A defense systems company built to keep American and allied airspace secure
chaosinc.comLinkedInLos AngelesDefenseFounded 2022
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Published by hand (chaosinc.com): "CHAOS Industries, the defense technology company building Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN™) systems that give warfighters time to act against borders and autonomous threats, today announced it has raised $510 million in new funding led by Valor Equity Partners, with participation from previous investors 8VC and Accel, at a $4.5B valuation.": brand backfill hand check: the page states the round (announced)
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The release states the Series C amount and separately gives $490 million as total funding since inception; the latter is not the round amount.
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Sources agree. The release also says total funds raised since inception reached $215 million; this is not the round amount or a financing total for the Series B.
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Developing: it holds up against its sources so far, and firms up as more reporting lands.
Not on the page it cites, so not applied: date
| Round | Amount | Announced | Lead | Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series D [ HISTORY ]: An earlier round, from the company's own announcement, found while researching the company. Checked like any round, but not new, so it stays out of the daily feed and alerts; a date range shows it. | $510M $1.0B to date at $4.5 billion valuation | 2025-11-13 | Valor Equity Partners | No recent discussion |
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Published by hand (chaosinc.com): "CHAOS Industries, the defense technology company building Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN™) systems that give warfighters time to act against borders and autonomous threats, today announced it has raised $510 million in new funding led by Valor Equity Partners, with participation from previous investors 8VC and Accel, at a $4.5B valuation.": brand backfill hand check: the page states the round (announced) | ||||
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| Series C [ HISTORY ]: An earlier round, from the company's own announcement, found while researching the company. Checked like any round, but not new, so it stays out of the daily feed and alerts; a date range shows it. | $275M $490M to date | 2025-05-02 | New Enterprise Associates, Accel | No recent discussion |
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The release states the Series C amount and separately gives $490 million as total funding since inception; the latter is not the round amount. [ BUILT WITH ]·[ SEARCH ]found by Firecrawl search·[ SCRAPE ]1 page read: businesswire.com·[ JSON ]round read into a schema, with the sentence that states it·[ VERIFY ]correctedchecked against 1 source·[ BRANDING ]logo and colour from the homepage·[ AGENT ]company research by the Firecrawl agent | ||||
| Series B [ HISTORY ]: An earlier round, from the company's own announcement, found while researching the company. Checked like any round, but not new, so it stays out of the daily feed and alerts; a date range shows it. | $145M $215M to date | 2024-11-12 | Accel | No recent discussion |
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Sources agree. The release also says total funds raised since inception reached $215 million; this is not the round amount or a financing total for the Series B. [ BUILT WITH ]·[ SEARCH ]found by Firecrawl search·[ SCRAPE ]2 pages read: chaosinc.com, businesswire.com·[ JSON ]round read into a schema, with the sentence that states it·[ VERIFY ]correctedchecked against 1 of 2 sources·[ BRANDING ]logo and colour from the homepage·[ AGENT ]company research by the Firecrawl agent | ||||
| Series A [ HISTORY ]: An earlier round, from the company's own announcement, found while researching the company. Checked like any round, but not new, so it stays out of the daily feed and alerts; a date range shows it. | $70M | 2023-03-06 | 8VC | No recent discussion |
1 source [ DEVELOPING ] Developing: it holds up against its sources so far, and firms up as more reporting lands. read against 1 source
Not on the page it cites, so not applied: date [ BUILT WITH ]·[ SEARCH ]found by Firecrawl search·[ SCRAPE ]1 page read: news.crunchbase.com·[ JSON ]round read into a schema, with the sentence that states it·[ VERIFY ]confirmedchecked against 1 source·[ BRANDING ]logo and colour from the homepage·[ AGENT ]company research by the Firecrawl agent | ||||
Also named as backers in company research: AFWERX Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) program