# Wafer funding: rounds and investors

> Wafer has raised $41M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include Y Combinator, Liquid 2 Ventures and Wing Venture Capital. Every round with its source.

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

United States · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Wafer*

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

Raised 2 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$41M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources

**$800K** Pre-seed **$40M** Series A

- **Latest round:** Series A, $40M Sept 2026
- **Step-up i:** 50×
- **Investors:** 3

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

**$800K** Pre-seed

**$40M** Series A

- **First round:** Pre-seed, $800K
- **Biggest round:** $40M
- **Between rounds:** 14 months

## The rounds

- **Sept 2026** Series A **$40M** *2 new* *1 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) [Wing Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wing-venture-capital) Source recorded
- **Jul 2025** Pre-seed **$800K** *1 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Wafer's own website: 1 founder.

**Aaron Humphreys** Founder & Design Director · Intrface™, UK

## 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 **Series A** 2026 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) [Wing Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wing-venture-capital)

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds

[Liquid 2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Wing Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wing-venture-capital) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Wafer 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.

[Chemistry](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chemistry) VC firm Per its own site

[Golden Wok](https://millionrounds.com/fund/golden-wok) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Wafer

### Who invested in Wafer?

Wafer's investors include Y Combinator, Liquid 2 Ventures and Wing Venture Capital.

### How much has Wafer raised?

Wafer has raised $41M across 2 rounds since 2025.

### When did Wafer last raise?

Wafer's most recent round was a Series A of $40M in Sept 2026.

### What was Wafer's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $40M in Sept 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Wafer first?

Wafer's first round on record, in Jul 2025, was backed by Y Combinator.

### What stage is Wafer at?

Wafer's latest named round is a Series A, in Sept 2026.

### Where is Wafer based?

Wafer is based in the United States.

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