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Funding and backers

Total raised
$26M
3 rounds on record
Latest round
$26M
Series A · Feb 2026 · 7 mo ago
Team
13
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2024
The money's age
Fresh money
7 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
20/100
fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Feb 25 Raised a round Series A $26M · SEC Form D Oct 14, 2022 Took on debt financing $400k · SEC Form D Jan 13, 2021 Took on debt financing $1.4M · SEC Form D 2018 Founded
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Series A Feb 2026 $26M — SEC Form D
Debt Financing Oct 2022 $400k — SEC Form D
Debt Financing Jan 2021 $1.4M — SEC Form D
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity Ramona Optics, Inc. its site
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Gregor HorstmeyerExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Margaret AeryExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Mark HarfoucheExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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Overview

Ramona builds the world's fastest live-cell and small-organism imaging systems. Image a full 96-well plate in under 2 minutes with multi-camera array microscopy.

News

News Pulse 2.0 6 days ago
Ramona Optics Raises $25 Million Series A Led By ARCH Venture Partners
Ramona Optics, a biomedical imaging technology company based in Durham, North Carolina, has raised $25 million in an oversubscribed Series A financing round led by ARCH Venture Partners. Additional investors include Stealthpoint Ventures, ND Capital, Fall
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People

Gregor Horstmeyer
Executive Officer, Director
Margaret Aery
Executive Officer
Mark Harfouche
Executive Officer, Director
Roarke Horstmeyer
Director
Robert Horstmeyer
Director
Michael Shepherd
Director
Patrick Weiss
Director
Sean Kendall
Director
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Durham United States
HQ
No items found.
50-200 est. staff
1000 W. Main St., Ste 2A, Durham, 27701
company site

Financials

Total raised
$27.9M
Latest round
Series A
Funding rounds
3
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Series A 2026 $26M Details
Debt Financing 2022 $400k Details
Debt Financing 2021 $1.4M Details