# Chainguard funding: rounds and investors > Chainguard has raised $776M across 3 rounds since 2024. Investors include Kleiner Perkins, IVP and Sequoia Capital. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/chainguard (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # 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. Cloud Cybersecurity Open Source Software Valuation: $3.5B, Mar 2026 Follow Chainguard and see its new rounds in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Fcompany%2Fchainguard) Funding summary Updated 5 Nov 2026 **$776M** raised across 3 rounds since 2024, from 5 sources **$140M** Series C **$356M** Series D **$280M** Debt - **Latest round:** Debt, $280M Oct 2025 - **Biggest round:** $356M Series D · Apr 2025 - **Investors:** 13 (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. 2025 **$140M** Series C **$356M** Series D **$280M** Debt - **First round:** Series C, $140M - **Biggest round:** $356M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 8 months ## The rounds - **Oct 2025** Debt **$280M** *1 new* *5 returning* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) [IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) Source recorded - **Apr 2025** Series D **$356M** *4 new* [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) Lead [IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) Lead [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) [Datadog Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/datadog-ventures) Reported by Crunchbase News and 2 others - **Aug 2024** Series C **$140M** *8 new* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Redpoint](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redpoint) [Spark Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-capital) [Amplify Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amplify-partners) [MANTIS Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mantis-venture-capital) [Alpha Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alpha-partners) [Institutional Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/institutional-venture-partners) Reported by Firms' own news pages ## Founders and team From Chainguard's own website: 1 founder, 7 on the team. **Ville Aikas** Co-Founder - **Dan Lorenc** Chief executive officer - **Eyal Bar** Chief Financial Officer - **Liz Egan** Chief Marketing Officer - **Matt Moore** Chief technology officer - **Parm Uppal** Chief Revenue Officer - **Quincy Castro** Chief Information Security Officer - **Grace Shiell** VP of People ## 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 C** 2024 **Series D** 2025 **Debt** 2025 [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) L [IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) L [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Redpoint](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redpoint) [Spark Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-capital) [Amplify Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amplify-partners) [MANTIS Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mantis-venture-capital) ## Everyone who backed them [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1 [IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1 [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) VC firm **2** rounds [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) Corporate VC **2** rounds [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) VC firm **1** round [Redpoint](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redpoint) VC firm **1** round [Spark Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-capital) VC firm **1** round [Amplify Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amplify-partners) VC firm **1** round [MANTIS Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mantis-venture-capital) VC firm **1** round [Alpha Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alpha-partners) VC firm **1** round [Institutional Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/institutional-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round [Datadog Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/datadog-ventures) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=chainguard). ## 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. [K5 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k5-global) Private equity Per its own site [515 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/515-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Fortius Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fortius-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Todd Dagres](https://millionrounds.com/fund/todd-dagres) VC firm Per its own site [Octant Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octant-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Chainguard ### Who invested in Chainguard? Chainguard's investors include Kleiner Perkins, IVP, Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Salesforce Ventures, and 8 more on record. ### 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. ## Companies like Chainguard In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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