# CERT Systems funding: rounds and investors

> CERT Systems has raised $2.0M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include Third Derivative and Natural Resources Canada. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *CERT Systems*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 2 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.

Climate Tech

Raised 2 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$2.0M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Grant, $2.0M Sept 2026
- **Investors:** 2

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.

2026

**?** Venture

**$2.0M** Grant

- **First round:** Venture
- **Biggest round:** $2.0M
- **Between rounds:** 13 months

## The rounds

- **Sept 2026** Grant **$2.0M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Third Derivative](https://millionrounds.com/fund/third-derivative) [Natural Resources Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/natural-resources) Source recorded
- **Aug 2025** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Third Derivative](https://millionrounds.com/fund/third-derivative) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From CERT Systems's own website: 2 founders, 12 on the team.

**Alex Ip** Co-founder & CEO

**Christine Gabardo** Co-founder & CTO

- **Aaron Chan** Laboratory Manager
- **Ansh Bhaskar** Mechatronics Intern
- **Badriveer Thota** Mechatronics Engineering Lead
- **Celia Ferrag** Project Lead · Research Scientist III
- **Chaitanya Donde** Research Scientist II
- **Colin O’Brien** Principal Research Scientist
- **Dean Stipanic** Research Scientist II
- **Himanshi Dhawan** Research Scientist III
- **Jiali Lan** Electrochemical Intern
- **Kyumin Kim** Research Scientist I
- **Michael Pepe** Cell Design Lead
- **Toluwaleke Agunbiade** Electrochemical Intern

## 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.

**Venture** 2025 **Grant** 2026 [Third Derivative](https://millionrounds.com/fund/third-derivative) [Natural Resources Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/natural-resources)

## Everyone who backed them

[Third Derivative](https://millionrounds.com/fund/third-derivative) Accelerator **2** rounds

[Natural Resources Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/natural-resources) Government **1** round

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## Quick answers about CERT Systems

### Who invested in CERT Systems?

CERT Systems's investors include Third Derivative and Natural Resources Canada.

### How much has CERT Systems raised?

CERT Systems has raised $2.0M across 2 rounds since 2025. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did CERT Systems last raise?

CERT Systems's most recent round was a Grant of $2.0M in Sept 2026.

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

Its most recent round, $2.0M in Sept 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed CERT Systems first?

CERT Systems's first round on record, in Aug 2025, was backed by Third Derivative.

### What stage is CERT Systems at?

CERT Systems's latest named round is a Grant, in Sept 2026.

### Where is CERT Systems based?

CERT Systems is based in Canada.

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