millionrounds.com/fund/berkeley-skydeck)
- [Entrepreneur First](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first)
- [MassChallenge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/masschallenge)
- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)

## VC firms

5

- [SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv)
- [*E* EISMEA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eismea)
- [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc)
- [The Danish Growth Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/v-kstfonden)
- [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)

## Government funds

4

- [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno)
- [North Carolina Biotechnology Center](https://millionrounds.com/fund/north-carolina-bio)
- [Scottish Enterprise](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scottish-enterprise)
- [EIC Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eic-accelerator)

## Segment by segment

### Accelerators

6 investors

- [**Creative Destruction Lab**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab) Accelerator Canada 4 backed
- [**Venture Kick**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venture-kick) Accelerator Switzerland 3 backed
- [**Berkeley SkyDeck**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/berkeley-skydeck) Accelerator United States 2 backed
- [**Entrepreneur First**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first) Accelerator United Kingdom 2 backed
- [**MassChallenge**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/masschallenge) Accelerator United States 2 backed
- [**Y Combinator**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator United States 2 backed

### VC firms

5 investors

- [**SOSV**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) VC firm United States 3 backed
- [*E* **EISMEA**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eismea) Investment firm - 2 backed
- [**8VC**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) VC firm United States 2 backed
- [**The Danish Growth Fund**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/v-kstfonden) VC firm - 2 backed
- [**Alumni Ventures**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm United States 2 backed

### Government funds

4 investors

- [**National Science Foundation**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) Government fund United States 3 backed
- [**North Carolina Biotechnology Center**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/north-carolina-bio) Government fund United States 2 backed
- [**Scottish Enterprise**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scottish-enterprise) Government fund United Kingdom 2 backed
- [**EIC Accelerator**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eic-accelerator) Government fund European Union 2 backed

**How this map is made.** Every investor here has backed two or more startups on our lab automation map, in rounds we track. Grouped by the kind of investor, each ranked by how many of these companies it has backed. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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