# Transcend funding: rounds and investors

> Transcend has raised $64M across 4 rounds since 2019. Investors include Accel, Index Ventures and Citibank. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Transcend*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 9 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.

Cloud Cybersecurity

Raised 11 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$64M** raised across 4 rounds since 2019, from 5 sources

**$4.0M** Seed **$20M** Series B **$40M** Series B

- **Latest round:** Venture Dec 2025
- **Biggest round:** $40M Series B · May 2024
- **Investors:** 9

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.

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

**$4.0M** Seed

**$20M** Series B

**$40M** Series B

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Seed, $4.0M
- **Biggest round:** $40M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 19 months

[**Transcend** Cloud infrastructure 1 / 15 Their pitch deck **Transcend's pitch deck, 15 slides** Each slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.](https://millionrounds.com/decks/transcend)

## The rounds

- **Dec 2025** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-draper-richard) Source recorded
- **May 2024** Series B **$40M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [South Park Commons](https://millionrounds.com/fund/south-park-commons) [StepStone Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stepstone-group) Source recorded SEC filing: $40M sold, first sale Dec 2023
- **Jul 2023** Series B **$20M** *4 new* [Citibank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi) [International Finance Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/international-finance-corporation-ifc) [Idinvest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idinvest-partners) [Elemental Impact](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elemental-impact) Source recorded and 1 other
- **Apr 2019** Seed **$4.0M** *1 new* [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) Reported by Businessinsider SEC filing: $4.5M sold, first sale Dec 2018

## Founders and team

From Transcend's own website: 4 on the team.

- **Andrew Sheppard** Managing Director
- **Brett Krause** Managing Director
- **Lirui Ding** Principal
- **Sikander Chahal** Principal

## 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** 2019 **Series B** 2023 **Series B** 2024 **Venture** 2025 [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Citibank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi) [International Finance Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/international-finance-corporation-ifc) [Idinvest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idinvest-partners) [South Park Commons](https://millionrounds.com/fund/south-park-commons) [Elemental Impact](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elemental-impact) [StepStone Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stepstone-group) [The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-draper-richard)

## Everyone who backed them

[Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) VC firm **2** rounds

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

[Citibank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi) Growth equity **1** round

[International Finance Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/international-finance-corporation-ifc) Government **1** round

[Idinvest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idinvest-partners) Private equity **1** round

[South Park Commons](https://millionrounds.com/fund/south-park-commons) Accelerator **1** round

[Elemental Impact](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elemental-impact) VC firm **1** round

[StepStone Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stepstone-group) Fund of funds **1** round

[The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-draper-richard) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Transcend as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[EnFi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enfi) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Transcend

### Who invested in Transcend?

Transcend's investors include Accel, Index Ventures, Citibank, International Finance Corporation and Idinvest Partners, and 4 more on record.

### How much has Transcend raised?

Transcend has raised $64M across 4 rounds since 2019. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Transcend last raise?

Transcend's most recent round was a Venture in Dec 2025.

### What was Transcend's biggest round?

Transcend's largest round on record is $40M (Series B), in May 2024.

### Who backed Transcend first?

Transcend's first round on record, in Apr 2019, was backed by Accel.

### What stage is Transcend at?

Transcend's latest named round is a Venture, in Dec 2025.

### Where is Transcend based?

Transcend is based in the United States.

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