Who invested in Aktana

8 rounds we have observed, with the 3 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

AISoftware

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$35Mraised across 8 rounds since 2011, from 8 sources

$2.9MSeries A$2.1MSeries A$1.1MVenture$2.1MSeries A$1.0MVenture$5.5MSeries A$2.5MSeries B$18MRound

Latest round: Round, $18MJun 2016
Led by: Safeguard Scientifics
Step-upi: 7×
Investors: 3 (1 led)

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

20122013201420152016

$2.9MSeries A$2.1MSeries A$1.1MVenture$2.1MSeries A$1.0MVenture$5.5MSeries A$2.5MSeries B$18MRound

First round: Series A, $2.9M
Biggest round: $18M
Usual gap between rounds: 9 months

The rounds

Jun 2016
Round$18M1 new
- Safeguard ScientificsLead
Reported by PrnewswireSEC filing: $9.6M sold, first sale Jun 2016
Jul 2013
Series B$2.5M
No investor was named in the report.
Reported by sec.govSEC filing: $2.5M sold, first sale Jun 2013
Jun 2013
Series A$5.5M
No investor was named in the report.
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $2.5M sold, first sale Jun 2013
Jan 2013
Venture$1.0M1 returning
- Starfish Ventures
Reported by venturedeal.comSEC filing: $2.1M sold, first sale May 2012
Jan 2013
Series A$2.1M1 returning
- Starfish Ventures
Reported by sec.govSEC filing: $2.1M sold, first sale May 2012
Jun 2012
Venture$1.1M1 returning
- Starfish Ventures
Reported by dealipedia.comSEC filing: $1.1M sold, first sale May 2012
May 2012
Series A$2.1M1 returning
- Starfish Ventures
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $1.1M sold, first sale May 2012
Aug 2011
Series A$2.9M2 new
- Starfish Ventures
- Charles River Associates
Reported by techcrunch.com

Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 3 on the team.

Colm J. CallanExecutive Officeri
David J. EhrlichExecutive Officer, Directori
Derek J. ChoyExecutive Officer, Directori

On the board, as filediDoug J. DennerlineGary J. KurtzmanJared J. KesselheimJohn J. DysonRobert J. Mittendorff

Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

Series A2011Series A2012Venture2012Series A2013Venture2013Series A2013Series B2013Round2016

Starfish Ventures

Safeguard ScientificsL

Charles River Associates

Everyone who backed them

Starfish VenturesVC firm5rounds

Safeguard ScientificsPrivate equity1round, led 1

Charles River AssociatesPrivate equity1round

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Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Aktana as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.