# Circumvent funding: rounds and investors

> Circumvent has raised $9.7M across 2 rounds since 2021. Investors include Paladin Capital Group and Y Combinator. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Circumvent*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 2 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 Cybersecurity

Y Combinator: S18

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Funding summary Updated 15 Nov 2026

**$9.7M** raised across 2 rounds since 2021, from 3 sources

**$3.7M** Grant **$6.0M** Seed

- **Latest round:** Seed, $6.0M Jun 2025
- **Led by:** Paladin Capital Group
- **Step-up i:** 1.6×
- **Investors:** 2 (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.

2022 2023 2024 2025

**$3.7M** Grant

**$6.0M** Seed

- **First round:** Grant, $3.7M
- **Biggest round:** $6.0M
- **Between rounds:** 3.6 years

## The rounds

- **Jun 2025** Seed **$6.0M** *1 new* [Paladin Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paladin-capital-group) Lead Reported by TechStartups and 1 other
- **Nov 2021** Grant **$3.7M** *1 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Source recorded

## 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.

**Grant** 2021 **Seed** 2025 [Paladin Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paladin-capital-group) L [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)

## Everyone who backed them

[Paladin Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paladin-capital-group) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round

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## Quick answers about Circumvent

### Who invested in Circumvent?

Circumvent's investors include Paladin Capital Group and Y Combinator. Paladin Capital Group led its latest round.

### How much has Circumvent raised?

Circumvent has raised $9.7M across 2 rounds since 2021.

### When did Circumvent last raise?

Circumvent's most recent round was a Seed of $6.0M in Jun 2025, led by Paladin Capital Group.

### What was Circumvent's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $6.0M in Jun 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Circumvent first?

Circumvent's first round on record, in Nov 2021, was backed by Y Combinator.

### What stage is Circumvent at?

Circumvent's latest named round is a Seed, in Jun 2025.

### Where is Circumvent based?

Circumvent is based in the United States.

### Who led Circumvent's rounds?

Paladin Capital Group led the Seed in 2025.

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