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Ansa Biotechnologies: Funding, Investors & Team (Oct 2026)

Ansa Biotechnologies is manufactured via a chemical method that has remained essentially unchanged for 35 years and has approached a plateau. Ansa Biotechnologies is developing a novel DNA synthesis technology based on enzymes that will be more fast, accurate, and clean than existing methods. The technique promises to dramatically accelerate innovation in biological research and engineering.

www.ansabio.com LinkedIn Emeryville, United States 11-50 employees
Biotechnology Life Science Therapeutics
Total raised
$121M
Rounds
3
Latest
Series B
Oct 2025

Ansa Biotechnologies has raised $121M across 3 funding rounds on record, the most recent a Series B of $45.2M announced in Oct 2025.

That round is above the $8.6M median round size for Biotechnology companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Ansa Biotechnologies Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$121M
across 3 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
3
Latest funding round
Series B
$45.2M in Oct 2025
Employees
11-50
reported band
Headquarters
Emeryville, United States

Latest funding round on record: Oct 2025.

Ansa Biotechnologies Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Series B
$45.2M
Series A
$68.0M
Undisclosed round
$7.9M

Ansa Biotechnologies raised $7.9M in an undisclosed round announced in Sep 2020.

1.6 years later, a Series A of $68.0M was announced in Apr 2022.

3.5 years later, a Series B of $45.2M was announced in Oct 2025.

Ansa Biotechnologies Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Jared Ellefson
Founder
Locked
Daniel Arlow
CEO
—
Jason T. Gammack
CEO
Locked

Contact details for the Ansa Biotechnologies team: 2 of 3 have an email address on file, 1 has a LinkedIn profile.

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Ansa Biotechnologies Funding Compared to Other Biotechnology Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
4,185
$8.6M
30,401
$7.8M
4,433
$32M

Ansa Biotechnologies' latest round of $45.2M is above the median round in Biotechnology. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Ansa Biotechnologies Funding FAQs

What does Ansa Biotechnologies do?

Ansa Biotechnologies is manufactured via a chemical method that has remained essentially unchanged for 35 years and has approached a plateau. Ansa Biotechnologies is developing a novel DNA synthesis technology based on enzymes that will be more fast, accurate, and clean than existing methods. The technique promises to dramatically accelerate innovation in biological research and engineering.

How much funding has Ansa Biotechnologies raised?

Ansa Biotechnologies has raised $121M across 3 rounds on record. The most recent is a Series B of $45.2M announced in Oct 2025.

When did Ansa Biotechnologies last raise funding?

Ansa Biotechnologies' most recent funding round on record is a Series B of $45.2M, announced in Oct 2025.

Who founded Ansa Biotechnologies?

FundedIQ lists Jared Ellefson (Founder) at Ansa Biotechnologies.

Who is the CEO of Ansa Biotechnologies?

Daniel Arlow is listed as CEO at Ansa Biotechnologies.

Where is Ansa Biotechnologies headquartered?

Ansa Biotechnologies is based in Emeryville, California, United States.

How many employees does Ansa Biotechnologies have?

Ansa Biotechnologies is in the 11-50 employee band.

How does Ansa Biotechnologies' funding compare to other Biotechnology startups?

Ansa Biotechnologies' latest round of $45.2M is above the $8.6M median round size for Biotechnology companies on FundedIQ across 4,185 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Ansa Biotechnologies Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Ansa Biotechnologies is left off this page rather than filled in.

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