Chainguard provides minimal, hardened, and zero-CVE container images and software supply-chain security tooling for enterprises adopting open source at scale. The company reached $40M ARR in 2025 (up from $12.7M in 2023) and raised a $356M Series D plus a $280M follow-on growth round at a $3.5B valuation.
Company Profile
CEO
Dan Lorenc
Founded
2021
HQ
Kirkland, USA
Employees
~300
Total Raised
$612M
Est. Revenue
$40M (2025-Q4)
Growth
~640% YoY
Last Round
Growth Investment — $280M (Oct 2025) · Lead: General Catalyst Customer Value Fund
IPO Status
private
Fundraising Status
Growth Investment · $280M · 10 mo ago
privateTotal raised $612M
Secondary Market
Implied price / share
$45.1
Last round price / share
$98.68
vs last round
-54.3%
Open interest
2
Last round price vs secondary price
Secondary price return by period
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Latest Funding Round
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Growth Investment
$280M
Oct 2025
General Catalyst Customer Value Fund
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Founders & Key People
Dan LorencKim LewandowskiMatt MooreVille Aikas
Investors
Kleiner Perkins · IVP · Sequoia Capital · Andreessen Horowitz · General Catalyst · Spark Capital · Amplify Partners
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2025-Q4. Refreshed quarterly.