# Blaize funding: rounds and investors

> Blaize has raised $155M across 4 rounds since 2019. Investors include Temasek Holdings, GGV Capital and Franklin Templeton. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/blaize (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United Kingdom · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Blaize*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 12 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.

AI

Raised 6 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$155M** raised across 4 rounds since 2019, from 4 sources

**$3.1M** Seed **$87M** Round **$30M** Round **$35M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $35M May 2026
- **Biggest round:** $87M Round · Nov 2019
- **Investors:** 12

See who backed them

## The funding story

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

2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

**$3.1M** Seed

**$87M** Round

**$30M** Round

**$35M** Round

- **First round:** Seed, $3.1M
- **Biggest round:** $87M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 6 months

## The rounds

- **May 2026** Round **$35M** *1 new* *3 returning* [GGV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ggv-capital) [Temasek Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/temasek) [Franklin Templeton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/franklin-templeton) [Wavemaker Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wavemaker-partners) Source recorded
- **Nov 2025** Round **$30M** *2 new* *1 returning* [Temasek Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/temasek) [Franklin Templeton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/franklin-templeton) [Catalyst Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/catalyst-fund-2) Source recorded SEC filing: $30M sold, first sale Nov 2025
- **Nov 2019** Round **$87M** *8 new* [GGV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ggv-capital) [Temasek Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/temasek) [Daimler](https://millionrounds.com/fund/daimler) [SGInnovate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sginnovate) [Samsung Catalyst Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung-catalyst-fund) [DENSO Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/denso-ventures) [Magna](https://millionrounds.com/fund/magna) [SPARX Group - Overview](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sparx-group-overview) Reported by VentureBeat
- **Jul 2019** Seed **$3.1M** *1 new* [Nauta Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nauta-capital) Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

From Blaize's own website: 12 on the team.

- **Dinakar Munagala** CEO
- **Dmitry Zakharchenko** Chief Software Officer
- **Doug Burns** Chief People Officer
- **Harminder Sehmi** Chief Financial Officer
- **Ke Yin** Chief Scientist and Chief Operating Officer, Technology
- **Satyaki Koneru** Chief Technology Officer
- **Stephen Patak** Chief Revenue Officer
- **Tiffany Tan** Chief of Staff
- **Val G. Cook** Chief Software Architect
- **Santiago Fernandez-Gomez** PhD, VP of Platform Engineering
- **Kim Evans** General Counsel
- **Lane Bess** Board Chair

Advisers *George de Urioste* *Yoshiaki Fujimori*

## 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.

**Seed** 2019 **Round** 2019 **Round** 2025 **Round** 2026 [Temasek Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/temasek) [GGV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ggv-capital) [Franklin Templeton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/franklin-templeton) [Nauta Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nauta-capital) [Catalyst Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/catalyst-fund-2) [Wavemaker Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wavemaker-partners) [Daimler](https://millionrounds.com/fund/daimler) [SGInnovate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sginnovate) [Samsung Catalyst Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung-catalyst-fund) [DENSO Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/denso-ventures)

## Everyone who backed them

[Temasek Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/temasek) VC firm **3** rounds

[GGV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ggv-capital) VC firm **2** rounds

[Franklin Templeton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/franklin-templeton) Private equity **2** rounds

[Nauta Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nauta-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Catalyst Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/catalyst-fund-2) Growth equity **1** round

[Wavemaker Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wavemaker-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Daimler](https://millionrounds.com/fund/daimler) VC firm **1** round

[SGInnovate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sginnovate) VC firm **1** round

[Samsung Catalyst Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung-catalyst-fund) Corporate VC **1** round

[DENSO Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/denso-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round

[Magna](https://millionrounds.com/fund/magna) Investment firm **1** round

[SPARX Group - Overview](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sparx-group-overview) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Blaize as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Infinity Capital, LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/infinity-capital-llc) VC firm Per its own site

[Rizvi Traverse Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rizvi-traverse-management) Growth equity Per its own site

[Bess Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bess-ventures) Family office Per its own site

## Quick answers about Blaize

### Who invested in Blaize?

Blaize's investors include Temasek Holdings, GGV Capital, Franklin Templeton, Nauta Capital and Catalyst Fund, and 7 more on record.

### How much has Blaize raised?

Blaize has raised $155M across 4 rounds since 2019.

### When did Blaize last raise?

Blaize's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $35M in May 2026.

### What was Blaize's biggest round?

Blaize's largest round on record is $87M (Undisclosed round), in Nov 2019.

### Who backed Blaize first?

Blaize's first round on record, in Jul 2019, was backed by Nauta Capital.

### What stage is Blaize at?

Blaize's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in May 2026.

### Where is Blaize based?

Blaize is based in the United Kingdom.

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