Recently Funded Series A Biotechnology Startups
Updated Sep 2026
There are 571 funded Series A Biotechnology startups in the FundedIQ database, each with its funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the Series A Biotechnology startup funding landscape, along with the 100 most recently funded Series A Biotechnology startups.
Cambridge and San Diego hold the deepest concentrations of these companies. Series A Biotechnology startups closed 202 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 116 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $8.0B in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $20M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $11M and $50M.
Biotechnology activity centers in the United States, though significant presence exists across the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Switzerland. This geographic spread means the segment spans several different regulatory jurisdictions. Capital from firms like Eli Lilly and Matrix Partners China supports a wide distribution of sites rather than a single urban center.
Series A Biotechnology funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Sep 2026. Investors appearing most often across Biotechnology funding rounds: Eli Lilly, RA Capital Management, Gaingels, Matrix Partners China, Michael J. Fox Foundation.
100 most recently funded Series A Biotechnology startups
100 of 571Ordered by the date of the latest funding round. Each row gives the company, its location and industry, what it does, the stage and date of that round, and the disclosed amount.
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Series A Biotechnology startup funding trends
Funding activity
Series A Biotechnology startups closed 202 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 116 of them in the last 12, adding up to $8.0B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $20M, with the middle half running from $11M to $50M. 189 of 202 rounds disclosed an amount.
Company size
The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Investors
Eli Lilly, RA Capital Management and Gaingels appear most often across funded Series A Biotechnology startups on record.
Countries with the most funded Series A Biotechnology startups
Where funded Series A Biotechnology startups are headquartered, by the country on the company record.
Where are funded Series A Biotechnology startups located?
Where funded Series A Biotechnology startups are based, by the city on the company record.
Top investors in Series A Biotechnology startups
The investors named most often across funded Series A Biotechnology startups.
Counts companies in this segment that name the firm as a backer. Investor names entered the pipeline in July 2026, so they cover the companies funded since.
About the FundedIQ Series A Biotechnology startup funding data
FundedIQ tracks announced startup funding rounds and organises them by company, funding date, stage, amount, industry, location and investor. The dataset is refreshed weekly, and new rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, so the same round reported twice on different dates is recorded once.
Figures on this page cover the 571 funded Series A Biotechnology startups currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (13 of 202 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded Series A Biotechnology startups is dated Sep 2026.
The table above shows the 100 most recently funded companies. Full funding histories, investor lists and founder contacts across the whole dataset open on a FundedIQ plan.
Frequently asked questions
How many funded Series A Biotechnology startups are there?
FundedIQ tracks 571 funded Series A Biotechnology startups. This page lists the 100 most recently funded of them, ordered by the date of their latest round, and the full set is available on a FundedIQ plan.
How much funding have Series A Biotechnology startups raised?
Series A Biotechnology startups tracked by FundedIQ have raised $8.0B in disclosed capital across 202 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 116 rounds in the last 12 months. 189 of those 202 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
Which countries have the most funded Series A Biotechnology startups?
United States leads with 338 companies, ahead of United Kingdom (52), France (30) and Germany (16).
Which cities have the most funded Series A Biotechnology startups?
Cambridge leads with 37 companies, then San Diego (29), San Francisco (28) and Boston (23).
Which investors back the most Series A Biotechnology startups?
Eli Lilly, RA Capital Management, Gaingels, Matrix Partners China and Michael J. Fox Foundation appear most often across funded Series A Biotechnology startups in the FundedIQ dataset. The count is the number of tracked companies naming each firm as a backer, so it reflects the companies on record rather than every deal a firm has ever done.
What is a typical funding round size for Series A Biotechnology startups?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $20M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $11M and $50M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
How often is the Series A Biotechnology startup funding data updated?
The dataset is refreshed weekly. New rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, and the most recent round currently on record for funded Series A Biotechnology startups is dated Sep 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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