United States · Who invested in ChAI?
ChAI's investors include SMBC Venture Capital, Seed Capital, Marc Bell Capital, Charlie Songhurst and MMC Ventures, and 7 more on record.
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$1.0MSeed?Venture$1.2MSeed$47MVenture
United States · Venture startup
Who invested in ChAI
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$49Mraised across 4 rounds since 2015, from 5 sources
$1.0MSeed$1.2MSeed$47MVenture
- Latest round
- Venture, $47MJul 2025
- Step-upi
- 39.2×
- Investors
- 12
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Seed, $1.0M May 2015
- Biggest round
- $47M Venture · Jul 2025
- Usual gap between rounds
- 23 months the median of 3
The rounds
- Jul 2025
- Aug 2023
- Oct 2022VentureAmount undisclosed5 new
Source recorded
- May 2015Seed$1.0M4 new
From a historical funding record
Founders and team
From the SEC filings it signed: 3 on the team.
- Evan Cole BirenbaumExecutive Officeri
- Joseph Cole HershkowitzExecutive Officer, Directori
- Ka Cole SuenExecutive Officer, Directori
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.
Seed2015Venture2022Seed2023Venture2025
SMBC Venture Capital
Seed Capital
Marc Bell CapitalCharlie Songhurst
MMC Ventures
Seraphim Space
Passion Capital
Portfolio Ventures
Primo Capital
Fresco Capital
SMBC Venture CapitalSeed CapitalMarc Bell CapitalCharlie SonghurstMMC VenturesSeraphim SpacePassion CapitalPortfolio VenturesPrimo CapitalFresco CapitalEveryone who backed them
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Quick answers about ChAI
How much has ChAI raised?
ChAI has raised $49M across 4 rounds since 2015. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.
When did ChAI last raise?
ChAI's most recent round was a Venture of $47M in Jul 2025.
What was ChAI's biggest round?
Its most recent round, $47M in Jul 2025, is also its largest on record.
Who backed ChAI first?
ChAI's first round on record, in May 2015, was backed by Marc Bell Capital, Fresco Capital and Kevin Mahaffey and 1 others.
What stage is ChAI at?
ChAI's latest named round is a Venture, in Jul 2025.
Where is ChAI based?
ChAI is based in the United States.
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