# Eli Lilly's AI Investments: 13 Startups in Its Portfolio (2026) > The 13 AI startups Eli Lilly has backed, by stage: $1.4B raised between them. From the rounds we track; updated nightly. Source: https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/eli-lilly-ai-portfolio (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) ## Series A 4 - [Rezo Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/rezo-therapeutics) - [Excelsior Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/excelsior-sciences) - [Iterative Scopes](https://millionrounds.com/company/iterative-scopes) - [Persist AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/persist-ai) ## Series C and later 3 - [Iterative Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/iterative-health) - [BigHat Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/bighat-biosciences) - [Absci](https://millionrounds.com/company/absci) ## Stage not reported 2 - [Alto Neuroscience](https://millionrounds.com/company/alto-neuroscience) - [Verge Genomics](https://millionrounds.com/company/verge-genomics) ## Pre-seed and seed 2 - [Revisto](https://millionrounds.com/company/revisto) - [basys.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/basys-ai) ## Series B 2 - [DELFI Diagnostics](https://millionrounds.com/company/delfi-diagnostics) - [Moonwalk Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/moonwalk-biosciences) ## Segment by segment ### Series A 4 startups · $190M raised - [**Rezo Therapeutics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/rezo-therapeutics) Rezo Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company based in San Francisco, founded in 2021. United States $78M - [**Excelsior Sciences**](https://millionrounds.com/company/excelsior-sciences) Excelsior Sciences is a biotechnology company based in New York City, founded in 2024. United States $70M - [**Iterative Scopes**](https://millionrounds.com/company/iterative-scopes) Iterative Scopes delivers tools for physicians and life sciences in colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease space. United States $30M - [**Persist AI**](https://millionrounds.com/company/persist-ai) Persist AI is a biotechnology company that builds long-acting microsphere formulations. United States $12M ### Series C and later 3 startups · $527M raised - [**Iterative Health**](https://millionrounds.com/company/iterative-health) Iterative Health is a healthcare technology and services company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with an additional office in N United States $227M - [**BigHat Biosciences**](https://millionrounds.com/company/bighat-biosciences) BigHat Biosciences is a biotechnology company founded in 2019 and based in San Mateo, California. United States $150M - [**Absci**](https://millionrounds.com/company/absci) Absci is the drug & target discovery company harnessing deep learning AI & synthetic biology to expand the therapeutic potential o United States $150M ### Stage not reported 2 startups · $306M raised - [**Alto Neuroscience**](https://millionrounds.com/company/alto-neuroscience) Alto Neuroscience is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that creates precision medicines through its AI-driven biomarker platform. United States $270M - [**Verge Genomics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/verge-genomics) Verge Genomics uses machine learning and human genomics to accelerate drug discovery. United States $36M ### Pre-seed and seed 2 startups · $4.0M raised - [**Revisto**](https://millionrounds.com/company/revisto) We're enabling the next generation of data-driven, personalized, and engaging life sciences marketing through streamlined, AI-powe United States $4.0M - [**basys.ai**](https://millionrounds.com/company/basys-ai) basys.ai is a healthcare technology startup based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in early 2022 by Amber Nigam and Jie Sun. United States $25K ### Series B 2 startups · $386M raised - [**DELFI Diagnostics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/delfi-diagnostics) DELFI Diagnostics is a biotechnology company founded in 2019 that focuses on early cancer detection through a blood-based liquid b United States $259M - [**Moonwalk Biosciences**](https://millionrounds.com/company/moonwalk-biosciences) Moonwalk Biosciences is an early-stage, pre-clinical therapeutics company based in South San Francisco, California, with an additi United States $127M **How this map is made.** Every startup here works in AI and has raised money in a round we track that names Eli Lilly as an investor. Each sits under the stage of its latest round. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026. ## More portfolio maps [All portfolios](https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps) [Sector portfolio **Eli Lilly's Biotech portfolio** 55 startups · $6.7B](https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/eli-lilly-biotech-portfolio)[Portfolio map **Eli Lilly portfolio map** 86 startups · $12B](https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/eli-lilly-portfolio-map)[Co-investors **Who invests with Eli Lilly** 69 co-investors](https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/eli-lilly-co-investors)[Sector portfolio **Coinbase Ventures' Web3 & Crypto portfolio** 168 startups · $5.7B](https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/coinbase-web3-crypto-portfolio)[Sector portfolio **Salesforce Ventures' AI portfolio** 115 startups · $181B](https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/salesforce-ventures-ai-portfolio)[Sector portfolio **Google Ventures' AI portfolio** 81 startups · $16B](https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/gv-ai-portfolio) ## Raising from investors like Eli Lilly? 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