# DUST Identity funding: rounds and investors > DUST Identity has raised $42M across 2 rounds since 2018. Investors include Castle Island Ventures, Alumni Ventures and 8VC. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/dust-identity (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series B startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *DUST Identity* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 7 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. Cybersecurity Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$42M** raised across 2 rounds since 2018, from 2 sources **$2.3M** Seed **$40M** Series B - **Latest round:** Series B, $40M Dec 2023 - **Step-up i:** 17.4× - **Investors:** 7 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. 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 **$2.3M** Seed **$40M** Series B - **First round:** Seed, $2.3M - **Biggest round:** $40M - **Between rounds:** 5.1 years ## The rounds - **Dec 2023** Series B **$40M** *4 new* *1 returning* [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) [Lockheed Martin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lockheed-martin-ventures) [Castle Island Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/castle-island-ventures) Source recorded - **Nov 2018** Seed **$2.3M** *3 new* [Castle Island Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/castle-island-ventures) Angular Kleiner Perkins/ New Science Reported by FinSMEs ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team. - **Dirk Englund** Executive Officer, Director i - **Ophir Gaathon** Executive Officer, Director i On the board, as filed i *Ilya Fushman* ## 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** 2018 **Series B** 2023 [Castle Island Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/castle-island-ventures) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) [Lockheed Martin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lockheed-martin-ventures) Angular Kleiner Perkins/ New Science ## Everyone who backed them [Castle Island Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/castle-island-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm **1** round [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) VC firm **1** round [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) VC firm **1** round [Lockheed Martin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lockheed-martin-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round Angular no record of our own yet **1** round Kleiner Perkins/ New Science no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=dust-identity). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list DUST Identity 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. [American Express Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/american-express-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [New Science Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-science-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about DUST Identity ### Who invested in DUST Identity? DUST Identity's investors include Castle Island Ventures, Alumni Ventures, 8VC, Kleiner Perkins and Lockheed Martin, and 2 more on record. ### How much has DUST Identity raised? DUST Identity has raised $42M across 2 rounds since 2018. ### When did DUST Identity last raise? DUST Identity's most recent round was a Series B of $40M in Dec 2023. ### What was DUST Identity's biggest round? Its most recent round, $40M in Dec 2023, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed DUST Identity first? DUST Identity's first round on record, in Nov 2018, was backed by Castle Island Ventures, Angular and Kleiner Perkins/ New Science. ### What stage is DUST Identity at? DUST Identity's latest named round is a Series B, in Dec 2023. ### Where is DUST Identity based? DUST Identity is based in the United States. ## Companies like DUST Identity In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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