Weaviate
Funding & Investors
$16M raised across 2 rounds
As of September 3, 2026, Weaviate's funding: $16M raised across a Series A and a Series B, with the most recent round led by Index Ventures in April 2023. That round is now over two years old, so buyers evaluating long-term vendor stability should ask about runway and any subsequent financing.
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Every value derives from a dated, sourced capture — open any fact for its source.
Rounds
$16MTotal raised2Rounds
$16MSeries A
Led by New Enterprise Associates, with Cortical Ventures, Zetta Venture Partners, ING Ventures
Amount undisclosedSeries B
Led by Index Ventures, with Battery Ventures
Every funding fact on this pagekey · value · provenance · dated · sourced
| Fact | Value | Provenance | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| funding.round.series-a.amount_usd | 16000000 usd | company stated | 2026-09-03 | newsletter.weaviate.io/p/weaviate-newsletter-closed-seriesa-16m |
| funding.round.series-a.announced_on | 2022-02-24 | company stated | 2026-09-03 | newsletter.weaviate.io/p/weaviate-newsletter-closed-seriesa-16m |
| funding.round.series-a.investors | {"names":["New Enterprise Associates","Cortical Ventures","Zetta Venture Partners","ING Ventures"]} | company stated | 2026-09-03 | newsletter.weaviate.io/p/weaviate-newsletter-closed-seriesa-16m |
| funding.round.series-a.lead | New Enterprise Associates | company stated | 2026-09-03 | newsletter.weaviate.io/p/weaviate-newsletter-closed-seriesa-16m |
| funding.round.series-b.announced_on | 2023-04-27 | company stated | 2026-09-03 | newsletter.weaviate.io/p/seriesb-cohere-weaviate-hiring |
| funding.round.series-b.investors | {"names":["Index Ventures","Battery Ventures"]} | company stated | 2026-09-03 | newsletter.weaviate.io/p/seriesb-cohere-weaviate-hiring |
| funding.round.series-b.lead | Index Ventures | company stated | 2026-09-03 | newsletter.weaviate.io/p/seriesb-cohere-weaviate-hiring |
Funding across Vector DatabasesWeaviate 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 | $18M raised across 2 rounds | 7 |
| Weaviate this record | $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 weaviate.io via API / MCPevery field dated and sourced
RESTopen tier
GET https://api.bixel.com/v1/companies/weaviate.io/facts?dimension=funding
{
"data": {
"facts": [
{
"key": "funding.round.series-a.amount_usd",
"value": 16000000,
"provenance": "company_stated",
"as_of": "2026-09-03",
"source_url": "newsletter.weaviate.io/p/weaviate-newsletter-closed-seriesa-16m"
},
{
"key": "funding.round.series-a.announced_on",
"value": "2022-02-24",
"provenance": "company_stated",
"as_of": "2026-09-03",
"source_url": "newsletter.weaviate.io/p/weaviate-newsletter-closed-seriesa-16m"
},
{
"key": "funding.round.series-a.investors",
"value": {
"names": [
"New Enterprise Associates",
"Cortical Ventures",
"Zetta Venture Partners",
"ING Ventures"
]
},
"provenance": "company_stated",
"as_of": "2026-09-03",
"source_url": "newsletter.weaviate.io/p/weaviate-newsletter-closed-seriesa-16m"
},
{
"key": "funding.round.series-a.lead",
"value": "New Enterprise Associates",
"provenance": "company_stated",
"as_of": "2026-09-03",
"source_url": "newsletter.weaviate.io/p/weaviate-newsletter-closed-seriesa-16m"
},
"…"
]
}
}MCPfor agents
# any MCP client (Claude, agents)
const record = await bixel.get_company_facts({ domain: "weaviate.io", 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.