# TrustLayer funding: rounds and investors

> TrustLayer has raised $18M across 3 rounds since 2021. Investors include BoxGroup, Abstract Ventures and Craft Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *TrustLayer*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 4 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 11 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$18M** raised across 3 rounds since 2021, from 3 sources

**$15M** Series A **$1.5M** Round **$1.3M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $1.3M Dec 2025
- **Biggest round:** $15M Series A · Aug 2021
- **Investors:** 4

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.

2022 2023 2024 2025

**$15M** Series A

**$1.5M** Round

**$1.3M** Round

- **First round:** Series A, $15M
- **Biggest round:** $15M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 3.8 years

## The rounds

- **Dec 2025** Round **$1.3M** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet
- **May 2025** Round **$1.5M** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet
- **Aug 2021** Series A **$15M** *4 new* [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) [Abstract Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/abstract) [Craft Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/craft-ventures) [Precursor Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/precursor-ventures) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From TrustLayer's own website: 7 on the team.

- **Ed Macnair** CEO
- **Mark Prater** CFO
- **Derek Jackman** VP Sales
- **Gareth Lockwood** VP Product
- **Giles Raeside** VP Solutions Engineering
- **Tim Lloyd** VP Engineering
- **Lucinda Robinson** Marketing Director

## 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** 2021 **Round** 2025 **Round** 2025 [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) [Abstract Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/abstract) [Craft Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/craft-ventures) [Precursor Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/precursor-ventures)

## Everyone who backed them

[BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) VC firm **1** round

[Abstract Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/abstract) VC firm **1** round

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

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

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 7 firms list TrustLayer 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.

[Suffolk Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/fund/suffolk-technologies) VC firm Per its own site

[Propel Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/propel-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site

[Nine Four Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nine-four-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[PruVen Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pruven-capital) Corporate VC Per its own site

[NFP Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nfp-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Tokio Marine Future Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tokio-marine-future-fund) Corporate VC Per its own site

[Distributed Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/distributed-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about TrustLayer

### Who invested in TrustLayer?

TrustLayer's investors include BoxGroup, Abstract Ventures, Craft Ventures and Precursor Ventures.

### How much has TrustLayer raised?

TrustLayer has raised $18M across 3 rounds since 2021.

### When did TrustLayer last raise?

TrustLayer's most recent round, $1.3M, was in Dec 2025.

### What was TrustLayer's biggest round?

TrustLayer's largest round on record is $15M (Series A), in Aug 2021.

### Who backed TrustLayer first?

TrustLayer's first round on record, in Aug 2021, was backed by BoxGroup, Abstract Ventures and Craft Ventures and 1 others.

### What stage is TrustLayer at?

TrustLayer's latest named round is a Series A, in Aug 2021.

### Where is TrustLayer based?

TrustLayer is based in the United States.

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