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Who invested in Chainguard?
Chainguard's investors include Kleiner Perkins, IVP, Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Salesforce Ventures, and 8 more on record.
2025
$140MSeries C$356MSeries D$280MDebt
United States · Funded startup
Who invested in Chainguard
3 rounds we have observed, with the 13 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.
Valuation: $3.5B, Mar 2026
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Funding summaryUpdated 5 Nov 2026
$776Mraised across 3 rounds since 2024, from 5 sources
$140MSeries C$356MSeries D$280MDebt
- Latest round
- Debt, $280MOct 2025
- Biggest round
- $356MSeries D · Apr 2025
- Investors
- 13 (2 led)
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Series C, $140M Aug 2024
- Biggest round
- $356M Series D · Apr 2025
- Usual gap between rounds
- 8 months the median of 2
The rounds
- Oct 2025Debt$280M1 new5 returning
Source recorded
- Apr 2025Series D$356M4 new
Reported by Crunchbase News and 2 others
- Aug 2024
Founders and team
From Chainguard's own website: 1 founder, 7 on the team.
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.
Everyone who backed them
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Also claim to have backed them
These 5 firms list Chainguard 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.
Quick answers about Chainguard
How much has Chainguard raised?
Chainguard has raised $776M across 3 rounds since 2024.
When did Chainguard last raise?
Chainguard's most recent round was a Debt of $280M in Oct 2025.
What was Chainguard's biggest round?
Chainguard's largest round on record is $356M (Series D), in Apr 2025, led by Kleiner Perkins.
Who backed Chainguard first?
Chainguard's first round on record, in Aug 2024, was backed by Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Redpoint and 5 others.
What stage is Chainguard at?
Chainguard's latest named round is a Debt, in Oct 2025.
Where is Chainguard based?
Chainguard is based in the United States.
Who led Chainguard's rounds?
Kleiner Perkins led the Series D in 2025.
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