# Sakana AI funding: rounds and investors > Sakana AI has raised $235M across 4 rounds since 2024. Investors include Khosla Ventures, New Enterprise Associates and Lux Capital. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/sakana-ai (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Japan · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Sakana AI* 4 rounds we have observed, with the 12 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 9 months ago Valuation: $2.6B, Mar 2026 Follow Sakana AI and see its new rounds in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Fcompany%2Fsakana-ai) Funding summary Updated 5 Nov 2026 **$235M** raised across 4 rounds since 2024, from 6 sources **$100M** Round **$135M** Series B - **Latest round:** Venture Feb 2026 - **Biggest round:** $135M Series B · Nov 2025 - **Investors:** 12 (2 led) 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. 2025 2026 **?** Series A **$100M** Round **$135M** Series B **?** Venture - **First round:** Series A - **Biggest round:** $135M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 2 months ## The rounds - **Feb 2026** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *3 new* *2 returning* [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Citibank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi) [NVIDIA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nvidia) [Basis Set Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/basis-set-ventures) Source recorded - **Nov 2025** Series B **$135M** *5 new* *3 returning* [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt) [Macquarie Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/macquarie-capital) [Sakana AI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mufg) [Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsubishi-ufj-financial-group) [MPower Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mpower-partners) Reported by TechCrunch and 2 others - **Oct 2025** Round **$100M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by TechStartups - **Sept 2024** Series A **Amount undisclosed** *4 new* [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) Lead [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) Lead [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) [NVIDIA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nvidia) Reported by New Enterprise Associates ## 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. **Series A** 2024 **Round** 2025 **Series B** 2025 **Venture** 2026 [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) L [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) L [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) [NVIDIA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nvidia) [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Citibank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi) [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt) [Basis Set Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/basis-set-ventures) [Macquarie Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/macquarie-capital) [Sakana AI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mufg) ## Everyone who backed them [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) VC firm **3** rounds, led 1 [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1 [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [NVIDIA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nvidia) Company **2** rounds [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) Angel **1** round [Citibank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi) Growth equity **1** round [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt) Accelerator **1** round [Basis Set Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/basis-set-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Macquarie Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/macquarie-capital) Investment bank **1** round [Sakana AI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mufg) Growth equity **1** round [Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsubishi-ufj-financial-group) Corporate VC **1** round [MPower Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mpower-partners) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=sakana-ai). ## Also claim to have backed them These 5 firms list Sakana AI 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. [Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) VC firm Per its own site [Geodesic Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/geodesic-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Fundomo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fundomo) VC firm Per its own site [Mouro Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mouro-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Miyako Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/miyako-capital) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Sakana AI ### Who invested in Sakana AI? Sakana AI's investors include Khosla Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Lux Capital, NVIDIA and 500 Global, and 7 more on record. ### How much has Sakana AI raised? Sakana AI has raised $235M across 4 rounds since 2024. 2 rounds did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Sakana AI last raise? Sakana AI's most recent round was a Venture in Feb 2026. ### What was Sakana AI's biggest round? Sakana AI's largest round on record is $135M (Series B), in Nov 2025. ### Who backed Sakana AI first? Sakana AI's first round on record, in Sept 2024, was backed by New Enterprise Associates, Khosla Ventures and Lux Capital and 1 others. ### What stage is Sakana AI at? Sakana AI's latest named round is a Venture, in Feb 2026. ### Where is Sakana AI based? Sakana AI is based in Japan. ### Who led Sakana AI's rounds? New Enterprise Associates led the Series A in 2024. ## Companies like Sakana AI In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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