Prolacta Bioscience is a privately held life sciences company dedicated to advancing the science of human milk to provide nutritional products for premature and critically ill infants in neonatal care. The company is the world's leading hospital provider of 100% human milk-based nutritional products, including human milk fortifiers made from donor milk rather than cow milk. Prolacta operates the first and only pharmaceutical-grade manufacturing facility for the processing of human milk, and its products have been used in the care of more than 125,000 premature infants globally. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Duarte, California, Prolacta was acquired by EW Healthcare Partners in 2024.
Prolacta Bioscience has been acquired
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Founded
1999
Employees
201–500
Total Funding
$43.91M
2 rounds
Total raised $43.91M across 2 rounds
Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.
Last updated 06-25-2026
Latest Round
Type
Series E
Date
May 14, 2018
Amount
$8.91M
Valuation
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| Date | Round | Amount Raised | Valuation | Lead Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2018 | Series E | $8.91M | — | |
| December 6, 2016 | Series E / Mezzanine | $35M | — | EW Healthcare Partners |
Scott Elster
Chief Executive Officer
Scott Eaker
Chief Operating Officer
Melinda Elliott
Chief Medical Officer
Joe Fournell
Chief Information Officer
Martin Lee
Chief Scientific Officer
Competitor list is illustrative and may be incomplete, stale, or erroneous.
Medolac Laboratories
Public benefit corporation founded by ex-Prolacta co-founder Elena Medo in 2009 that produces shelf-stable, donor-derived human milk products for hospitals and outpatient use.
Ni-Q
U.S.-based human milk company providing pasteurized donor human milk and human milk-based fortifiers to NICUs, and a competitor to Prolacta in the donor-milk fortifier market.
NeoLacta Lifesciences
India-based human milk company producing pasteurized donor human milk products and fortifiers for premature and critically ill infants in international NICU markets.
BIOMILQ
Cell-cultured human milk biotechnology startup developing lab-grown human milk components as an alternative to donor milk and infant formula.
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