# National Science Foundation's Biotech Investments: 250 Startups in Its Portfolio (2026) > The 250 Biotech startups National Science Foundation has backed, by stage: $2.0B raised between them. From the rounds we track; updated nightly. Source: https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno-biotech-portfolio (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) ## Stage not reported 186 - [Mission Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/mission-bio) - [Biomason](https://millionrounds.com/company/biomason) - [Kytopen](https://millionrounds.com/company/kytopen) - [Vaxess Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/vaxess-technologies) - [Sonavex](https://millionrounds.com/company/sonavex) - [Eradivir](https://millionrounds.com/company/eradivir) - [Primrose Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/primrose-bio) - [*PS* Prescient Surgical](https://millionrounds.com/company/prescient-surgical) - [Ancilia Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/ancilia-biosciences) - [Triton Algae Innovations](https://millionrounds.com/company/triton-algae-innovations) - [Zeteo Tech](https://millionrounds.com/company/zeteo-tech) - [Micro-Leads](https://millionrounds.com/company/micro-leads) - [Caravel Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/caravel-bio) - [Cascade Biocatalysts](https://millionrounds.com/company/cascade-biocatalysts) - [BiomeSense](https://millionrounds.com/company/biomesense) - [Imbed Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/imbed-biosciences) - [FYR Diagnostics](https://millionrounds.com/company/fyr-diagnostics) - [Rubi Laboratories](https://millionrounds.com/company/rubi-laboratories) - [Pyran Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/pyran-inc) - [Liberate Medical](https://millionrounds.com/company/liberate-medical) - [CycloPure](https://millionrounds.com/company/cyclopure) - [Zymochem](https://millionrounds.com/company/zymochem) - [Inanovate](https://millionrounds.com/company/inanovate) - [gel-e](https://millionrounds.com/company/gel-e) +162 more ## Series A 23 - [Caribou Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/caribou-biosciences) - [ProLynx](https://millionrounds.com/company/prolynx) - [Think Bioscience](https://millionrounds.com/company/think-bioscience) - [Manus Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/manus-bio) - [Azitra](https://millionrounds.com/company/azitra) - [Nabla Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/nabla-bio) - [Phase Scientific](https://millionrounds.com/company/phase-scientific) - [GenEdit](https://millionrounds.com/company/genedit) - [Hinge Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/hinge-bio) - [Ramona](https://millionrounds.com/company/ramona) - [Tacit Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/tacit-therapeutics) - [Molecular Assemblies](https://millionrounds.com/company/molecular-assemblies) - [VeriSIM Life](https://millionrounds.com/company/verisim-life) - [Amberstone Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/amberstone-biosciences) - [Abram Scientific](https://millionrounds.com/company/abram-scientific) - [NeuroFlow](https://millionrounds.com/company/neuroflow) - [Pow.bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/pow-bio) - [Verix Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/verix-health) - [Mytide Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/mytide-therapeutics) - [Invictus Medical](https://millionrounds.com/company/invictus-medical) - [Kalion](https://millionrounds.com/company/kalion) - [Trace Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/trace-biosciences) - [OPAL Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/opal-therapeutics) ## Pre-seed and seed 22 - [Amphix Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/amphix-bio) - [iMicrobes](https://millionrounds.com/company/imicrobes) - [Abalone Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/abalone-bio) - [Partillion Bioscience](https://millionrounds.com/company/partillion-bioscience) - [UNCAGED Innovations](https://millionrounds.com/company/uncaged-innovations) - [Auxilium Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/auxilium-health) - [VerImmune](https://millionrounds.com/company/verimmune) - [dfusion](https://millionrounds.com/company/dfusion) - [*AB* Auctus Biologics](https://millionrounds.com/company/auctus-biologics) - [Trilo Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/trilo-therapeutics) - [Qualia Oto](https://millionrounds.com/company/qualia-oto) - [TheMednet](https://millionrounds.com/company/themednet) - [Cerillo](https://millionrounds.com/company/cerillo) - [Xanofi](https://millionrounds.com/company/xanofi) - [GlucoSentient](https://millionrounds.com/company/glucosentient) - [Klar Scientific](https://millionrounds.com/company/klar-scientific) - [Bondwell Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/bondwell-technologies) - [O2 RegenTech](https://millionrounds.com/company/o2-regentech) - [BioHybrid Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/biohybrid-solutions) - [SeeTrue Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/seetrue-technology) - [Plumb Pharmaceuticals](https://millionrounds.com/company/plumb-pharmaceuticals) - [Astria Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/astria-biosciences) ## Series B 11 - [Lucira Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/lucira-health) - [GRO Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/gro-biosciences) - [BreezeBio](https://millionrounds.com/company/breezebio) - [Lygos](https://millionrounds.com/company/lygos) - [Nanopath](https://millionrounds.com/company/nanopath) - [SQZ Biotech](https://millionrounds.com/company/sqz-biotech) - [HealthMyne](https://millionrounds.com/company/healthmyne) - [DMC Biotechnologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/dmc-biotechnologies) - [iotaMotion](https://millionrounds.com/company/iotamotion) - [iVeena](https://millionrounds.com/company/iveena) - [Cerahelix](https://millionrounds.com/company/cerahelix) ## Series C and later 8 - [Spero Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/spero-therapeutics) - [CoreMap](https://millionrounds.com/company/coremap) - [Terrestrial Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/terrestrial-bio) - [Parse Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/parse-biosciences) - [Symic Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/symic-bio) - [ANEUVO](https://millionrounds.com/company/aneuvo) - [Maui Imaging](https://millionrounds.com/company/maui-imaging) - [Halo Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/halo-labs) ## Segment by segment ### Stage not reported 186 startups · $426M raised - [**Mission Bio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/mission-bio) Mission Bio is a biotechnology company based in South San Francisco, founded in 2014. United States $40M - [**Biomason**](https://millionrounds.com/company/biomason) Biomason, Inc. United States $37M - [**Kytopen**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kytopen) Kytopen is a biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 2017 as an MIT spin-out. United States $35M - [**Vaxess Technologies**](https://millionrounds.com/company/vaxess-technologies) Vaxess Technologies engages in developing biomedical innovations with a focus on improving access to vaccines. United States $23M - [**Sonavex**](https://millionrounds.com/company/sonavex) Sonavex is a developer of an imaging technology designed to visualize and quantify critical data to detect anastomotic blood clots. United States $20M - [**Eradivir**](https://millionrounds.com/company/eradivir) Eradivir is a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in West Lafayette, Indiana, founded in 2020. United States $20M - [**Primrose Bio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/primrose-bio) Primrose Bio is a biotechnology company that focuses on discovery, development, and manufacturing of new molecules. United States $17M - [*PS* **Prescient Surgical**](https://millionrounds.com/company/prescient-surgical) Prescient Surgical, Inc. United States $16M ### Series A 23 startups · $640M raised - [**Caribou Biosciences**](https://millionrounds.com/company/caribou-biosciences) Caribou Biosciences is a biotechnology company that develops CRISPR technologies and allogenic cell therapies for oncology. United States $139M - [**ProLynx**](https://millionrounds.com/company/prolynx) Prolynx is a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in the San Francisco Bay Area, founded in 2009. United States $70M - [**Think Bioscience**](https://millionrounds.com/company/think-bioscience) Think Bioscience is a synthetic biology company located in Boulder, Colorado. United States $55M - [**Manus Bio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/manus-bio) Manus Bio develops an advanced fermentation technology to recreate plant processes in microorganisms. United States $52M - [**Azitra**](https://millionrounds.com/company/azitra) Azitra is a clinical-stage medical dermatology company developing microbiome-based novel therapeutics to treat skin conditions and diseases. United States $49M - [**Nabla Bio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/nabla-bio) Nabla Bio is a biotechnology company founded in 2020 that focuses on developing selective and functional drugs for previously undr United States $37M - [**Phase Scientific**](https://millionrounds.com/company/phase-scientific) Phase Scientific provides tool for health care industry. Hong Kong SAR China $34M - [**GenEdit**](https://millionrounds.com/company/genedit) GenEdit develops next generation therapeutics for genetic diseases through safe and efficient CRISPR/Cas9 delivery. United States $33M ### Pre-seed and seed 22 startups · $66M raised - [**Amphix Bio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/amphix-bio) Amphix Bio is a biotechnology company that develops regenerative medicine therapies using a platform of supramolecular therapeutic peptides. United States $13M - [**iMicrobes**](https://millionrounds.com/company/imicrobes) iMicrobes, officially known as Industrial Microbes, Inc., is a synthetic biology company based in Alameda, California. United States $10M - [**Abalone Bio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/abalone-bio) Abalone Bio is a preclinical-stage biotechnology company based in Emeryville, California, founded in 2017. United States $7.6M - [**Partillion Bioscience**](https://millionrounds.com/company/partillion-bioscience) Partillion Bioscience is an early-stage life science company developing a functional single-cell analysis platform. United States $7.1M - [**UNCAGED Innovations**](https://millionrounds.com/company/uncaged-innovations) UNCAGED Innovations is a biomaterials company combining the power of nature and technology to reimagine leather. United States $5.6M - [**Auxilium Health**](https://millionrounds.com/company/auxilium-health) Auxilium Health is creating low-cost, smart biomaterials for difficult-to-heal wounds. United States $4.5M - [**VerImmune**](https://millionrounds.com/company/verimmune) VerImmune is a biotechnology company founded in 2019, focused on developing innovative cancer immunotherapies. United States $4.5M - [**dfusion**](https://millionrounds.com/company/dfusion) dfusion, a team of scientists and innovators, develops technology to promote evidence-based, health-related behavioral changes. United States $2.8M ### Series B 11 startups · $385M raised - [**Lucira Health**](https://millionrounds.com/company/lucira-health) Lucira Health is a biotechnology company that offers disposable test kits to detect RNA and DNA of infectious diseases. United States $95M - [**GRO Biosciences**](https://millionrounds.com/company/gro-biosciences) GRO Biosciences, also known as GRObio, is a biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 2016. United States $87M - [**BreezeBio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/breezebio) BreezeBio, Inc., based in South San Francisco, California, is a biotechnology company founded in 2016 by Dr. United States $60M - [**Lygos**](https://millionrounds.com/company/lygos) Lygos provides biotechnology solutions for today’s renewable chemical challenges. United States $35M - [**Nanopath**](https://millionrounds.com/company/nanopath) Nanopath Inc. United States $25M - [**SQZ Biotech**](https://millionrounds.com/company/sqz-biotech) SQZ Biotech features a cell engineering technology designed to deliver a diverse set of materials into patient cells. United States $23M - [**HealthMyne**](https://millionrounds.com/company/healthmyne) HealthMyne provides clinicians with evidence-based imaging insights and solutions. United States $20M - [**DMC Biotechnologies**](https://millionrounds.com/company/dmc-biotechnologies) DMC Biotechnologies produces bio-based chemicals using fermentation. United States $19M ### Series C and later 8 startups · $453M raised - [**Spero Therapeutics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/spero-therapeutics) Spero Therapeutics develops therapeutics for treatment of gram-negative infections. United States $199M - [**CoreMap**](https://millionrounds.com/company/coremap) CoreMap is a medical device company founded in 2016, focused on advanced diagnostic technology for electrophysiologists. United States $57M - [**Terrestrial Bio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/terrestrial-bio) Terrestrial Bio engages in developing biomedical innovations with a focus on improving access to vaccines. United States $50M - [**Parse Biosciences**](https://millionrounds.com/company/parse-biosciences) Parse Biosciences is a biotechnology startup company that develops single-cell sequencing kit solutions for researchers. United States $50M - [**Symic Bio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/symic-bio) Symic Bio is a biopharmaceutical company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2012. United States $41M - [**ANEUVO**](https://millionrounds.com/company/aneuvo) ANEUVO, based in Los Angeles, California, is a bioelectronic medical device company focused on developing innovative therapies for United States $22M - [**Maui Imaging**](https://millionrounds.com/company/maui-imaging) MAUI Imaging is a medical imaging company dedicated to enhancing ultrasound technology. United States $21M - [**Halo Labs**](https://millionrounds.com/company/halo-labs) United States $13M **How this map is made.** Every startup here works in Biotech and has raised money in a round we track that names National Science Foundation as an investor. Each sits under the stage of its latest round. 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