# OpenGradient funding: rounds and investors

> OpenGradient has raised $8.5M across 1 round since 2024. Investors include SV Angel, Coinbase Ventures and A16z Crypto. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/opengradient (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# 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.

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Funding summary Updated 5 Nov 2026

**$8.5M** raised across 1 round since 2024, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Seed, $8.5M Oct 2024
- **Investors:** 15

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Oct 2024** Seed **$8.5M** [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Coinbase Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coinbase) [A16z Crypto](https://millionrounds.com/fund/a16z-crypto) [Balaji Srinivasan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balaji-srinivasan) [Foresight Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foresight-ventures) [a16z CSX](https://millionrounds.com/fund/a16z-csx) [Black Dragon Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/black-dragon-capital) [Symbolic Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/symbolic-capital) [Canonical Crypto](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canonical-crypto) [Illia Polosukhin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/illia-polosukhin) [NEAR](https://millionrounds.com/fund/near) [Pragma](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pragma) [SALT Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salt-fund) [Sandeep Nailwal](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sandeep-nailwal) [Thanefield Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thanefield-capital) Reported by AlleyWatch and 1 other

## Founders and team

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

- **Sandeep Nailwal** CEO of Polygon
- **Ekram Ahmed** Head of Marketing at Celestia
- **Bruno Faviero** CoFounder of Magna
- **Illia Polosukhin** Transformer Architecture Co-Inventor; CoFounder of NEAR

## Everyone who backed them

[SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) VC firm **1** round

[Coinbase Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coinbase) Corporate VC **1** round

[A16z Crypto](https://millionrounds.com/fund/a16z-crypto) VC firm **1** round

[Balaji Srinivasan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balaji-srinivasan) VC firm **1** round

[Foresight Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foresight-ventures) Accelerator **1** round

[a16z CSX](https://millionrounds.com/fund/a16z-csx) Angel **1** round

[Black Dragon Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/black-dragon-capital) Private equity **1** round

[Symbolic Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/symbolic-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Canonical Crypto](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canonical-crypto) VC firm **1** round

[Illia Polosukhin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/illia-polosukhin) Angel **1** round

[NEAR](https://millionrounds.com/fund/near) VC firm **1** round

[Pragma](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pragma) Private equity **1** round

[SALT Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salt-fund) VC firm **1** round

[Sandeep Nailwal](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sandeep-nailwal) VC firm **1** round

[Thanefield Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thanefield-capital) VC firm **1** round

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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.

[TPC Club](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tpc-club) Angel network Per its own site

## Quick answers about OpenGradient

### Who invested in OpenGradient?

OpenGradient's investors include SV Angel, Coinbase Ventures, A16z Crypto, Balaji Srinivasan and Foresight Ventures, and 10 more on record.

### How much has OpenGradient raised?

OpenGradient has raised $8.5M across 1 round since 2024.

### When did OpenGradient last raise?

OpenGradient's most recent round was a Seed of $8.5M in Oct 2024.

### What was OpenGradient's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $8.5M in Oct 2024, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed OpenGradient first?

OpenGradient's first round on record, in Oct 2024, was backed by SV Angel, Coinbase Ventures and A16z Crypto and 12 others.

### What stage is OpenGradient at?

OpenGradient's latest named round is a Seed, in Oct 2024.

### Where is OpenGradient based?

OpenGradient is based in the United States.

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