# Protégé funding: rounds and investors

> Protégé has raised $8.8M across 2 rounds since 2022. Investors include Sequoia Capital, Newchip Accelerator and Chicago Ventures. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/protege-2 (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Protégé*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 4 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.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$8.8M** raised across 2 rounds since 2022, from 2 sources

**$8.5M** Seed **$250K** Seed

- **Latest round:** Seed, $250K Jun 2022
- **Biggest round:** $8.5M Seed · Mar 2022
- **Investors:** 4

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## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2023

**$8.5M** Seed

**$250K** Seed

- **First round:** Seed, $8.5M
- **Biggest round:** $8.5M
- **Between rounds:** 3 months

## The rounds

- **Jun 2022** Seed **$250K** *1 new* [Newchip Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newchip-accelerator) Source recorded
- **Mar 2022** Seed **$8.5M** *3 new* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Chicago Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chicago-ventures) [TQ Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tq-ventures) Source recorded

## 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.

**Seed** 2022 **Seed** 2022 [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Newchip Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newchip-accelerator) [Chicago Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chicago-ventures) [TQ Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tq-ventures)

## Everyone who backed them

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

[Newchip Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newchip-accelerator) Accelerator **1** round

[Chicago Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chicago-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[TQ Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tq-ventures) VC firm **1** round

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## Quick answers about Protégé

### Who invested in Protégé?

Protégé's investors include Sequoia Capital, Newchip Accelerator, Chicago Ventures and TQ Ventures.

### How much has Protégé raised?

Protégé has raised $8.8M across 2 rounds since 2022.

### When did Protégé last raise?

Protégé's most recent round was a Seed of $250K in Jun 2022.

### What was Protégé's biggest round?

Protégé's largest round on record is $8.5M (Seed), in Mar 2022.

### Who backed Protégé first?

Protégé's first round on record, in Mar 2022, was backed by Sequoia Capital, Chicago Ventures and TQ Ventures.

### What stage is Protégé at?

Protégé's latest named round is a Seed, in Jun 2022.

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