# GridRaster funding: rounds and investors > GridRaster has raised $4.5M across 2 rounds since 2017. Investors include Unshackled Ventures, Alchemist Accelerator and MaC Venture Capital. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/gridraster (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *GridRaster* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 9 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. Aerospace & Space VR & AR Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$4.5M** raised across 2 rounds since 2017, from 2 sources **$2.0M** Seed **$2.5M** Venture - **Latest round:** Venture, $2.5M Jul 2020 - **Step-up i:** 1.3× - **Investors:** 9 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. 2018 2019 2020 **$2.0M** Seed **$2.5M** Venture - **First round:** Seed, $2.0M - **Biggest round:** $2.5M - **Between rounds:** 2.8 years ## The rounds - **Jul 2020** Venture **$2.5M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Alchemist Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alchemist-accelerator) [MaC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mac-venture-capital) [Blackhorn Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackhorn-ventures) [Unshackled Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unshackled-ventures) Source recorded - **Oct 2017** Seed **$2.0M** *6 new* [Unshackled Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unshackled-ventures) [Exfinity Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/exfinity-venture-partners) [NexStar Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nexstar-partners) [The Explorer Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-explorer-group-and-fund) [Pipeline Equity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pipeline-equity) Lumia Reported by Thehindubusinessline ## Founders and team From GridRaster's own website: 3 founders. **Rishi Ranjan** CEO/Founder **Bhaskar Banerjee** CTO/Co-founder **Dijam Panigrahi** COO/Co-founder ## 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** 2017 **Venture** 2020 [Unshackled Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unshackled-ventures) [Alchemist Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alchemist-accelerator) [MaC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mac-venture-capital) [Blackhorn Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackhorn-ventures) [Exfinity Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/exfinity-venture-partners) [NexStar Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nexstar-partners) [The Explorer Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-explorer-group-and-fund) [Pipeline Equity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pipeline-equity) Lumia ## Everyone who backed them [Unshackled Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unshackled-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Alchemist Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alchemist-accelerator) Accelerator **1** round [MaC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mac-venture-capital) VC firm **1** round [Blackhorn Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackhorn-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Exfinity Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/exfinity-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round [NexStar Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nexstar-partners) Investment firm **1** round [The Explorer Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-explorer-group-and-fund) VC firm **1** round [Pipeline Equity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pipeline-equity) VC firm **1** round Lumia 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=gridraster). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists GridRaster 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. [Pipeline Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pipeline-capital-partners) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about GridRaster ### Who invested in GridRaster? GridRaster's investors include Unshackled Ventures, Alchemist Accelerator, MaC Venture Capital, Blackhorn Ventures and Exfinity Venture Partners, and 4 more on record. ### How much has GridRaster raised? GridRaster has raised $4.5M across 2 rounds since 2017. ### When did GridRaster last raise? GridRaster's most recent round was a Venture of $2.5M in Jul 2020. ### What was GridRaster's biggest round? Its most recent round, $2.5M in Jul 2020, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed GridRaster first? GridRaster's first round on record, in Oct 2017, was backed by Unshackled Ventures, Exfinity Venture Partners and NexStar Partners and 3 others. ### What stage is GridRaster at? GridRaster's latest named round is a Venture, in Jul 2020. ### Where is GridRaster based? GridRaster is based in the United States. ## Companies like GridRaster In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**SpaceX** $42B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/spacex)[**Apex** $1.1B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/apex)[**Xona** $512M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/xona)[**Jeevy Fabrication** Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/jeevy-fabrication)[**Kapta Space** $29M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/kapta-space)[**Varda Space Industries** $438M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/varda-space-industries) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. 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