# ChAI funding: rounds and investors > ChAI has raised $49M across 4 rounds since 2015. Investors include SMBC Venture Capital, Seed Capital and Marc Bell Capital. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/chai (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *ChAI* 4 rounds we have observed, with the 12 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 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$49M** raised across 4 rounds since 2015, from 5 sources **$1.0M** Seed **$1.2M** Seed **$47M** Venture - **Latest round:** Venture, $47M Jul 2025 - **Step-up i:** 39.2× - **Investors:** 12 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. 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 **$1.0M** Seed **?** Venture **$1.2M** Seed **$47M** Venture - **First round:** Seed, $1.0M - **Biggest round:** $47M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 23 months ## The rounds - **Jul 2025** Venture **$47M** *1 new* [Charlie Songhurst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/charlie-songhurst) Source recorded and 1 other - **Aug 2023** Seed **$1.2M** *2 new* [SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) [Seed Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seed-capital) Source recorded - **Oct 2022** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *5 new* [MMC Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mmc-ventures) [Seraphim Space](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seraphim-space) [Passion Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/passion-capital) [Portfolio Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/will-martin) [Primo Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/primo-capital) Source recorded - **May 2015** Seed **$1.0M** *4 new* [Marc Bell Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marc-bell-capital) [Fresco Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fresco-capital) [Kevin Mahaffey](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kevin-mahaffey) [Jude Gomila](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jude-gomila) From a historical funding record ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 3 on the team. - **Evan Cole Birenbaum** Executive Officer i - **Joseph Cole Hershkowitz** Executive Officer, Director i - **Ka Cole Suen** Executive Officer, Director i ## 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. **Seed** 2015 **Venture** 2022 **Seed** 2023 **Venture** 2025 [SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) [Seed Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seed-capital) [Marc Bell Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marc-bell-capital) [Charlie Songhurst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/charlie-songhurst) [MMC Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mmc-ventures) [Seraphim Space](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seraphim-space) [Passion Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/passion-capital) [Portfolio Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/will-martin) [Primo Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/primo-capital) [Fresco Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fresco-capital) ## Everyone who backed them [SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) Investment bank **1** round [Seed Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seed-capital) VC firm **1** round [Marc Bell Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marc-bell-capital) Family office **1** round [Charlie Songhurst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/charlie-songhurst) VC firm **1** round [MMC Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mmc-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Seraphim Space](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seraphim-space) VC firm **1** round [Passion Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/passion-capital) VC firm **1** round [Portfolio Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/will-martin) VC firm **1** round [Primo Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/primo-capital) VC firm **1** round [Fresco Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fresco-capital) VC firm **1** round [Kevin Mahaffey](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kevin-mahaffey) VC firm **1** round [Jude Gomila](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jude-gomila) Angel **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=chai). ## Quick answers about ChAI ### 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. ### 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. ## Companies like ChAI In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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