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Chainguard

Guarded open-source software supply-chain security platform.
Cybersecurity 📍 Kirkland, USA Founded 2021
Current Valuation
$3.5B
as of 2025-Q4
UNICORN

IPO Outlookprivate

Is Chainguard going public?
No. Chainguard is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Chainguard's valuation in 2026?
Chainguard is valued at $3.5B as of 2025-Q4, set by its Growth Investment ($280M, Oct 2025). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Chainguard filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Chainguard.
Who are Chainguard's investors?
Chainguard's investors include Kleiner Perkins, IVP, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Spark Capital and 1 more.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
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
Last round vs current secondary price per share$98.68Last round$45.10Current
Secondary price return by period
Secondary market period returns3-month-5.5%6-month-20.5%1-year-8.7%All-time+126%
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Growth Investment$280MOct 2025General Catalyst Customer Value Fund

Talent Signal

Hiring trend
Hiring uptrend
57% of roles posted in last 30d
Open roles
88
via greenhouse
Product-build share
36%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
expanding
balanced build + GTM — 36% builders vs 64% go-to-market/G&A — scaling both sides.
No tracked executive churn; open roles trending up.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month88Aug '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionSales & GTM38Engineering20Security11Other7Marketing4Legal & Policy3Ops & People2Support1Finance & Strategy1
product-building   go-to-market / G&A
Manager, Software Engineering (Libraries Automation)Principal Software Engineer (Libraries Platform) Principal Software Engineer (Libraries Platform) Principal Software Engineer (Libraries Platform) Security EngineerSenior Product Manager, Malware Detection
Counted from Chainguard's live job board as of 2026-08-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.

Founders & Key People

Dan LorencKim LewandowskiMatt MooreVille Aikas

Investors

Kleiner Perkins · IVP · Sequoia Capital · Andreessen Horowitz · General Catalyst · Spark Capital · Amplify Partners

Products

  • Chainguard Images
  • Chainguard VMs
  • Chainguard Containers
  • Chainguard Libraries
  • SBOM tooling

Competitors

Snyk · Anchore · JFrog · Sysdig · Wiz
cybersecuritysupply-chainopen-sourcecontainersdevsecops
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.