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Gauntlet

Gauntlet

Private
New York City, New YorkCrypto & Web3https://www.gauntlet.xyz/

Last Round

Series C

Jul 9, 2026

Est. Valuation

$1B

Total Funding Raised

$290.3M

Momentum

Top 1%

of companies Caplight tracks

Company Overview

Gauntlet is a fintech company that provides a financial modeling and simulation platform to optimize risk management and capital efficiency for decentralized finance protocols and institutional capital allocators.

Sector

Crypto & Web3

Verticals

DeFi, Blockchain Infrastructure, Compliance & Risk, DAOs

Business Model

B2B

Customer Profile

Services & Consulting, Revenue Share

AI Layer

Application

Keywords

DeFi risk managementprotocol riskagent-based modelingDeFi securityparameter optimizationtotal value lockedTVLautomated yield strategiesDeFi vaultsliquidation riskquantitative analysisDeFi infrastructureprotocol governancerisk engineyield farmingcrypto risk

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Chaos Labs
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Block Analitica
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Gauntlet Funding Rounds

Historical fundraising activity

Data table
RoundDateAmount RaisedValuationInvestorsSources
Series CJul 9, 2026
Series CJun 1, 2026
Series BMar 14, 2022
Series AJun 4, 2021
VC RoundOct 8, 2020
Seed
Oct 25, 2018

Key People

Founding team and executive leadership

Rei Chiang

Co-Founder, CTO

Founding Team

Tarun Chitra

Founder, CEO

Founding Team

Theodore Nimbus

CEO Of Hating DeFiSafety

Executive Team

Jesse Kao

Chief Financial Officer

Executive Team

Gauntlet Investors

Notable investors and investment history

Gauntlet investors
InvestorRounds
Standard CryptoVC Round
Polychain CapitalVC Round, Series B, Seed, Series A
ParadigmSeries B, VC Round
DragonflySeed
IA VenturesVC Round, Seed
First Round CapitalVC Round, Seed
ParaFi CapitalSeries B

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  • Jul 9, 2026

    $125M round led by SBI Holdings

  • Mar 30, 2026

    Added Jodi's Asphalt, a construction startup, as a customer.

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersNew York City, New York
Employee Range61
Year Founded2018
Last FundingJul 9, 2026

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