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Kallyope: Funding, Investors & Team (Oct 2026)

Kallyope, we believe that the gut is the gateway to our internal world. Containing millions of neurons, the gut informs our brains about our well-being, metabolism, and nutritional state. The gut-brain axis the communication highway between our gut and our brain offers an unprecedented opportunity to access and influence brain centers involved in fundamental human processes. An understanding of the biology mediated by the gut and gut-brain circuits will change the way we think about food, nutrition, and human physiology.

www.kallyope.com LinkedIn New York, United States 51-100 employees Founded 2015
Biotechnology Health Care Medical Pharmaceutical
Total raised
$450M
Rounds
4
Latest
Undisclosed round
Oct 2026

Kallyope has raised $450M across 4 funding rounds on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $94.0M announced in Oct 2026.

That round is above the $8.4M median round size for Biotechnology companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Kallyope Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$450M
across 4 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
4
Latest funding round
Undisclosed round
$94.0M in Oct 2026
Employees
51-100
reported band
Founded
2015
Headquarters
New York, United States
Investors on record
21
5 named below

Latest funding round on record: Oct 2026.

Kallyope Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Undisclosed round
$94.0M
Undisclosed round
$8.2M
Series D
$236M
Undisclosed round
$112M

Kallyope raised $112M in an undisclosed round announced in Mar 2020.

1.9 years later, a Series D of $236M was announced in Feb 2022.

1.3 years later, an undisclosed round of $8.2M was announced in May 2023.

3.4 years later, an undisclosed round of $94.0M was announced in Oct 2026.

Kallyope Investors

Lux Capital StepStone Group TCG Crossover Mubadala Illumina Ventures

21 investors are recorded in total; the 5 named above are those the record identifies.

Kallyope Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Tom Maniatis
Founder
—
Nancy Thornberry
CEO
Locked
Michael Luzung
Vice President
Locked
Robert Saklatvala
Vice President
Locked

Contact details for the Kallyope team: 3 of 4 have an email address on file, 2 have a LinkedIn profile.

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Kallyope Funding Compared to Other Biotechnology Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
4,185
$8.4M
30,319
$7.7M

Kallyope's latest round of $94.0M is above the median round in Biotechnology. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Kallyope Funding FAQs

What does Kallyope do?

Kallyope, we believe that the gut is the gateway to our internal world. Containing millions of neurons, the gut informs our brains about our well-being, metabolism, and nutritional state. The gut-brain axis the communication highway between our gut and our brain offers an unprecedented opportunity to access and influence brain centers involved in fundamental human processes. An understanding of the biology mediated by the gut and gut-brain circuits will change the way we think about food, nutrition, and human physiology.

How much funding has Kallyope raised?

Kallyope has raised $450M across 4 rounds on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $94.0M announced in Oct 2026.

When did Kallyope last raise funding?

Kallyope's most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $94.0M, announced in Oct 2026.

Who has invested in Kallyope?

Investors on record for Kallyope include Lux Capital, StepStone Group, TCG Crossover, Mubadala, Illumina Ventures. FundedIQ records 21 investors in total.

Who founded Kallyope?

FundedIQ lists Tom Maniatis (Founder) at Kallyope.

Who is the CEO of Kallyope?

Nancy Thornberry is listed as CEO at Kallyope.

Where is Kallyope headquartered?

Kallyope is based in New York, United States.

How many employees does Kallyope have?

Kallyope is in the 51-100 employee band.

When was Kallyope founded?

Kallyope was founded in 2015.

How does Kallyope's funding compare to other Biotechnology startups?

Kallyope's latest round of $94.0M is above the $8.4M median round size for Biotechnology companies on FundedIQ across 4,185 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Kallyope 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 Kallyope is left off this page rather than filled in.

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