# Blaze funding: rounds and investors

> Blaze has raised $1.0M across 1 round since 2019. Investors include Act One Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

United States · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Blaze*

One round we have observed, with the one investor named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Cannabis

Y Combinator: W22

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$1.0M** raised across 1 round since 2019, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Seed, $1.0M Jul 2019
- **Investors:** 1

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Jul 2019** Seed **$1.0M** [Act One Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/act-one) Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

From Blaze's own website: 2 founders, 5 on the team.

**Chris Violas** Co-Founder & CEO

**Manh Do** Co-Founder & CTO

- **Kai Kirk** Chief Product Officer
- **Paul Violas** Chief Legal Officer
- **Scott Roehrick** VP of AI
- **Shahbaaz Kara Virani** VP of Growth
- **Tiago Pais** VP of Engineering

## Everyone who backed them

[Act One Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/act-one) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 8 firms list Blaze 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.

[Abstract Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/abstract) VC firm Per its own site

[Inspired Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inspired-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Thomson Reuters Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thomson-reuters-ventures-2) Corporate VC Per its own site

[Earl Grey Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/earl-grey-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[GenAI Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/genai-fund) VC firm Per its own site

[CoreNest Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/corenest-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Sommet AB & Sommet Ventures AB](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sommet-ab-and-sommet-ventures-ab) VC firm Per its own site

[Umbrella Investment Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/umbrella-investment-partners) Company Per its own site

## Quick answers about Blaze

### Who invested in Blaze?

Blaze's investors include Act One Ventures.

### How much has Blaze raised?

Blaze has raised $1.0M across 1 round since 2019.

### When did Blaze last raise?

Blaze's most recent round was a Seed of $1.0M in Jul 2019.

### What was Blaze's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $1.0M in Jul 2019, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Blaze first?

Blaze's first round on record, in Jul 2019, was backed by Act One Ventures.

### What stage is Blaze at?

Blaze's latest named round is a Seed, in Jul 2019.

### Where is Blaze based?

Blaze is based in the United States.

## Companies like Blaze

In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months.

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