Funding rounds
Announced	Stage	Amount	Valuation	Lead investors	Other investors	Confidence
Dec 29, 2020	Series E+	$222M	$2.77B	Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan	Baillie Gifford	Confirmed
Feb 25, 2020	Series D	$150M	$1.95B	Mayfair Equity Partners	Baillie Gifford	Confirmed
Dec 18, 2018	Series D	$200M	$1.70B?	Atomico, Sfonia	Microsoft	Reported
Nov 13, 2017	Series C	$50.0M	—	Sequoia Capital	—	Reported
Jul 20, 2017	Series B	$30.0M	—	Atomico	Amadeus Capital Partners, Dell Technologies Capital, Foundation Capital, Pitango, Samsung Catalyst Fund	Reported
Oct 31, 2016	Series A	$30.0M	—	Bosch Ventures, Samsung Catalyst Fund	Amadeus Capital Partners, Foundation Capital, Pitango	Reported
2018	Undisclosed	~$26.0M	—	—	—	Speculative

Series E+
Led by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
With Baillie Gifford
Valuation $2.77B
Confirmed
$222M
Dec 29, 2020
Series D
Led by Mayfair Equity Partners
With Baillie Gifford
Valuation $1.95B
Confirmed
$150M
Feb 25, 2020
Series D
Led by Atomico, Sfonia
With Microsoft
Valuation $1.70B?
$200M
Dec 18, 2018
Series C
Led by Sequoia Capital
$50.0M
Nov 13, 2017
Series B
Led by Atomico
With Amadeus Capital Partners, Dell Technologies Capital, Foundation Capital, Pitango, Samsung Catalyst Fund
$30.0M
Jul 20, 2017
Series A
Led by Bosch Ventures, Samsung Catalyst Fund
With Amadeus Capital Partners, Foundation Capital, Pitango
$30.0M
Oct 31, 2016
Undisclosed
Speculative
~$26.0M
2018

Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.

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Profile6

1
DatabaseGraphcore - PitchBook company profile
PitchBook · Supports Organization · country, Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · status, Organization · x url
“country: GB”
2
ResearchGraphcore – Strategic-Technological Analysis for European Autonomy
Defence Finance Monitor · Supports Organization · description
“Graphcore is a British semiconductor innovator that has quietly risen to prominence with its cutting-edge “Intelligence Processing Unit” (IPU) technology.”
3
DatabaseGraphcore - Crunchbase company profile
Crunchbase · Supports Organization · country, Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · status, Organization · x url
“country: GB”
4
CompanyGraphcore: Accelerating machine learning in the cloud
Supports Organization · name
“Graphcore Co-Founder and Executive Chair, Nigel Toon, steps down”
5
DatabaseGraphcore - LinkedIn company profile
LinkedIn · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url
“employee_range: 501-1000 (profile: 501-1,000 employees)”
6
DatabaseGraphcore - Owler company profile
Owler · Supports Organization · country, Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · status, Organization · x url
“country: GB”

Funding8

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CompanyGraphcore raises $222 million in Series E Funding Round
Graphcore · Dec 29, 2020 · Supports Funding round · amount, Funding round · post money valuation usd
“Graphcore has raised $222m of investment”
8
CompanyGraphcore secures additional $150 million in new capital
Graphcore · Feb 25, 2020 · Supports Funding round · amount
“Graphcore has secured an additional $150 million in new capital”
9
NewsMayfair Equity Partners leads $150m investment in Graphcore
UKTN · Feb 25, 2020 · Supports Funding round · post money valuation usd
“at a post-money valuation of $1.95 billion”
10
NewsChipmaker Graphcore is now worth $1.7 billion after raising $200 million from Microsoft and BMW
Business Insider · Dec 18, 2018 · Supports Funding round · amount, Funding round · post money valuation usd
“raising $200 million from Microsoft and BMW”
11
NewsUK machine intelligence firm Graphcore raises $50 million from Sequoia Capital
Tech.eu · Nov 13, 2017 · Supports Funding round · amount
“has raised $50 million led by Sequoia Capital”
12
NewsGraphcore Closes $30M Series A Funding
FinSMEs · Supports Funding round · amount
“completed a $30m Series A funding round”
13
NewsGraphcore Raises $30m in Series B Funding
FinSMEs · Supports Funding round · amount
“raised $30m in Series B funding”
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DatabaseGraphcore - Owler company profile
Owler · Supports Funding round
“Jan 2018”

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