# Valent funding: rounds and investors > Valent has raised $4.5M across 2 rounds since 2024. Investors include Bayes Entrepreneurship Fund, Flybridge and Carsten Kraus. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/valent (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Valent* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 3 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 Cybersecurity Govtech Raised 9 months ago Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$4.5M** raised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 2 sources **$3.0M** Seed **$1.5M** Seed - **Latest round:** Seed, $1.5M Jan 2026 - **Led by:** Bayes Entrepreneurship Fund - **Biggest round:** $3.0M Seed · Dec 2024 - **Investors:** 3 (1 led) 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. 2025 2026 **$3.0M** Seed **$1.5M** Seed - **First round:** Seed, $3.0M - **Biggest round:** $3.0M - **Between rounds:** 13 months ## The rounds - **Jan 2026** Seed **$1.5M** *2 new* [Bayes Entrepreneurship Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bayes-entrepreneurship-fund) Lead [Carsten Kraus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/carsten-kraus) Reported by Firms' own news pages - **Dec 2024** Seed **$3.0M** *1 new* [Flybridge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flybridge) Source recorded ## Founders and team From Valent's own website: 2 founders, 1 on the team. **Evan Knowles** CEO & Co-Founder **Ryan Rudd** CTO & Co-Founder - **Luke Gurgel** Design & Frontend Engineer ## 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 **Seed** 2026 [Bayes Entrepreneurship Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bayes-entrepreneurship-fund) L [Flybridge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flybridge) [Carsten Kraus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/carsten-kraus) ## Everyone who backed them [Bayes Entrepreneurship Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bayes-entrepreneurship-fund) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [Flybridge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flybridge) VC firm **1** round [Carsten Kraus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/carsten-kraus) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=valent). ## Quick answers about Valent ### Who invested in Valent? Valent's investors include Bayes Entrepreneurship Fund, Flybridge and Carsten Kraus. Bayes Entrepreneurship Fund led its latest round. ### How much has Valent raised? Valent has raised $4.5M across 2 rounds since 2024. ### When did Valent last raise? Valent's most recent round was a Seed of $1.5M in Jan 2026, led by Bayes Entrepreneurship Fund. ### What was Valent's biggest round? Valent's largest round on record is $3.0M (Seed), in Dec 2024. ### Who backed Valent first? Valent's first round on record, in Dec 2024, was backed by Flybridge. ### What stage is Valent at? Valent's latest named round is a Seed, in Jan 2026. ### Where is Valent based? Valent is based in the United Kingdom. ### Who led Valent's rounds? Bayes Entrepreneurship Fund led the Seed in 2026. ## Companies like Valent In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Cognitive Credit** $64M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/cognitive-credit)[**Marrow** $2.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/marrow)[**Opply** $23M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/opply)[**Blackwall** $162M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/blackwall)[**XRlabs** $8.4M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/xrlabs)[**Salience Labs** $169M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/salience-labs) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app