# Hugging Face funding: rounds and investors > Hugging Face has raised $119M across 4 rounds since 2018. Investors include Lux Capital, SV Angel and Kevin Durant. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/hugging-face (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Hugging Face* 4 rounds we have observed, with the 17 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 DevOps Internet Open Source Valuation: $4.5B, Mar 2026 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$119M** raised across 4 rounds since 2018, from 4 sources **$4.0M** Seed **$15M** Round **$100M** Series C - **Latest round:** Venture Aug 2024 - **Biggest round:** $100M Series C · May 2022 - **Investors:** 17 (1 led) 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 2021 2022 2023 2024 **$4.0M** Seed **$15M** Round **$100M** Series C **?** Venture - **First round:** Seed, $4.0M - **Biggest round:** $100M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.3 years ## The rounds - **Aug 2024** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *2 new* *4 returning* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) [Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management) [NVIDIA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nvidia) Source recorded - **May 2022** Series C **$100M** *7 new* *4 returning* [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) Lead [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management) [Betaworks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/betaworks) [Addition](https://millionrounds.com/fund/addition) [AIX Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aix-ventures) [Olivier Pomel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/olivier-pomel) [Kevin Durant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kevin-durant) [A Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/a-capital) [Rich Kleiman from Thirty Five Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rich-kleiman-from-thirty-five-ventures) Reported by Hugging Face - **Dec 2019** Round **$15M** *5 new* *1 returning* [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) Lead [Betaworks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/betaworks) [Kevin Durant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kevin-durant) [Greg Brockman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greg-brockman) [Richard Socher](https://millionrounds.com/fund/richard-socher) participation A. Capital Reported by TechCrunch SEC filing: $20M sold, first sale Nov 2019 - **May 2018** Seed **$4.0M** *3 new* [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Kevin Durant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kevin-durant) a_capital/ Betaworks Reported by TechCrunch SEC filing: $3.3M sold, first sale Apr 2018 ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 1 on the team. - **Julien Chaumond** Executive Officer, Director i On the board, as filed i *Brandon 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. **Seed** 2018 **Round** 2019 **Series C** 2022 **Venture** 2024 [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) L L [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Kevin Durant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kevin-durant) [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management) [Betaworks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/betaworks) [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) [NVIDIA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nvidia) [Addition](https://millionrounds.com/fund/addition) [AIX Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aix-ventures) ## Everyone who backed them [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) VC firm **3** rounds, led 2 [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) VC firm **3** rounds [Kevin Durant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kevin-durant) VC firm **3** rounds [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management) VC firm **2** rounds [Betaworks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/betaworks) VC firm **2** rounds [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round [NVIDIA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nvidia) Company **1** round [Addition](https://millionrounds.com/fund/addition) Private equity **1** round [AIX Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aix-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Olivier Pomel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/olivier-pomel) VC firm **1** round [Greg Brockman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greg-brockman) Investment firm **1** round [Richard Socher](https://millionrounds.com/fund/richard-socher) Angel **1** round [A Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/a-capital) VC firm **1** round [Rich Kleiman from Thirty Five Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rich-kleiman-from-thirty-five-ventures) VC firm **1** round a_capital/ Betaworks no record of our own yet **1** round participation A. Capital 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=hugging-face). ## 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. [Thomas Wolf](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thomas-wolf) VC firm Per its own site [A.Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/a-capital-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Night Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/night-capital) VC firm Per its own site [KUNLUN](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kunlun) Corporate VC Per its own site [Mozilla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mozilla-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Firestreak Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firestreak-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Spice Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spice-capital) VC firm Per its own site [AI Grant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ai-grant) Accelerator Per its own site [Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence](https://millionrounds.com/fund/allen-institute-fo) Accelerator Per its own site [Global Alternative Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-alternative-investment-management) VC firm Per its own site [MiningLamp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mininglamp) Investment firm Per its own site [Rigby Technology Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rigby-technology-investments) Growth equity Per its own site [SAKAL VENTURES](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sakal-ventures) Hedge fund Per its own site [ShoeMoney Media Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shoemoney-media-group) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Hugging Face ### 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. ### 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. ## Companies like Hugging Face In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**SpaceX** $42B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/spacex)[**xPay** $1.5M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/xpay)[**Albert Invent** $20M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/albert-invent)[**FORT Robotics** $39M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/fort-robotics)[**Pika** $216M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/pika)[**Vertical Semiconductor** $84M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/vertical-semiconductor) ## 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