Cerillo key facts
as of Oct 2026- Developer of biological laboratory instruments designed to make common biological research tasks simple.
- Cerillo is valued at approximately $8.4M as of Oct 2026 (last reported valuation).
- It has raised $5.3M across 4 recorded rounds; the latest was Seed Round ($1.1M) in Feb 2025.
- Notable investors include US National Science Foundation, MedTech Innovator, Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation, Virginia Venture Partners, BioTools Innovator — 12 tracked in total.
- Cerillo has filed 5 Form Ds with the SEC since 2021, most recently Mar 2025 ($1.1M sold to 11 investors).
- Status: Privately Held (backing).
Cerillo's last reported valuation, Nov 2023. Nothing priced has surfaced since.
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Cerillo funding rounds
4 roundsWho backs Cerillo
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Cerillo valuation
Cerillo's last reported valuation was $8.4 million in Nov 2023. No priced round, secondary trade or fund mark has surfaced since.
How much has Cerillo raised?
Cerillo has raised $5.3 million across 4 recorded rounds since 2021. The largest was an $875,000 seed round in May 2022; the most recent was a $1.1 million seed round in Feb 2025.
Cerillo has filed 5 Form Ds with the SEC since 2021, most recently in Mar 2025 ($1.1 million sold to 11 investors).
Cerillo investors
12 investors are on record for Cerillo, including US National Science Foundation, MedTech Innovator, Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation and Virginia Venture Partners. The seed round in Feb 2025 drew 11 investors.
About Cerillo
Developer of biological laboratory instruments designed to make common biological research tasks simple. The company's instruments include a multiwell plate reader whose unprecedentedly small size allows it to work in small labs, enabling researchers to expand their abilities to characterize microbes exponentially.
- Sector
- Healthcare
- HQ
- Charlottesville, VA, United States
- Founded
- 2016
- Employees
- 20
- Website
- cerillo.bio/
- Ownership
- Privately Held (backing)
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