# Orion Labs funding: rounds and investors > Orion Labs has raised $18M across 2 rounds since 2017. Investors include National Science Foundation, Motorola and Joshua Schachter. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/orion-labs (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Orion Labs* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 7 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. Software AI Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$18M** raised across 2 rounds since 2017, from 2 sources **$18M** Round **$5K** Grant - **Latest round:** Grant, $5K Jul 2023 - **Biggest round:** $18M Round · Sept 2017 - **Investors:** 7 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. 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 **$18M** Round **$5K** Grant - **First round:** Round, $18M - **Biggest round:** $18M - **Between rounds:** 5.8 years ## The rounds - **Jul 2023** Grant **$5K** *1 new* [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) Source recorded - **Sept 2017** Round **$18M** *6 new* [Motorola](https://millionrounds.com/fund/motorola) [Joshua Schachter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joshua-schachter) [Avalon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avalon) Allen & Company / Argentum John Kelly The Thermo Companies Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $18M sold, first sale Dec 2016 ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team. - **Gregory Taylor** Executive Officer, Director i - **Jesse Robbins** Executive Officer, Director, Promoter i On the board, as filed i *Brady Bohrmann* *Richard Fields* *Tyler Jewell* *Walter Barandiaran* ## 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. **Round** 2017 **Grant** 2023 [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [Motorola](https://millionrounds.com/fund/motorola) [Joshua Schachter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joshua-schachter) [Avalon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avalon) Allen & Company / Argentum John Kelly The Thermo Companies ## Everyone who backed them [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) Government **1** round [Motorola](https://millionrounds.com/fund/motorola) Corporate VC **1** round [Joshua Schachter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joshua-schachter) VC firm **1** round [Avalon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avalon) Hedge fund **1** round Allen & Company / Argentum no record of our own yet **1** round John Kelly no record of our own yet **1** round The Thermo Companies 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=orion-labs). ## Also claim to have backed them These 3 firms list Orion Labs 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. [Argentum Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/argentum-capital-partners) Growth equity Per its own site [Jesse Robbins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jesse-robbins) VC firm Per its own site [Audrey Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/audrey-capital) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Orion Labs ### Who invested in Orion Labs? Orion Labs's investors include National Science Foundation, Motorola, Joshua Schachter, Avalon and Allen & Company / Argentum, and 2 more on record. ### How much has Orion Labs raised? Orion Labs has raised $18M across 2 rounds since 2017. ### When did Orion Labs last raise? Orion Labs's most recent round was a Grant of $5K in Jul 2023. ### What was Orion Labs's biggest round? Orion Labs's largest round on record is $18M (Undisclosed round), in Sept 2017. ### Who backed Orion Labs first? Orion Labs's first round on record, in Sept 2017, was backed by Motorola, Joshua Schachter and Avalon and 3 others. ### What stage is Orion Labs at? Orion Labs's latest named round is a Grant, in Jul 2023. ### Where is Orion Labs based? Orion Labs is based in the United States. ## Companies like Orion Labs In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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