Algen key facts
as of Oct 2026- Developer of a medical platform designed to uncover disease-driving RNA messages.
- Algen is valued at approximately $24.0M as of Oct 2026, set at its seed round, Feb 2022; nothing has traded since, per PrivateMarketView’s mark.
- It has raised $9.1M across 1 recorded rounds; the latest was Seed Round ($9.0M) in Feb 2022.
- Notable investors include Y Combinator, Viking Global Investors, Draper Associates, Endless Frontier Labs, Rebel Fund — 11 tracked in total.
- Status: Privately Held (backing).
Valued at $24.0M at its seed round, Feb 2022. Nothing has traded since.
- ·The complete investor list: 11 names
- ·Watch Algen: the Monday email on marks, rounds and moves
Algen funding rounds
1 roundsWho backs Algen
11+Algen valuation
Algen was valued at $24 million at its seed round in Feb 2022. That is the last priced event on record: no secondary trade or institutional fund mark has moved the figure since.
How much has Algen raised?
Algen has raised $9.1 million across 1 recorded round since 2022. The largest was a $9 million seed round in Feb 2022.
Algen investors
11 investors are on record for Algen, including Y Combinator, Viking Global Investors, Draper Associates and Endless Frontier Labs. The seed round in Feb 2022 drew 3 investors.
Comparable companies
Comparable discovery tools (healthcare) names by valuation on PrivateMarketView: Nature's Toolbox ($71 million), Vitrivax ($69.4 million) and Xcell Biosciences ($65.5 million).
About Algen
Developer of a medical platform designed to uncover disease-driving RNA messages. The company's technology utilizes CRISPR gene-modulation and machine learning to find drugs that modulate RNA messages, including technologies and science to dissect complex disease signaling and gene networks, enabling drug companies to decode functional gene networks for drug discovery to find treatments for cancer and diseases with high unmet needs.
- Industry
- Discovery Tools (Healthcare)
- Sector
- Healthcare
- HQ
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- Founded
- 2018
- Employees
- 14
- Website
- algenbio.com/
- Ownership
- Privately Held (backing)
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