# Chord funding: rounds and investors

> Chord has raised $13M across 3 rounds since 2014. Investors include M13, Index Ventures and BoxGroup. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/chord (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Chord*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 6 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 Big Data & Analytics Data Infrastructure E-commerce

Raised 7 months ago

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Funding summary Updated 5 Nov 2026

**$13M** raised across 3 rounds since 2014, from 3 sources

**$300K** Seed **$5.5M** Round **$7.0M** Venture

- **Latest round:** Venture, $7.0M Apr 2026
- **Step-up i:** 1.3×
- **Investors:** 6 (1 led)

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## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026

**$300K** Seed

**$5.5M** Round

**$7.0M** Venture

- **First round:** Seed, $300K
- **Biggest round:** $7.0M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 10.8 years

## The rounds

- **Apr 2026** Venture **$7.0M** *5 new* [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) [Norwest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/norwest) [Thrive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thrive-capital-2) [Eclipse](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eclipse) Source recorded
- **Mar 2025** Round **$5.5M** *1 new* [M13](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m13) Lead Reported by AlleyWatch
- **Jul 2014** Seed **$300K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From Chord's own website: 1 founder, 4 on the team.

**Bryan Mahoney** CEO & Co-Founder

- **Alex Nemeroff** Chief Product Officer
- **Cece Arnold** Chief Customer Officer
- **Sam Faillace** Chief Marketing Officer
- **Francois Bianchin** Head of AI Engineering

## 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** 2014 **Round** 2025 **Venture** 2026 [M13](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m13) L [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) [Norwest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/norwest) [Thrive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thrive-capital-2) [Eclipse](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eclipse)

## Everyone who backed them

[M13](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m13) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) VC firm **1** round

[Norwest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/norwest) VC firm **1** round

[Thrive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thrive-capital-2) Family office **1** round

[Eclipse](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eclipse) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Chord 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.

[White Star Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/white-star-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Imaginary Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/imaginary) VC firm Per its own site

[Hawke Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hawke-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Chord

### Who invested in Chord?

Chord's investors include M13, Index Ventures, BoxGroup, Norwest Venture Partners and Thrive Capital, and 1 more on record.

### How much has Chord raised?

Chord has raised $13M across 3 rounds since 2014.

### When did Chord last raise?

Chord's most recent round was a Venture of $7.0M in Apr 2026.

### What was Chord's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $7.0M in Apr 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Chord first?

Chord's first round on record, in Mar 2025, was backed by M13.

### What stage is Chord at?

Chord's latest named round is a Venture, in Apr 2026.

### Where is Chord based?

Chord is based in the United States.

### Who led Chord's rounds?

M13 led the Undisclosed round in 2025.

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