Chroma
Funding & Investors
$18M raised across 2 rounds
As of September 3, 2026, Chroma's funding: An $18M Seed round closed in April 2023, led by Astasia Myers; no subsequent round is on record, so buyers should factor in that the company is operating on a 2023 capital base in a capital-intensive infrastructure category.
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Every value derives from a dated, sourced capture — open any fact for its source.
Rounds
$18MTotal raised2Rounds
Amount undisclosedPre Seed
Led by Anthony Goldbloom, with AIX Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, James Cham, Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, AI Grant
$18MSeed
Led by Astasia Myers, with Quiet Capital, Naval Ravikant, Max Altman, Jack Altman, Jordan Tigani, Guillermo Rauch, Akshay Kothari, Amjad Masad, Spencer Kimball
Funding Change Historydated events · values unlock with a key
Funding details changed: Round Pre Seed Lead
Funding details changed: Round Pre Seed Investors
Every funding fact on this pagekey · value · provenance · dated · sourced
| Fact | Value | Provenance | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| funding.round.pre-seed.announced_on | 2022-05-01 | company stated | 2026-09-03 | www.trychroma.com/blog/seed |
| funding.round.pre-seed.investors | {"names":["AIX Ventures","Bloomberg Beta","James Cham","Nat Friedman","Daniel Gross","AI Grant"]} | company stated | 2026-09-03 | www.trychroma.com/blog/seed |
| funding.round.pre-seed.lead | Anthony Goldbloom | company stated | 2026-09-03 | www.trychroma.com/blog/seed |
| funding.round.seed.amount_usd | 18000000 usd | company stated | 2026-09-03 | www.trychroma.com/blog/seed |
| funding.round.seed.announced_on | 2023-04-07 | company stated | 2026-09-03 | www.trychroma.com/blog/seed |
| funding.round.seed.investors | {"names":["Quiet Capital","Naval Ravikant","Max Altman","Jack Altman","Jordan Tigani","Guillermo Rauch","Akshay Kothari","Amjad Masad","Spencer Kimball"]} | company stated | 2026-09-03 | www.trychroma.com/blog/seed |
| funding.round.seed.lead | Astasia Myers | company stated | 2026-09-03 | www.trychroma.com/blog/seed |
Funding across Vector DatabasesChroma ranked in place · tap through for each read
| Company | Funding read | Facts |
|---|---|---|
| Pinecone | $138M raised across 3 rounds | 17 |
| Qdrant | $85.5M raised across 3 rounds | 12 |
| Zilliz | $103M raised across 2 rounds | 8 |
| Chroma this record | $18M raised across 2 rounds | 7 |
| Weaviate | $16M raised across 2 rounds | 7 |
| LanceDB | $38M raised across 2 rounds | 6 |
| Vespa | $31M raised | 4 |
| Activeloop | $11M raised | 3 |
| TopK | $5.5M raised | 2 |
No observed funding facts yet for Epsilla, KDB.AI, Marqo, Milvus, MyScale, Turbopuffer and Vectara.
Get funding for trychroma.com via API / MCPevery field dated and sourced
RESTopen tier
GET https://api.bixel.com/v1/companies/trychroma.com/facts?dimension=funding
{
"data": {
"facts": [
{
"key": "funding.round.pre-seed.announced_on",
"value": "2022-05-01",
"provenance": "company_stated",
"as_of": "2026-09-03",
"source_url": "www.trychroma.com/blog/seed"
},
{
"key": "funding.round.pre-seed.investors",
"value": {
"names": [
"AIX Ventures",
"Bloomberg Beta",
"James Cham",
"Nat Friedman",
"Daniel Gross",
"AI Grant"
]
},
"provenance": "company_stated",
"as_of": "2026-09-03",
"source_url": "www.trychroma.com/blog/seed"
},
{
"key": "funding.round.pre-seed.lead",
"value": "Anthony Goldbloom",
"provenance": "company_stated",
"as_of": "2026-09-03",
"source_url": "www.trychroma.com/blog/seed"
},
{
"key": "funding.round.seed.amount_usd",
"value": 18000000,
"provenance": "company_stated",
"as_of": "2026-09-03",
"source_url": "www.trychroma.com/blog/seed"
},
"…"
]
}
}MCPfor agents
# any MCP client (Claude, agents)
const record = await bixel.get_company_facts({ domain: "trychroma.com", dimension: "funding" })
# returns the funding record above,
# each value with its source_url + as_of,
# ready to reason overBuild 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.