# Tachyus funding: rounds and investors

> Tachyus has raised $36M across 5 rounds since 2013. Investors include Founders Fund, Caffeinated Capital and Streamlined Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Tachyus*

5 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.

Big Data & Analytics Energy

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$36M** raised across 5 rounds since 2013, from 5 sources

**$528K** Debt **$6.0M** Series A **$13M** Series A **$15M** Series B **$1.0M** Venture

- **Latest round:** Venture, $1.0M Dec 2022
- **Biggest round:** $15M Series B · May 2019
- **Investors:** 12

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.

2013 2015 2017 2019 2021

**$528K** Debt

**$6.0M** Series A

**$13M** Series A

**$15M** Series B

**$1.0M** Venture

- **First round:** Debt, $528K
- **Biggest round:** $15M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 3.5 years

## The rounds

- **Dec 2022** Venture **$1.0M** *2 new* *2 returning* [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) [Cota Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cota-capital) [Caffeinated Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/caffeinated-capital) Source recorded
- **May 2019** Series B **$15M** *1 new* Cottonwood Venture Partners Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $4.5M sold, first sale May 2019
- **Jun 2015** Series A **$13M** *3 new* *3 returning* [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) [Streamlined Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/streamlined-ventures) [Caffeinated Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/caffeinated-capital) [Raymond Tonsing](https://millionrounds.com/fund/raymond-tonsing) [Struck Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/struck-capital) [Titan Partners Holdings LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/titan-partners-holdings-llc) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $14M sold, first sale May 2015
- **Apr 2014** Series A **$6.0M** *6 new* [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) [Streamlined Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/streamlined-ventures) [Caffeinated Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/caffeinated-capital) [Formation 8](https://millionrounds.com/fund/formation-8) [Huron River Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/huron-river-ventures) [Jake Zeller](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jake-zeller) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $6.0M sold, first sale Mar 2014
- **May 2013** Debt **$528K** No investor was named in the report. Reported by sec.gov

## Founders and team

From Tachyus's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 5 on the team.

- **Fernando Gutierrez** CEO
- **Matt Elbert** CFO & Cro
- **Brandon Simmons** Executive Officer i
- **Brian Royston** Executive Officer i
- **Paul Orland** Director, Executive Officer i

On the board, as filed i *Jeremy Arendt*

## 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.

**Debt** 2013 **Series A** 2014 **Series A** 2015 **Series B** 2019 **Venture** 2022 [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) [Caffeinated Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/caffeinated-capital) [Streamlined Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/streamlined-ventures) [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) [Cota Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cota-capital) [Formation 8](https://millionrounds.com/fund/formation-8) [Raymond Tonsing](https://millionrounds.com/fund/raymond-tonsing) [Huron River Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/huron-river-ventures) [Struck Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/struck-capital) [Jake Zeller](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jake-zeller)

## Everyone who backed them

[Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) VC firm **3** rounds

[Caffeinated Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/caffeinated-capital) VC firm **3** rounds

[Streamlined Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/streamlined-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

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

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

[Formation 8](https://millionrounds.com/fund/formation-8) VC firm **1** round

[Raymond Tonsing](https://millionrounds.com/fund/raymond-tonsing) VC firm **1** round

[Huron River Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/huron-river-ventures) VC firm **1** round

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

[Jake Zeller](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jake-zeller) Angel **1** round

[Titan Partners Holdings LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/titan-partners-holdings-llc) VC firm **1** round

Cottonwood Venture Partners no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Tachyus 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.

[LeFrak](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lefrak) Private equity Per its own site

[Baruch Future Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baruch-future-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[VSpark DeepTech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vspark-deeptech-ventures) Corporate VC Per its own site

## Quick answers about Tachyus

### Who invested in Tachyus?

Tachyus's investors include Founders Fund, Caffeinated Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Slow Ventures and Cota Capital, and 7 more on record.

### How much has Tachyus raised?

Tachyus has raised $36M across 5 rounds since 2013.

### When did Tachyus last raise?

Tachyus's most recent round was a Venture of $1.0M in Dec 2022.

### What was Tachyus's biggest round?

Tachyus's largest round on record is $15M (Series B), in May 2019.

### Who backed Tachyus first?

Tachyus's first round on record, in Apr 2014, was backed by Founders Fund, Streamlined Ventures and Caffeinated Capital and 3 others.

### What stage is Tachyus at?

Tachyus's latest named round is a Venture, in Dec 2022.

### Where is Tachyus based?

Tachyus is based in the United States.

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