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Chainguard raises $280M in debt financing for application security
Announced 23 October 2025 · Recorded 8 September 2026 · Last verified 8 September 2026
Chainguard, an application security company based in Kirkland, United States, raised $280M in a Debt Financing announced on 23 October 2025, led by General Catalyst. Its disclosed equity funding is now $612M across 5 rounds.
- Amount
- $280M
- Round
- Debt Financing
- Announced
- 23 October 2025
- Lead investor
- General Catalyst
- Sources on record
- 1securityweek.com
From the source
Chainguard Announces $280 Million Growth Financing from General Catalyst
Chainguard announced $280 million in growth financing from General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund (CVF). This follows the company's Series D fundraise in April and marks $636 million total secured in the past six months and $892 million in total funding. The investment will help Chainguard meet growing demand and accelerate its mission to make open source software trustworthy by default.
securityweek.com · 27 October 2025 ↗The Mandos read
What the record says about Chainguard
- Momentum 69 / 100 · Steadylocked →
pillars in the platform
- 706 employees · up 1% last month · 53 open roleslocked →
history and breakdowns in the platform
- Exit Readiness: Lowlocked →
Tested against 751 past exits in the Mandos record: 43% sat in Watch or Elevated 2 years before. Companies in Elevated exited at 3.1× the record's rate.
- Buyers most often compare Chainguard with JFrog, Aikido Security and RapidFort and 6 morelocked →
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Funding history
Chainguard funding on record
Chainguard has raised $612M in priced equity, plus $280M debt & credit. Its most recent round was a Debt Financing in October 2025.
Latest round on record: Debt Financing, Oct 2025.
Chainguard funding on the profile →Related rounds
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Most recent five, same month
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- How much did Chainguard raise in its Debt Financing?
- Chainguard raised $280M in a Debt Financing announced on 23 October 2025.
- Who invested in Chainguard's Debt Financing?
- The round was led by General Catalyst.
- What does Chainguard do?
- Chainguard is a cybersecurity company specializing in Application Security, founded in 2021 and headquartered in Kirkland, United States.
