Axelera AI
Bring data insights to the edge, increasing the performance of your solutions with a cost-effective and efficient inference chip.
$250M Series B+ ·
Led by Innovation Industries · Source: fundraisingfox.com
Latest round on record: Series B+, March 2026, amount undisclosed.
Total raised: $407M across 5 sourced rounds
All 6 rounds ↓Signals
About Axelera AI
Axelera’s AI processing unit is designed to seamlessly integrate into your innovations so you can focus on your customer!
Axelera AI | 153 days from website to first raise on record
Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.
Funding rounds
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series B+ | undisclosed | — | fundraisingfox.com | |
| Series B+ | $250M | fundraisingfox.com | ||
| Series B+ | $68M | — | fundraisingfox.com | |
| Series A | $50M | vcnewsdaily.com | ||
| Series A | $27M | techcrunch.com | ||
| Seed | $12M | venturebeat.com |
Timeline
- X account created
- Website created
Founders and team
BV
Bram Verhoef FounderEE
Evangelos Eleftheriou Chief Technology Officer Co-FounderLinkedIn · source: axelera.aiFD
Fabrizio Del Maffeo Chief Executive Officer Co-FounderAC
Alexis Crowell Helzer General ManagerEB
Eke Bijzitter Head of LegalFD
Flavio Devide Head of Go-To-MarketKD
Khaled Douzane Head of AutomotiveMO
Marta Ostroumoff Chief Financial Officer
Investors
BBitfurylead investor
BBlackRock
CCDP Venture Capitallead investor
EEuropean Innovation Council Fund
- FFractionelera
Iimec
Iimec.xpand
IInnovation Industrieslead investor
- IInnovation Industries Strategic Partners Fund
IInvest-NL
- IInvest-NL Deep Tech Fund
SSamsung Catalyst Fund
SSFPI-FPIM
SSFPIM
SSiteGround Capital
- VVerve Investments
VVerve Ventures
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Sources and API
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