# Unchained Labs funding: rounds and investors

> Unchained Labs has raised $193M across 3 rounds since 2015. Investors include Canaan, TPG and SVB Capital. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Unchained Labs*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 6 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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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$193M** raised across 3 rounds since 2015, from 3 sources

**$25M** Series A **$13M** Series C **$155M** Debt

- **Latest round:** Debt, $155M Aug 2021
- **Step-up i:** 11.9×
- **Investors:** 6

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.

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

**$25M** Series A

**$13M** Series C

**$155M** Debt

- **First round:** Series A, $25M
- **Biggest round:** $155M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 4.1 years

## The rounds

- **Aug 2021** Debt **$155M** *2 new* *2 returning* [Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) [SVB Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/svb-capital) [B Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b-capital) [TPG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tpg) Source recorded
- **Jun 2017** Series C **$13M** *1 new* *2 returning* [Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) [TPG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tpg) Novo Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $13M sold, first sale Jun 2017
- **Feb 2015** Series A **$25M** *3 new* [Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) [TPG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tpg) [Novo Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novo-ventures) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $25M sold, first sale Feb 2015

## Founders and team

From Unchained Labs's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 2 founders, 3 on the team.

**Unchained Labs** Founder and CEO

**Tim Harkness** Founder and CEO *Named on its 2018 Form D*

- **Brandon Frederick** VP Finance
- **Krystin Schmidt** VP Marketing
- **Jason Novi** Executive Officer i

On the board, as filed i *Brent Ahrens* *Heather Preston* *Max Carnecchia* *Scott Beardsley*

## 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** 2015 **Series C** 2017 **Debt** 2021 [Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) [TPG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tpg) [SVB Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/svb-capital) [B Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b-capital) [Novo Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novo-ventures) Novo

## Everyone who backed them

[Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) VC firm **3** rounds

[TPG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tpg) Private equity **3** rounds

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

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

[Novo Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novo-ventures) VC firm **1** round

Novo no record of our own yet **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=unchained-labs).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Unchained Labs 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.

[Tri-Valley Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tri-valley-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Unchained Labs

### Who invested in Unchained Labs?

Unchained Labs's investors include Canaan, TPG, SVB Capital, B Capital and Novo Holdings, and 1 more on record.

### How much has Unchained Labs raised?

Unchained Labs has raised $193M across 3 rounds since 2015.

### When did Unchained Labs last raise?

Unchained Labs's most recent round was a Debt of $155M in Aug 2021.

### What was Unchained Labs's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $155M in Aug 2021, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Unchained Labs first?

Unchained Labs's first round on record, in Feb 2015, was backed by Canaan, TPG and Novo Holdings.

### What stage is Unchained Labs at?

Unchained Labs's latest named round is a Debt, in Aug 2021.

### Where is Unchained Labs based?

Unchained Labs is based in the United States.

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