Who invested in OpenGradient

One round we have observed, with the 15 investors named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

AICybersecurityWeb3 & Crypto

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Funding summaryUpdated 5 Nov 2026

$8.5Mraised across 1 round since 2024, from 2 sources

Latest round: Seed, $8.5MOct 2024
Investors: 15

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The rounds

Oct 2024
Seed$8.5M
Reported by AlleyWatch and 1 other

Founders and team

From OpenGradient's own website: 4 on the team.

Sandeep NailwalCEO of Polygon
Ekram AhmedHead of Marketing at Celestia
Bruno FavieroCoFounder of Magna
Illia PolosukhinTransformer Architecture Co-Inventor; CoFounder of NEAR

Everyone who backed them

SV AngelVC firm1round

Coinbase VenturesCorporate VC1round

A16z CryptoVC firm1round

Balaji SrinivasanVC firm1round

Foresight VenturesAccelerator1round

a16z CSXAngel1round

Black Dragon CapitalPrivate equity1round

Symbolic CapitalVC firm1round

Canonical CryptoVC firm1round

Illia PolosukhinAngel1round

NEARVC firm1round

PragmaPrivate equity1round

SALT FundVC firm1round

Sandeep NailwalVC firm1round

Thanefield CapitalVC firm1round

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Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists OpenGradient 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.