Orca Bio

Orca Bio is helping to deliver the promise of cell therapy to patients without compromise.

Health and bio

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Orca Bio | 791 days from X account to first raise on record

@OrcaBio·Raised $442M in 2 sourced rounds·1 signal before the first raise

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Funding rounds

1. April 29, 2026
   Series B+ · amount undisclosed
   Source: fundraisingfox.com
2. January 12, 2026
   Round · $250M
   Source: The Business Journals
3. June 17, 2020
   Series B+ · $192M
   LLightspeed (lead), ++ND Capital, BBlue Chip Venture Company, DDCVC Bio, DDream Variation Ventures, FFelicis, IIMRF, KKaiser Family Foundation, KKaiser Permanente Ventures, MMubadala Capital Ventures
   Source: medcitynews.com
4. April 18, 2018
   X account created
5. July 28, 2005
   Website created

Founders and team

• ID
  Ivan Dimov Co Founder & CEO

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• JB
  Jeroen Bekaert Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer

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• NF
  Nathaniel Fernhoff Co-Founder

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• BN
  Bijan Nejadnik Chief Medical Officer

Investors

• ++ND Capital
• BBlue Chip Venture Company
• DDCVC Bio
• DDream Variation Ventures
• FFelicis
• IIMRF
• KKaiser Family Foundation
• KKaiser Permanente Ventures
• LLightspeedlead investor
• MMubadala Capital Ventures

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