How much has Salience Labs raised?

Salience Labs has raised $166.5M across 3 sourced rounds on record. The latest is $125M (Series B+), announced October 14, 2026.

Who invested in Salience Labs?

Investors on record for Salience Labs: AMD Ventures, Applied Ventures, Braavos, British Business Bank, Bullhound Capital, Cambridge Innovation Capital, Deeptech Labs, Goh Family Office and 9 others. Bullhound Capital led its latest sourced round.

Who founded Salience Labs?

Salience Labs was founded by Vaysh Kewada (Founder, CEO, Director), Johannes Feldmann (Founder, CTO, Director), Harish Bhaskaran and Wolfram Pernice.

Where is Salience Labs based?

Salience Labs is based in Oxford, United Kingdom and was founded in 2021.

Salience Labs

Salience Labs develops silicon-photonics switches and optical fabrics for high-bandwidth connectivity in AI compute clusters.

Latest funding

$125M Series B+ · October 14, 2026

Led by Bullhound Capital · Source: tech.eu

Total raised: $166.5M across 3 sourced rounds

All 3 rounds ↓

Website: saliencelabs.ai.

LinkedIn: linkedin.com.

Categories: AI infrastructure and compute Robotics and hardware Developer tools and cloud.

Sectors: AI Infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Center, IT Infrastructure, Machine Learning.

Subcategory: Optical switching for AI data centers.

Stage: Series B+.

Based in: Oxford, United Kingdom.

Founded: 2021.

Total raised: $166.5M in 3 sourced rounds.

Last round: Oct 14, 2026 · 9 days ago.

Headcount: 51–100 employees.

Domain age: 6 years.

On Recent Funding since: Oct 13, 2026.

About Salience Labs

Salience Labs is a company based in Oxford, United Kingdom, founded in 2021. Recent Funding lists it under AI infrastructure and compute (also Robotics and hardware). It raised $125M in a Series B+ round in October 2026, led by Bullhound Capital, according to tech.eu. Recent Funding has 3 sourced rounds on record for it, totaling $166.5M, the first in May 2022. Investors on record include AMD Ventures, Applied Ventures, Braavos, British Business Bank and 12 others. It was founded by Vaysh Kewada, Johannes Feldmann, Harish Bhaskaran and 1 other.

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Salience Labs | 645 days from website to first raise on record

Raised $167M in 3 sourced rounds·1 signal 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

October 14, 2026
Series B+ · $125M
BBullhound Capital (lead), AAMD Ventures, AApplied Ventures, BBritish Business Bank, CCambridge Innovation Capital, HHudson River Trading, IIntel Capital, OOxford Science Enterprises, SSBI Investment (Group), SSilicon Catalyst Ventures
Source: tech.eu
February 7, 2025
Series A · $30M
AApplied Ventures (lead), IICM HPQC (lead), BBraavos, CCambridge Innovation Capital, JJalal Bagherli, OOxford Science Enterprises
Source: businesswire.com
May 12, 2022
Seed · $11.5M
CCambridge Innovation Capital (lead), OOxford Science Enterprises (lead), DDeeptech Labs, GGoh Family Office, JJalal Bagherli, OOTIF, SSilicon Catalyst Ventures, SSunway iLabs
Source: Business Wire
August 5, 2020
Website created

Founders and team

VK
Vaysh Kewada Founder, CEO, Director

LinkedIn · source: saliencelabs.ai
JF
Johannes Feldmann Founder, CTO, Director

LinkedIn · source: saliencelabs.ai
HB
Harish Bhaskaran Founder

LinkedIn
WP
Wolfram Pernice Founder

LinkedIn
CD
Crescenzo D'Alessandro Chief Architect
FA
Faisal Awqati Vice President Of Engineering
JD
Joanna Dunne CFO

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Questions and sources

Salience Labs: questions and answers

How much has Salience Labs raised?: Salience Labs has raised $166.5M across 3 sourced rounds on record. The latest is $125M (Series B+), announced October 14, 2026.
Who invested in Salience Labs?: Investors on record for Salience Labs: AMD Ventures, Applied Ventures, Braavos, British Business Bank, Bullhound Capital, Cambridge Innovation Capital, Deeptech Labs, Goh Family Office and 9 others. Bullhound Capital led its latest sourced round.
Who founded Salience Labs?: Salience Labs was founded by Vaysh Kewada (Founder, CEO, Director), Johannes Feldmann (Founder, CTO, Director), Harish Bhaskaran and Wolfram Pernice.
Where is Salience Labs based?: Salience Labs is based in Oxford, United Kingdom and was founded in 2021.

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