# Exa funding: rounds and investors > Exa has raised $170M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Benchmark and NVIDIA. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/exa (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series C startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Exa* 2 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 Raised 6 months ago Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$170M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources **$85M** Series B **$85M** Series C - **Latest round:** Series C, $85M May 2026 - **Investors:** 6 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 **$85M** Series B **$85M** Series C - **First round:** Series B, $85M - **Biggest round:** $85M - **Between rounds:** 8 months ## The rounds - **May 2026** Series C **$85M** *1 new* *3 returning* [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) [NVIDIA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nvidia) Source recorded SEC filing: $81M sold, first sale Aug 2025 - **Sept 2025** Series B **$85M** *5 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) [NVIDIA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nvidia) [nVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nventures-2) 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. **Series B** 2025 **Series C** 2026 [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) [NVIDIA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nvidia) [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [nVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nventures-2) ## Everyone who backed them [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) VC firm **2** rounds [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) VC firm **2** rounds [NVIDIA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nvidia) Company **2** rounds [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) VC firm **1** round [nVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nventures-2) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=exa). ## Also claim to have backed them These 4 firms list Exa 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. [QuantumLight](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quantumlight) VC firm Per its own site [Lombardstreet Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lombardstreet-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Artisanal Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/artisanal-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Helium-3 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/helium-3-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Exa ### Who invested in Exa? Exa's investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Benchmark, NVIDIA, Y Combinator and Andreessen Horowitz, and 1 more on record. ### How much has Exa raised? Exa has raised $170M across 2 rounds since 2025. ### When did Exa last raise? Exa's most recent round was a Series C of $85M in May 2026. ### What was Exa's biggest round? Its most recent round, $85M in May 2026, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Exa first? Exa's first round on record, in Sept 2025, was backed by Y Combinator, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Benchmark and 2 others. ### What stage is Exa at? Exa's latest named round is a Series C, in May 2026. ### Where is Exa based? Exa is based in the United States. ## Companies like Exa In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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