# Cerebras Systems funding: rounds and investors

> Cerebras Systems has raised $3.0B across 3 rounds since 2025. Investors include Valor Equity Partners, Tiger Global Management and Sequoia Capital.

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

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

# Who invested in *Cerebras Systems*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 14 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 Hardware & Electronics Semiconductors

Raised 7 months ago Valuation: $4.0B, Mar 2026

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Funding summary Updated 5 Nov 2026

**$3.0B** raised across 3 rounds since 2025, from 6 sources

**$1.1B** Series G **$1.0B** Round **$850M** Debt

- **Latest round:** Debt, $850M Apr 2026
- **Biggest round:** $1.1B Series G · Sept 2025
- **Investors:** 14 (3 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.

2026

**$1.1B** Series G

**$1.0B** Round

**$850M** Debt

- **First round:** Series G, $1.1B
- **Biggest round:** $1.1B
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 4 months

## The rounds

- **Apr 2026** Debt **$850M** *1 new* *3 returning* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Valor Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-equity-partners) [Eclipse](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eclipse) Source recorded
- **Feb 2026** Round **$1.0B** *5 new* *3 returning* [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) Lead [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) [Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management) [Valor Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-equity-partners) [SE Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/se-ventures) [Eclipse](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eclipse) [Alpha Wave Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alpha-wave-global) Reported by TechCrunch
- **Sept 2025** Series G **$1.1B** *8 new* [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) Lead [Atreides Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atreides-management) Lead [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) [Valor Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-equity-partners) [Altimeter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/altimeter-capital) [1789 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1789-capital) [Alpha Wave](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alpha-wave) Reported by Crunchbase News and 3 others

## Founders and team

From Cerebras Systems's own website: 7 founders, 9 on the team.

**Andrew Feldman** Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder

**Pradeep Sindhu** Founder and Former CEO Juniper Networks

**Gary Lauterbach** Chief Technology Officer, Emeritus and Co-founder

**Ilya Sutskever** Founder and Chief Scientist OpenAI

**Jean-Philippe Fricker** Chief System Architect and Co-Founder

**Michael James** Chief Architect, Advanced Technologies and Co-Founder

**Sean Lie** CTO and Co-Founder

- **Lip-Bu Tan** CEO of Intel
- **Angela Yeung** VP and Field CTO, ML
- **Bob Komin** SVP and Chief Financial Officer
- **Dhiraj Mallick** Chief Operating Officer
- **Julie Shin Choi** Chief Marketing Officer
- **Naor Penso** Chief Security Officer
- **Lakshmi Ramachandran** VP and India Country Lead
- **Nish Sinnadurai** VP and India Country Lead
- **Shirley Li** General Counsel

## 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 G** 2025 **Round** 2026 **Debt** 2026 [Valor Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-equity-partners) [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) L [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) [Eclipse](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eclipse) [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) L [Atreides Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atreides-management) L [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management) [SE Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/se-ventures)

## Everyone who backed them

[Valor Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-equity-partners) VC firm **3** rounds

[Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1

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

[Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) VC firm **2** rounds

[Eclipse](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eclipse) VC firm **2** rounds

[Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[Atreides Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atreides-management) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) VC firm **1** round

[Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management) VC firm **1** round

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

[Alpha Wave Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alpha-wave-global) Private equity **1** round

[Altimeter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/altimeter-capital) VC firm **1** round

[1789 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1789-capital) Private equity **1** round

[Alpha Wave](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alpha-wave) Private equity **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 8 firms list Cerebras Systems 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.

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

[Open Field Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/open-field-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[2080 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/2080-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Artisanal Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/artisanal-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Hyperspeed Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hyperspeed-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Conduit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/conduit) Accelerator Per its own site

[Horsman Holdings LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/horsman-holdings-llc) Family office Per its own site

[Wikus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wikus-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Cerebras Systems

### Who invested in Cerebras Systems?

Cerebras Systems's investors include Valor Equity Partners, Tiger Global Management, Sequoia Capital, Benchmark and Eclipse, and 9 more on record.

### How much has Cerebras Systems raised?

Cerebras Systems has raised $3.0B across 3 rounds since 2025.

### When did Cerebras Systems last raise?

Cerebras Systems's most recent round was a Debt of $850M in Apr 2026.

### What was Cerebras Systems's biggest round?

Cerebras Systems's largest round on record is $1.1B (Series G), in Sept 2025, led by Fidelity.

### Who backed Cerebras Systems first?

Cerebras Systems's first round on record, in Sept 2025, was backed by Fidelity, Atreides Management and Tiger Global Management and 5 others.

### What stage is Cerebras Systems at?

Cerebras Systems's latest named round is a Debt, in Apr 2026.

### Where is Cerebras Systems based?

Cerebras Systems is based in the United States.

### Who led Cerebras Systems's rounds?

Fidelity led the Series G in 2025; Tiger Global Management led the Undisclosed round in 2026.

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