Startup profile for Octant Bio: what they do, why they are interesting, stage (series b), industries, and links to our funding articles. Part of the Venture Capital Tracker startup directory.

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Octant Bio

Synthetic-biology drug discovery using engineered human cell lines as disease reporters.

Stage

series b

Status

private

Coverage

full

Why Octant Bio is interesting

Sri Kosuri's antedisciplinary biotech — a16z led the Series A (2020) for GPCR drug maps built from programmable cell reporters; raised $115M+ total.

Key facts

  • Series A (May 2020): $30M led by a16z; 8VC participated (GenomeWeb, a16z)
  • Series B (Apr 2022): additional financing; total raised ~$115M (Tracxn)
  • Co-investors not in VCT directory: 8VC, Catalio Capital, SV Angel
  • Co-investors: no additional institutional investors disclosed in public sources reviewed 2026-07-24

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Industries

Biotech & Life Sciences Healthtech

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Related funding articles

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Last updated: 2026-07-24