# Reality Defender funding: rounds and investors > Reality Defender has raised $86K across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include DCVC, Fusion Fund and Y Combinator. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/reality-defender (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Reality Defender* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 8 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. AI Raised 2 months ago Y Combinator: W22 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$86K** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources - **Latest round:** Venture, $86K Sept 2026 - **Investors:** 8 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. 2026 **?** Venture **$86K** Venture - **First round:** Venture - **Biggest round:** $86K - **Between rounds:** 17 months ## The rounds - **Sept 2026** Venture **$86K** *2 new* *2 returning* [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) [Samsung Next](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung-next) [Fusion Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fusion-fund-2) Source recorded - **Apr 2025** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *6 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Pioneer Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pioneer-fund-2) [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) [Luminate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/luminate-accelerator) [Fusion Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fusion-fund-2) [Illuminate Financial Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/illuminate-financial) Source recorded ## Founders and team From Reality Defender's own website: 3 founders, 5 on the team. **Andrew Rubin** CEO & Founder at Illumio **Ben Colman** Co-Founder and CEO **Gaurav Bharaj** Reality Defender, Co-founder - **Alex Lisle** CTO - **Milos Fulton** COO - **Bennett Morrison** VP of Product - **Gabe Regan** VP of Human Engagement - **Robert Weindl** Director, Product Engineering Advisers *Ali Shahriyari* ## 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. **Venture** 2025 **Venture** 2026 [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) [Fusion Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fusion-fund-2) [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Pioneer Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pioneer-fund-2) [Samsung Next](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung-next) [Luminate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/luminate-accelerator) [Illuminate Financial Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/illuminate-financial) ## Everyone who backed them [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) VC firm **2** rounds [Fusion Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fusion-fund-2) VC firm **2** rounds [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) Private equity **1** round [Pioneer Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pioneer-fund-2) Private equity **1** round [Samsung Next](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung-next) Corporate VC **1** round [Luminate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/luminate-accelerator) Accelerator **1** round [Illuminate Financial Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/illuminate-financial) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=reality-defender). ## Also claim to have backed them These 5 firms list Reality Defender 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. [Ex/ante](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ex-ante) VC firm Per its own site [Gutbrain Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gutbrain-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Rackhouse Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rackhouse-venture-capital) VC firm Per its own site [AI Grant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ai-grant) Accelerator Per its own site [Fourth Realm VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fourth-realm-vc) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Reality Defender ### Who invested in Reality Defender? Reality Defender's investors include DCVC, Fusion Fund, Y Combinator, Gaingels and Pioneer Fund, and 3 more on record. ### How much has Reality Defender raised? Reality Defender has raised $86K across 2 rounds since 2025. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Reality Defender last raise? Reality Defender's most recent round was a Venture of $86K in Sept 2026. ### What was Reality Defender's biggest round? Its most recent round, $86K in Sept 2026, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Reality Defender first? Reality Defender's first round on record, in Apr 2025, was backed by Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund and DCVC and 3 others. ### What stage is Reality Defender at? Reality Defender's latest named round is a Venture, in Sept 2026. ### Where is Reality Defender based? Reality Defender is based in the United States. ## Companies like Reality Defender In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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