# Claros funding: rounds and investors

> Claros has raised $40M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include General Catalyst, IQ Capital and Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation.

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

United States · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Claros*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 3 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.

Big Data & Analytics Cloud

Raised 8 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$40M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources

**$9.7M** Seed **$30M** Seed

- **Latest round:** Seed, $30M Mar 2026
- **Step-up i:** 3.1×
- **Investors:** 3

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.

2026

**$9.7M** Seed

**$30M** Seed

- **First round:** Seed, $9.7M
- **Biggest round:** $30M
- **Between rounds:** 13 months

## The rounds

- **Mar 2026** Seed **$30M** *1 new* *1 returning* [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [IQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iq-capital) Source recorded
- **Feb 2025** Seed **$9.7M** *2 new* [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/virginia-innovation-partnership-corporation) Source recorded SEC filing: $700K sold, first sale Sept 2024

## Founders and team

From Claros's own website: 2 founders, 9 on the team.

**Dan Kultran** Co-Founder & CEO

**Grant Verstandig** Co-Founder & Executive Chairman

- **David Silverman** President
- **Barrett Yates-Mack** Chief Financial Officer
- **Katie Griff** Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
- **Kevin Keaton** Fractional Chief Information Officer
- **Lixiang Wei** Chief Technology Officer
- **Michael Sheets** Chief Human Resources Officer
- **Bob Salem** VP of Product
- **Franklyn Smith** VP of Growth
- **Heather Stevenson** General Counsel

Advisers *Craig Ochikubo* *Darshan Gopal* *Dr. Madhavan Swaminathan* *Jeff Monroe* *Peter Gross*

## 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** 2025 **Seed** 2026 [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [IQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iq-capital) [Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/virginia-innovation-partnership-corporation)

## Everyone who backed them

[General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) VC firm **2** rounds

[IQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iq-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/virginia-innovation-partnership-corporation) VC firm **1** round

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## Quick answers about Claros

### Who invested in Claros?

Claros's investors include General Catalyst, IQ Capital and Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation.

### How much has Claros raised?

Claros has raised $40M across 2 rounds since 2025.

### When did Claros last raise?

Claros's most recent round was a Seed of $30M in Mar 2026.

### What was Claros's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $30M in Mar 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Claros first?

Claros's first round on record, in Feb 2025, was backed by General Catalyst and Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation.

### What stage is Claros at?

Claros's latest named round is a Seed, in Mar 2026.

### Where is Claros based?

Claros is based in the United States.

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