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Lancedb.com
Funding & Investors

$38M raised across 2 rounds

As of September 3, 2026, LanceDB's funding: The $30M Series A in June 2025 follows an earlier Seed round for a $38M total raised across 2 rounds; that runway is meaningful, but investors will eventually require a revenue model, so free access today carries some longevity risk.

Backed by 6 dated facts
Every value derives from a dated, sourced capture — open any fact for its source.
Rounds
$38MTotal raised2Rounds
$8MSeed
Led by CRV, with Y Combinator, Essence Venture Capital, Swift Ventures
$30MSeries A
Funding Change Historydated events · values unlock with a key
Funding details changed: Round Series A Announced On · high significance
Funding details changed: Round Series A Announced On
Funding details changed: Round Series A Announced On · high significance
Funding details changed: Round Series A Announced On
Every funding fact on this pagekey · value · provenance · dated · sourced
FactValueProvenanceAs ofSource
funding.round.seed.amount_usd8000000 usdcompany stated2026-09-03blog.lancedb.com/lancedb-may-newsletter-new-funding-lance-format-v2-ray-lance-daft-lance/
funding.round.seed.announced_on2024-06-05company stated2026-09-03blog.lancedb.com/lancedb-may-newsletter-new-funding-lance-format-v2-ray-lance-daft-lance/
funding.round.seed.investors{"names":["CRV","Y Combinator","Essence Venture Capital","Swift Ventures"]}company stated2026-09-03blog.lancedb.com/lancedb-may-newsletter-new-funding-lance-format-v2-ray-lance-daft-lance/
funding.round.seed.leadCRVcompany stated2026-09-03blog.lancedb.com/lancedb-may-newsletter-new-funding-lance-format-v2-ray-lance-daft-lance/
funding.round.series-a.amount_usd30000000 usdcompany stated2026-09-03www.lancedb.com/blog/series-a-funding
funding.round.series-a.announced_on2025-06-01company stated2026-09-03www.lancedb.com/blog/series-a-funding
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CompanyFunding readFacts
Pinecone$138M raised across 3 rounds17
Qdrant$85.5M raised across 3 rounds12
Zilliz$103M raised across 2 rounds8
Chroma$18M raised across 2 rounds7
Weaviate$16M raised across 2 rounds7
LanceDB this record$38M raised across 2 rounds6
Vespa$31M raised4
Activeloop$11M raised3
TopK$5.5M raised2

No observed funding facts yet for Epsilla, KDB.AI, Marqo, Milvus, MyScale, Turbopuffer and Vectara.

Get funding for lancedb.com via API / MCPevery field dated and sourced
RESTopen tier
GET https://api.bixel.com/v1/companies/lancedb.com/facts?dimension=funding

{
  "data": {
    "facts": [
      {
        "key": "funding.round.seed.amount_usd",
        "value": 8000000,
        "provenance": "company_stated",
        "as_of": "2026-09-03",
        "source_url": "blog.lancedb.com/lancedb-may-newsletter-new-funding-lance-format-v2-ray-lance-daft-lance/"
      },
      {
        "key": "funding.round.seed.announced_on",
        "value": "2024-06-05",
        "provenance": "company_stated",
        "as_of": "2026-09-03",
        "source_url": "blog.lancedb.com/lancedb-may-newsletter-new-funding-lance-format-v2-ray-lance-daft-lance/"
      },
      {
        "key": "funding.round.seed.investors",
        "value": {
          "names": [
            "CRV",
            "Y Combinator",
            "Essence Venture Capital",
            "Swift Ventures"
          ]
        },
        "provenance": "company_stated",
        "as_of": "2026-09-03",
        "source_url": "blog.lancedb.com/lancedb-may-newsletter-new-funding-lance-format-v2-ray-lance-daft-lance/"
      },
      {
        "key": "funding.round.seed.lead",
        "value": "CRV",
        "provenance": "company_stated",
        "as_of": "2026-09-03",
        "source_url": "blog.lancedb.com/lancedb-may-newsletter-new-funding-lance-format-v2-ray-lance-daft-lance/"
      },
      "…"
    ]
  }
}
MCPfor agents
# any MCP client (Claude, agents)
const record = await bixel.get_company_facts({ domain: "lancedb.com", dimension: "funding" })

# returns the funding record above,
# each value with its source_url + as_of,
# ready to reason over
Build on the company record. One key, REST + MCP, every signal dated and sourced back to the page it came from.

Public record, read from companies' own pages and boards. Every fact dated and sourced; provenance (observed vs company stated) shown inline.