# Vala funding: rounds and investors

> Vala has raised $1.6M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include Right Side Capital Management and Forum Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

United States · [Pre-seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Vala*

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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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$1.6M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources

**$500K** Pre-seed **$1.1M** Pre-seed

- **Latest round:** Pre-seed, $500K Feb 2025
- **Biggest round:** $1.1M Pre-seed · Feb 2025
- **Investors:** 2

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.

2026

**$500K** Pre-seed

**$1.1M** Pre-seed

- **First round:** Pre-seed, $500K
- **Biggest round:** $1.1M

## The rounds

- **Feb 2025** Pre-seed **$500K** *2 new* [Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) [Forum Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forum-ventures) Source recorded
- **Feb 2025** Pre-seed **$1.1M** *2 returning* [Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) [Forum Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forum-ventures) Source recorded

## Founders and team

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

- **Kyle Aquino** CEO
- **James Campbell** CTO
- **Justin Murrey** Head of Customer Success
- **Wivvlenaire Jean-Baptiste** Head of Engineering

Advisers *Amanda Mineer*

## 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.

**Pre-seed** 2025 **Pre-seed** 2025 [Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) [Forum Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forum-ventures)

## Everyone who backed them

[Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) VC firm **2** rounds

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

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## Quick answers about Vala

### Who invested in Vala?

Vala's investors include Right Side Capital Management and Forum Ventures.

### How much has Vala raised?

Vala has raised $1.6M across 2 rounds since 2025.

### When did Vala last raise?

Vala's most recent round was a Pre-seed of $1.1M in Feb 2025.

### What was Vala's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $1.1M in Feb 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Vala first?

Vala's first round on record, in Feb 2025, was backed by Right Side Capital Management and Forum Ventures.

### What stage is Vala at?

Vala's latest named round is a Pre-seed, in Feb 2025.

### Where is Vala based?

Vala is based in the United States.

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