Debut: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)
Debut Biotech creates beauty products using biotechnology, from the initial AI-powered discovery stage to the final formulation phase. The company uses its BeautyORB platform to screen chemical libraries, predict new bioactives, and further validate and test them for use in skincare and haircare. Debut utilizes microbial fermentation and enzymatic systems to produce these ingredients sustainably before incorporating them into their own formulations or custom white-label products.
Debut has raised $77.6M across 4 funding rounds on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $20.0M announced in Aug 2025.
That round is above the $8.0M median round size for Biotechnology companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.
Debut Company Profile and Key Stats
Latest funding round on record: Aug 2025.
Debut Funding Rounds
Debut raised $1.0M in an undisclosed round announced in Sep 2020.
11 months later, a Series A of $22.6M was announced in Aug 2021.
1.8 years later, a Series B of $34.0M was announced in Jun 2023.
2.2 years later, an undisclosed round of $20.0M was announced in Aug 2025.
Debut Founders and Leadership Team
Contact details for the Debut team: 1 of 1 has an email address on file.
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Debut's latest round of $20.0M is above the median round in Biotechnology. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.
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Debut Funding FAQs
What does Debut do?
Debut Biotech creates beauty products using biotechnology, from the initial AI-powered discovery stage to the final formulation phase. The company uses its BeautyORB platform to screen chemical libraries, predict new bioactives, and further validate and test them for use in skincare and haircare. Debut utilizes microbial fermentation and enzymatic systems to produce these ingredients sustainably before incorporating them into their own formulations or custom white-label products.
How much funding has Debut raised?
Debut has raised $77.6M across 4 rounds on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $20.0M announced in Aug 2025.
When did Debut last raise funding?
Debut's most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $20.0M, announced in Aug 2025.
Who founded Debut?
FundedIQ lists Joshua Britton (Founder) at Debut.
Where is Debut headquartered?
Debut is based in San Diego, California, United States.
How many employees does Debut have?
Debut is in the 101-250 employee band.
How does Debut's funding compare to other Biotechnology startups?
Debut's latest round of $20.0M is above the $8.0M median round size for Biotechnology companies on FundedIQ across 4,182 tracked companies over the last two years.
About FundedIQ's Debut 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 Debut is left off this page rather than filled in.
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