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Tessera Therapeutics: Funding, Investors & Team (Oct 2026)

Tessera Therapeutics is an early-stage life sciences company pioneering Gene Writing, a new biotechnology designed to offer scientists and clinicians the ability to write small and large therapeutic messages into the genome, thereby curing diseases at their source. Gene Writing holds the potential to become a new category in genetic medicine, building upon recent breakthroughs in gene therapy and gene editing while eliminating important limitations in their reach, utilization, and efficacy. Tessera Therapeutics was founded by Flagship Pioneering, a life sciences innovation enterprise that conceives, resources, and develops first-in-category companies to transform human health and sustainability.

www.tesseratherapeutics.com LinkedIn Cambridge, United States 101-250 employees
Biopharma Biotechnology Genetics Life Science Therapeutics
Total raised
$300M
Rounds
2
Latest
Undisclosed round
Mar 2026

Tessera Therapeutics has raised $300M across 2 funding rounds on record, the most recent an undisclosed round announced in Mar 2026.

Tessera Therapeutics Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$300M
across 2 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
2
1 with no disclosed amount
Latest funding round
Undisclosed round
Mar 2026
Employees
101-250
reported band
Headquarters
Cambridge, United States

Latest funding round on record: Mar 2026.

Tessera Therapeutics Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Undisclosed round
Undisclosed
Series C
$300M

1 of 2 rounds was announced without a disclosed amount and is excluded from the total.

Tessera Therapeutics raised $300M in a Series C announced in Apr 2022.

3.9 years later, an undisclosed round was announced in Mar 2026 with no disclosed amount.

Tessera Therapeutics Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Michael Severino
Founder
Locked
Robert Citorik
Founder
—

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

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Tessera Therapeutics Funding Compared to Other Biotechnology Startups

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Median round
4,185
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$7.7M

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Tessera Therapeutics Funding FAQs

What does Tessera Therapeutics do?

Tessera Therapeutics is an early-stage life sciences company pioneering Gene Writing, a new biotechnology designed to offer scientists and clinicians the ability to write small and large therapeutic messages into the genome, thereby curing diseases at their source. Gene Writing holds the potential to become a new category in genetic medicine, building upon recent breakthroughs in gene therapy and gene editing while eliminating important limitations in their reach, utilization, and efficacy. Tessera Therapeutics was founded by Flagship Pioneering, a life sciences innovation enterprise that conceives, resources, and develops first-in-category companies to transform human health and sustainability.

How much funding has Tessera Therapeutics raised?

Tessera Therapeutics has raised $300M across 2 rounds on record.

When did Tessera Therapeutics last raise funding?

Tessera Therapeutics' most recent funding round on record was announced in Mar 2026. The amount was not disclosed.

Who founded Tessera Therapeutics?

FundedIQ lists Michael Severino (Founder), Robert Citorik (Founder) at Tessera Therapeutics.

Where is Tessera Therapeutics headquartered?

Tessera Therapeutics is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

How many employees does Tessera Therapeutics have?

Tessera Therapeutics is in the 101-250 employee band.

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

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