# Optery funding: rounds and investors

> Optery has raised $2.7M across 1 round since 2023. Investors include Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund and Goodwater Capital. Every round with its source.

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

United States · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Optery*

One round we have observed, with the 4 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.

Cybersecurity

Y Combinator: W22

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$2.7M** raised across 1 round since 2023, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Seed, $2.7M May 2023
- **Investors:** 4

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **May 2023** Seed **$2.7M** [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Pioneer Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pioneer-fund-2) [Goodwater Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goodwater-capital) [Global Founders Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-founders-capital) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Optery's own website: 3 founders, 5 on the team.

**Lawrence Gentilello** CEO, Founder

**Chen Atlas** CTO, Founder

**Dekel Barzilay** Crdo, Co-Founder

- **Anu Mohanachandran** VP, Finance & Operations
- **Dan Cunnane** Director of Sales, Optery for Business
- **Diana Baltar** Director, Customer Operations
- **Sam Baugh** Director of Customer Success, Optery for Business
- **Sara Trammell** Director of Marketing, Optery for Business

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round

[Pioneer Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pioneer-fund-2) Private equity **1** round

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

[Global Founders Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-founders-capital) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Optery 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.

[Tribe Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tribe-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[trac.vc](https://millionrounds.com/fund/trac-vc) VC firm Per its own site

[Tesonet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tesonet) Corporate VC Per its own site

## Quick answers about Optery

### Who invested in Optery?

Optery's investors include Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Goodwater Capital and Global Founders Capital.

### How much has Optery raised?

Optery has raised $2.7M across 1 round since 2023.

### When did Optery last raise?

Optery's most recent round was a Seed of $2.7M in May 2023.

### What was Optery's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $2.7M in May 2023, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Optery first?

Optery's first round on record, in May 2023, was backed by Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund and Goodwater Capital and 1 others.

### What stage is Optery at?

Optery's latest named round is a Seed, in May 2023.

### Where is Optery based?

Optery is based in the United States.

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In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months.

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