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Who invested in Neuralink?
Neuralink's investors include Founders Fund, Valor Equity Partners, Vy Capital, Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners, and 16 more on record.
2019202120232025
$27MRound$205MSeries C$650MSeries E?Venture
United States · Venture startup
Who invested in Neuralink
4 rounds we have observed, with the 21 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.
Raised 6 months agoValuation: $9.7B, Mar 2026
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Funding summaryUpdated 5 Nov 2026
$882Mraised across 4 rounds since 2017, from 7 sources
$27MRound$205MSeries C$650MSeries E
- Latest round
- VentureMay 2026
- Biggest round
- $650MSeries E · Jun 2025
- Investors
- 21 (2 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
- Round, $27M Aug 2017
- Biggest round
- $650M Series E · Jun 2025
- Usual gap between rounds
- 3.8 years the median of 3
The rounds
- May 2026
- Jun 2025Series E$650M9 new5 returning
GrowthCap VenturesLead
Sequoia Capital
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Founders Fund
DFJ
Craft Ventures
Valor Equity Partners
Thrive Capital- Qatar Ban
Vy Capital
• Ark Invest
Human Capital
Ark Investment Management
G42
Also list them on their own siteHypersphere Capital
Reported by Crunchbase News and 3 othersSEC filing: $649M sold, first sale May 2025
- Jul 2021Series C$205M12 new
- Vy CapitalLead
- Founders Fund
Google Ventures- DFJ
- Craft Ventures
- Valor Equity Partners
Sam Altman- Fred Ehrsam
Blake Byers
Gigafund- Ken Howery
- Robert Nelson
Reported by Firms' own news pagesSEC filing: $206M sold, first sale Jul 2021
- Aug 2017Round$27M
No investor was named in the report.
Reported by TechCrunchSEC filing: $27M sold, first sale Aug 2017
Funding filed with regulators
Neuralink filed 5 raises, $1.2B in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.
- May 2025$649MSEC Form D
- Aug 2023$323MSEC Form D
- Jul 2021$206MSEC Form D
- Apr 2019$39MSEC Form D
- Aug 2017$27MSEC Form D
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.
Round2017Series C2021Series E2025Venture2026Founders FundValor Equity PartnersVy CapitalLSequoia CapitalLightspeed Venture PartnersDFJCraft VenturesThrive CapitalGrowthCap VenturesLGoogle Ventures
Founders FundValor Equity PartnersVy CapitalLSequoia CapitalLightspeed Venture PartnersDFJCraft VenturesThrive CapitalGrowthCap VenturesLGoogle VenturesEveryone who backed them
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Also claim to have backed them
These 31 firms list Neuralink 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.
Quick answers about Neuralink
How much has Neuralink raised?
Neuralink has raised $882M across 4 rounds since 2017. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.
When did Neuralink last raise?
Neuralink's most recent round was a Venture in May 2026.
What was Neuralink's biggest round?
Neuralink's largest round on record is $650M (Series E), in Jun 2025, led by GrowthCap Ventures.
Who backed Neuralink first?
Neuralink's first round on record, in Jul 2021, was backed by Vy Capital, Founders Fund and Google Ventures and 9 others.
What stage is Neuralink at?
Neuralink's latest named round is a Venture, in May 2026.
Where is Neuralink based?
Neuralink is based in the United States.
Who led Neuralink's rounds?
Vy Capital led the Series C in 2021; GrowthCap Ventures led the Series E in 2025.
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