# Tristar AI funding: rounds and investors

> Tristar AI has raised $16M across 2 rounds since 2024. Investors include NextView Ventures and TenOneTen Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Tristar AI*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 2 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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Raised 3 months ago

Funding summary Updated 27 Oct 2026

**$16M** raised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 2 sources

**$3.1M** Seed **$13M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $13M Jul 2026
- **Step-up i:** 4.2×
- **Investors:** 2

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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.

2025 2026

**$3.1M** Seed

**$13M** Round

- **First round:** Seed, $3.1M
- **Biggest round:** $13M
- **Between rounds:** 2.2 years

## The rounds

- **Jul 2026** Round **$13M** No investor was named in the report. Filed with the SEC (Form D); no report of this raise yet SEC filing: $13M sold, first sale Jul 2026
- **Jun 2024** Seed **$3.1M** *2 new* [NextView Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextview-ventures) [TenOneTen Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tenoneten-ventures) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Tristar AI's own website: 1 founder, 4 on the team.

**Jack Liu** Co-founder

- **Salem Karani** CEO
- **Justin Au-Yeung** Chief Technology Officer
- **Pavan Pant** Chief Commercial Officer
- **Rameez Pasha** Chief Operating Officer

## 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** 2024 **Round** 2026 [NextView Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextview-ventures) [TenOneTen Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tenoneten-ventures)

## Everyone who backed them

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

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

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## Quick answers about Tristar AI

### Who invested in Tristar AI?

Tristar AI's investors include NextView Ventures and TenOneTen Ventures.

### How much has Tristar AI raised?

Tristar AI has raised $16M across 2 rounds since 2024.

### When did Tristar AI last raise?

Tristar AI's most recent round, $13M, was in Jul 2026.

### What was Tristar AI's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $13M in Jul 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Tristar AI first?

Tristar AI's first round on record, in Jun 2024, was backed by NextView Ventures and TenOneTen Ventures.

### What stage is Tristar AI at?

Tristar AI's latest named round is a Seed, in Jun 2024.

### Where is Tristar AI based?

Tristar AI is based in the United States.

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