LanceDB

LanceDB is a developer friendly, open source database for multi-modal AI.

Data and analytics Developer tools and cloud EducationY Combinator

Latest funding

$30M Series A · June 24, 2025

Led by Theory Ventures · Source: fundraisingfox.com

Total raised: $30.5M* across 2 sourced rounds

All 3 rounds ↓

Website: lancedb.com.

X: @lancedb · 4,780 followers.

LinkedIn: linkedin.com.

Categories: Data and analytics Developer tools and cloud Education.

Sectors: B2B, Infrastructure, AIOps, Machine Learning, Open Source, Data Engineering.

Stage: Series A.

Based in: San Francisco, United States.

Total raised: $30.5M* in 2 sourced rounds.

Last round: Jun 24, 2025 · 506 days ago.

Team: 35 people on the team page.

On Recent Funding since: Sep 28, 2026.

Signals

X account@lancedb · created Apr 20, 2023 (3 years old) · 4,780 followers

Website registeredMar 18, 2023 (3 years old)

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

LanceDB | 424 days from website to first raise on record

@lancedb·Raised $30M in 1 sourced round·2 signals before the first raise

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Funding rounds

June 24, 2025
Series A · $30M
TTheory Ventures (lead), AAngel Collective, CCRV, DDatabricks Ventures, FFactorial Capital, RRunway, SSwift Ventures, YY Combinator, ZZero Prime Ventures
Source: fundraisingfox.com
May 15, 2024
Seed · amount undisclosed
CCRV (lead), EEssence VC, SSoma Capital, SSwift Ventures
Source: fundraisingfox.com
April 20, 2023
X account created
March 18, 2023
Website created
Date unknown
Round · $500K*
YY Combinator
Source: ycombinator.com

Founders and team

CS
Chang She CEO / Co-Founder

LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com
LX
Lei Xu Co-Founder / CTO

LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com

Investors

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AAllium$17M Series A · Jul 2024

Theory Ventures portfolio →

Sources and API

Every amount links to the page it came from. * Estimated from an accelerator's published standard deal, not a company-specific disclosure. How Recent Funding sources and verifies funding data. The same data as JSON: /api/v1/companies/lancedb (get a free API key).