# Chai Discovery funding: rounds and investors > Chai Discovery has raised $530M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include General Catalyst, Menlo Ventures and Oak HC/FT. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/chai-discovery (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series C startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Chai Discovery* 2 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 Biotech Raised 4 months ago Valuation: $1.3B, Mar 2026 Follow Chai Discovery and see its new rounds in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Fcompany%2Fchai-discovery) Funding summary Updated 5 Nov 2026 **$530M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources **$130M** Series B **$400M** Series C - **Latest round:** Series C, $400M Jul 2026 - **Step-up i:** 3.1× - **Investors:** 14 (2 led) 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 **$130M** Series B **$400M** Series C - **First round:** Series B, $130M - **Biggest round:** $400M - **Between rounds:** 7 months ## The rounds - **Jul 2026** Series C **$400M** *2 new* *2 returning* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) Source recorded - **Dec 2025** Series B **$130M** *12 new* [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) Lead [Oak HC/FT](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oak-hc-ft) Lead [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) [Neo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/neo) [Thrive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thrive-capital-2) [Lachy Groom](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lachy-groom) [Emerson Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emerson-collective) [OpenAI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/openai) [Glade Brook](https://millionrounds.com/fund/glade-brook) [Dimension](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dimension) [Yosemite venture fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yosemite-venture-fund) Reported by TechCrunch ## 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 B** 2025 **Series C** 2026 [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) L [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) [Oak HC/FT](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oak-hc-ft) L [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Neo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/neo) [Thrive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thrive-capital-2) [Lachy Groom](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lachy-groom) [Emerson Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emerson-collective) ## Everyone who backed them [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1 [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Oak HC/FT](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oak-hc-ft) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) VC firm **1** round [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) VC firm **1** round [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Neo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/neo) Accelerator **1** round [Thrive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thrive-capital-2) Family office **1** round [Lachy Groom](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lachy-groom) Angel **1** round [Emerson Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emerson-collective) Family office **1** round [OpenAI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/openai) VC firm **1** round [Glade Brook](https://millionrounds.com/fund/glade-brook) Private equity **1** round [Dimension](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dimension) VC firm **1** round [Yosemite venture fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yosemite-venture-fund) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=chai-discovery). ## Also claim to have backed them These 9 firms list Chai Discovery 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. [Bain Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Amplify Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amplify-partners) VC firm Per its own site [Avenir](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avenir) VC firm Per its own site [Boston Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boston-capital-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Avra](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avra) VC firm Per its own site [Blake Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blake-byers) Angel Per its own site [Byers Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/byers-capital) Family office Per its own site [Octant Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octant-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Chai Discovery ### Who invested in Chai Discovery? Chai Discovery's investors include General Catalyst, Menlo Ventures, Oak HC/FT, Sequoia Capital and SV Angel, and 9 more on record. ### How much has Chai Discovery raised? Chai Discovery has raised $530M across 2 rounds since 2025. ### When did Chai Discovery last raise? Chai Discovery's most recent round was a Series C of $400M in Jul 2026. ### What was Chai Discovery's biggest round? Its most recent round, $400M in Jul 2026, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Chai Discovery first? Chai Discovery's first round on record, in Dec 2025, was backed by General Catalyst, Oak HC/FT and SV Angel and 9 others. ### What stage is Chai Discovery at? Chai Discovery's latest named round is a Series C, in Jul 2026. ### Where is Chai Discovery based? Chai Discovery is based in the United States. ### Who led Chai Discovery's rounds? General Catalyst led the Series B in 2025. ## Companies like Chai Discovery In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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