# Kneron funding: rounds and investors > Kneron has raised $28M across 3 rounds since 2017. Investors include Sequoia Capital, Gaingels and Horizons Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/kneron (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Kneron* 3 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. Advanced Manufacturing AI Education Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$28M** raised across 3 rounds since 2017, from 3 sources **$10M** Series A **$18M** Series A - **Latest round:** Venture Jun 2025 - **Biggest round:** $18M Series A · May 2018 - **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. 2019 2021 2023 2025 **$10M** Series A **$18M** Series A **?** Venture - **First round:** Series A, $10M - **Biggest round:** $18M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 7 years ## The rounds - **Jun 2025** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *2 new* *1 returning* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Sprint Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sprint-venture-capital) Source recorded - **May 2018** Series A **$18M** *1 new* [Horizons Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/horizons-ventures) Reported by FinSMEs - **Nov 2017** Series A **$10M** *6 new* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Qualcomm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qualcomm) [Thundersoft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thundersoft) [Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alibaba-entrepreneurs-fund) CDIB Capital Group/ Himax CY ZONE Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $15M sold, first sale Nov 2017 ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 1 on the team. - **Chun-Chen Liu** Executive Officer, Director i On the board, as filed i *Bing-Chang Wu* *Da Ging Kuo* *Hsin-Wei Wu* *Kangli Hao* ## 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 A** 2017 **Series A** 2018 **Venture** 2025 [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Horizons Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/horizons-ventures) [Qualcomm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qualcomm) [Sprint Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sprint-venture-capital) [Thundersoft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thundersoft) [Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alibaba-entrepreneurs-fund) CDIB Capital Group/ Himax CY ZONE ## Everyone who backed them [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) Private equity **1** round [Horizons Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/horizons-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Qualcomm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qualcomm) Corporate VC **1** round [Sprint Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sprint-venture-capital) Angel network **1** round [Thundersoft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thundersoft) VC firm **1** round [Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alibaba-entrepreneurs-fund) VC firm **1** round CDIB Capital Group/ Himax no record of our own yet **1** round CY ZONE 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=kneron). ## Also claim to have backed them These 3 firms list Kneron 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. [SparkLabs Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sparklabs-group) VC firm Per its own site [Flucas Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flucas-ventures) Angel network Per its own site [INTEMA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intema) Accelerator Per its own site ## Quick answers about Kneron ### Who invested in Kneron? Kneron's investors include Sequoia Capital, Gaingels, Horizons Ventures, Qualcomm and Sprint Venture Capital, and 4 more on record. ### How much has Kneron raised? Kneron has raised $28M across 3 rounds since 2017. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Kneron last raise? Kneron's most recent round was a Venture in Jun 2025. ### What was Kneron's biggest round? Kneron's largest round on record is $18M (Series A), in May 2018. ### Who backed Kneron first? Kneron's first round on record, in Nov 2017, was backed by Sequoia Capital, Qualcomm and Thundersoft and 3 others. ### What stage is Kneron at? Kneron's latest named round is a Venture, in Jun 2025. ### Where is Kneron based? Kneron is based in the United States. ## Companies like Kneron In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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