Who invested in Vianai

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.

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$190Mraised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources

$50MSeed$140MSeries B

Latest round: Series B, $140MJun 2021
Step-upi: 2.8×
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.

20202021

$50MSeed$140MSeries B

First round: Seed, $50M
Biggest round: $140M
Between rounds: 20 months

The rounds

Jun 2021
Series B$140M2 new
- SoftBank
- SoftBank Vision Fund
Source recorded
Sept 2019
Seed$50M
No investor was named in the report.
Reported by TechCrunch

Founders and team

From Vianai's own website: 1 founder, 7 on the team.

Dr. Vishal SikkaFounder

Dr. Navin BudhirajaChief Technology Officer
Dr. Sanjay RajagopalanChief Design & Strategy Officer
Sameer PatelChief Partner Officer
Dr. Tao LiuHead of Operations
Frank YuHead of Business Operations
Pradeep PanickerVP and Head of Finance
Yusuf SafdariGeneral Counsel

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.

Seed2019Series B2021

SoftBankSoftBank Vision Fund

Everyone who backed them

SoftBankInvestment firm1round

SoftBank Vision FundVC firm1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Vianai 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.