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Who invested in Hugging Face?
Hugging Face's investors include Lux Capital, SV Angel, Kevin Durant, Sequoia Capital and Coatue, and 12 more on record.
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$4.0MSeed$15MRound$100MSeries C?Venture
United States · Venture startup
Who invested in Hugging Face
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$119Mraised across 4 rounds since 2018, from 4 sources
$4.0MSeed$15MRound$100MSeries C
- Latest round
- VentureAug 2024
- Biggest round
- $100MSeries C · May 2022
- Investors
- 17 (1 led)
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Seed, $4.0M May 2018
- Biggest round
- $100M Series C · May 2022
- Usual gap between rounds
- 2.3 years the median of 3
The rounds
- Aug 2024VentureAmount undisclosed2 new4 returning
Source recorded
- May 2022Series C$100M7 new4 returning
Lux CapitalLead
Sequoia Capital
SV Angel
Coatue
Betaworks
Addition
AIX Ventures- Olivier Pomel
- Kevin Durant
- A Capital
- Rich Kleiman from Thirty Five Ventures
Reported by Hugging Face
- Dec 2019Round$15M5 new1 returning
- Lux CapitalLead
- Betaworks
- Kevin Durant
Greg Brockman- Richard Socher
- participation A. Capital
Reported by TechCrunchSEC filing: $20M sold, first sale Nov 2019
- May 2018Seed$4.0M3 new
- SV Angel
- Kevin Durant
- a_capital/ Betaworks
Reported by TechCrunchSEC filing: $3.3M sold, first sale Apr 2018
Founders and team
From the SEC filings it signed: 1 on the team.
- Julien ChaumondExecutive Officer, Directori
On the board, as filediBrandon Reeves
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.
Seed2018Round2019Series C2022Venture2024Lux CapitalLLSV AngelKevin DurantSequoia CapitalCoatueBetaworks
Salesforce VenturesNVIDIAAdditionAIX Ventures
Lux CapitalLLSV AngelKevin DurantSequoia CapitalCoatueBetaworksSalesforce VenturesNVIDIAAdditionAIX VenturesEveryone who backed them
Kevin DurantVC firm3rounds
NVIDIACompany1round
Olivier PomelVC firm1round
Richard SocherAngel1round
A CapitalVC firm1round
Rich Kleiman from Thirty Five VenturesVC firm1round
a_capital/ Betaworksno record of our own yet1round
participation A. Capitalno record of our own yet1round
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Also claim to have backed them
These 14 firms list Hugging Face 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.
KUNLUNCorporate VCPer its own site
Quick answers about Hugging Face
How much has Hugging Face raised?
Hugging Face has raised $119M across 4 rounds since 2018. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.
When did Hugging Face last raise?
Hugging Face's most recent round was a Venture in Aug 2024.
What was Hugging Face's biggest round?
Hugging Face's largest round on record is $100M (Series C), in May 2022, led by Lux Capital.
Who backed Hugging Face first?
Hugging Face's first round on record, in May 2018, was backed by SV Angel, Kevin Durant and a_capital/ Betaworks.
What stage is Hugging Face at?
Hugging Face's latest named round is a Venture, in Aug 2024.
Where is Hugging Face based?
Hugging Face is based in the United States.
Who led Hugging Face's rounds?
Lux Capital led the Undisclosed round in 2019.
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