# Emesent funding: rounds and investors > Emesent has raised $18M across 2 rounds since 2018. Investors include Main Sequence Ventures, Tiger Global Management and In-Q-Tel. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/emesent (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Australia · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Emesent* 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. AI Big Data & Analytics Drones Oil & Gas Raised 4 months ago Follow Emesent and see its new rounds in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Fcompany%2Femesent) Funding summary Updated 5 Nov 2026 **$18M** raised across 2 rounds since 2018, from 3 sources **$2.5M** Round **$15M** Round - **Latest round:** Round, $15M Jul 2026 - **Step-up i:** 6× - **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. 2020 2022 2024 2026 **$2.5M** Round **$15M** Round - **First round:** Round, $2.5M - **Biggest round:** $15M - **Between rounds:** 7.7 years ## The rounds - **Jul 2026** Round **$15M** *6 new* *1 returning* [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt) [Main Sequence Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/main-sequence) [Hostplus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hostplus) [QIC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qic) [NGS](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ngs) [Orion Resource Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orion-resource-partners) Reported by Startup Daily and 1 other - **Nov 2018** Round **$2.5M** *1 new* [Main Sequence Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/main-sequence) Reported by TechCrunch ## Founders and team From Emesent's own website: 2 founders, 12 on the team. **Dr Farid Kendoul** Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder **Dr Stefan Hrabar** Chief Strategy Officer & Co-Founder - **Charles Miller** Chief Executive Officer - **Rachel Masters** Vice President Sales - **Tim Schier** Executive Vice President – Engineering & Product - **Caitie Radcliffe** Senior Manager, CEO Office & Corporate Initiatives - **David Nucifora** Chief Financial Officer - **Ewen Cameron** Chief Commercial Officer - **David Raffelt** Director of Engineering - **Devang Patel** Senior Director – Manufacturing & Supply Chain - **Ryan Palfrey** Director – Product Management - **Scott McInnes** Senior Director of Client & Partner Experience - **Shubhi Sharma** Director – People and Culture - **Stuart Hill** Senior Director – Marketing ## 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. **Round** 2018 **Round** 2026 [Main Sequence Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/main-sequence) [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt) [Hostplus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hostplus) [QIC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qic) [NGS](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ngs) [Orion Resource Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orion-resource-partners) ## Everyone who backed them [Main Sequence Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/main-sequence) VC firm **2** rounds [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) VC firm **1** round [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt) Accelerator **1** round [Hostplus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hostplus) Private equity **1** round [QIC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qic) Private equity **1** round [NGS](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ngs) Investment firm **1** round [Orion Resource Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orion-resource-partners) Investment firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=emesent). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Emesent as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [ACAC Innovation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/acac-innovation) Angel network Per its own site ## Quick answers about Emesent ### Who invested in Emesent? Emesent's investors include Main Sequence Ventures, Tiger Global Management, In-Q-Tel, Hostplus and QIC, and 2 more on record. ### How much has Emesent raised? Emesent has raised $18M across 2 rounds since 2018. ### When did Emesent last raise? Emesent's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $15M in Jul 2026. ### What was Emesent's biggest round? Its most recent round, $15M in Jul 2026, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Emesent first? Emesent's first round on record, in Nov 2018, was backed by Main Sequence Ventures. ### What stage is Emesent at? Emesent's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Jul 2026. ### Where is Emesent based? Emesent is based in Australia. ## Companies like Emesent In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Athena** $115M · Nov 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/athena)[**Metacognition** $5.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/metacognition)[**HEX** $101M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/hex)[**DryFlow Magnetics** $44M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/dryflow-magnetics)[**Cuttable** $29M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/cuttable)[**OpenDebt** $2.0M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/opendebt) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app