Private Valuation & Funding Round Tracker · Groq

Groq funding rounds & valuation history

Name: Groq Funding Rounds & Valuation History
Creator: growthnavigatefunding.net

Groq, the AI inference company behind the LPU chip and GroqCloud, from its 2021 Series C through the 2025 Nvidia licensing deal to its 2026 rounds as an inference cloud, sourced to Groq’s releases, TechCrunch and CNBC.

Last updated: 13 Nov 2026 (IST). Every figure re-checked against the linked sources that day. Rows: 6 Currency: US$, nominal

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Last closed round Closed

$3.5B

$350M Series A, 17 Aug 2026 (Groq)

Pre-Nvidia-deal peak

$6.9B

$750M post-money, Sep 2025 (TechCrunch)

Up-step, Sep 2025

2.46×

$6.9B vs $2.8B (GNF calc.)

Raised in 2026

$1B

$650M (Jun) + $350M (Aug), per Groq

Round history

Newest first. Dashed badges and striped rows are not closed transactions. “—” means the source does not disclose the figure or it cannot be computed on the same basis; see the note in each row.

Groq funding rounds and reported talks, April 2021 to November 2026
Date	Status	Round	Amount	Lead / buyer	Valuation	Val. ÷ run-rate	Source
6 Nov 2026	Reported talks	Series B (seeking)Reported talks, not a closed round; Groq and Disruptive declined to comment. Tech Funding News puts the August 2026 Series A at a $3.15B pre-money valuation, consistent with Groq’s $3.5B figure after the $350M raise.	Not disclosed	Not disclosed (approached by executive chairman Alex Davis)	$8B (sought)Bloomberg (documents seen): Groq is seeking an $8B valuation; Tech Funding News says it excludes new capital (pre-money). Not closed	—Not disclosedTalks-stage or discussed figure; no multiple	Bloomberg, 6 Nov 2026Also: Tech Funding News (citing Bloomberg), 9 Nov 2026
17 Aug 2026	Closed round	Series A (post-Nvidia-licensing Groq)Groq LLC restarted its series lettering after the Nvidia deal. Its release says the raise is “subject to customary closing conditions”. TechCrunch: “down from the $6.9 billion” of Sep 2025; Groq told TechCrunch it is not a down round but a new valuation for the post-licensing company, so no step-up is shown.	$350M	DisruptiveAlso: Nvidia (participation “planned”)	$3.5BStated by Groq (“values the company at $3.5 billion”); basis not stated	—Not disclosedNo run-rate stated in the announcement	Groq, 17 Aug 2026Also: TechCrunch, 17 Aug 2026, DatacenterDynamics, 18 Aug 2026
22 Jun 2026	Closed round	Growth roundGroq: “$650 million in new growth capital”; with the August Series A, recent funding totals $1B.	$650M	Disruptive, InfinitumAlso: Investors who elected to reinvest	Not disclosedNo company valuation stated by the source	—Not disclosedNo run-rate stated in the announcement	Groq, 22 Jun 2026Also: TechCrunch, 17 Aug 2026
17 Sep 2025	Closed round	Funding roundLast round before the December 2025 Nvidia licensing deal.	$750M	DisruptiveAlso: BlackRock, Neuberger Berman, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners; Samsung, Cisco, D1, Altimeter	$6.9BPost-money (TechCrunch: Groq “confirmed … a post-money valuation of $6.9 billion”)2.46× vs prior closed	—Not disclosedNo run-rate stated in the announcement	TechCrunch, 17 Sep 2025Also: CNBC, 24 Dec 2025
5 Aug 2024	Closed round	Series DTechCrunch puts the April 2021 valuation at about $1B; approximate, so no step-up.	$640M	BlackRock Private Equity PartnersAlso: Neuberger Berman, Type One, Cisco Investments, KDDI Open Innovation Fund III, Samsung Catalyst Fund	$2.8BStated by Groq; basis not stated	—Not disclosedNo run-rate stated in the announcement	Groq (PR Newswire), 5 Aug 2024Also: TechCrunch, 5 Aug 2024
14 Apr 2021	Closed round	Series CCo-led. Total funding $367M (Groq).	$300M	Tiger Global Management, D1 CapitalAlso: The Spruce House Partnership, Addition	About $1B (reported later)Groq did not state a valuation; TechCrunch (Aug 2024) puts it at “~$1 billion”	—Not disclosedNo run-rate stated in the announcement	Groq (PR Newswire), 14 Apr 2021Also: TechCrunch, 5 Aug 2024

Step-up = valuation ÷ the prior closed valuation (GNF calc.). Not computed across the December 2025 Nvidia licensing deal.

Valuation at each closed round

Closed rounds with a stated valuation. The 2021 (~$1B, reported later) and June 2026 (not disclosed) rounds are not plotted.

Series DAug 2024$2.8B
RoundSep 2025$6.9B
Series A (new)Aug 2026$3.5B

Sources: Groq; TechCrunch. US$ billions, linear scale.

Timeline

Each round and share sale, oldest first.

14 Apr 2021 · Closed
Series C: $300M co-led by Tiger Global and D1.
5 Aug 2024 · Closed
Series D: $640M at $2.8B, led by BlackRock.
17 Sep 2025 · Closed
$750M at $6.9B post-money, led by Disruptive.
24 Dec 2025 · Licensing deal
Nvidia takes a non-exclusive licence to Groq’s inference technology and hires its founder and leaders (about $20B per CNBC). Not a funding round.
22 Jun 2026 · Closed
$650M growth round led by Disruptive and Infinitum.
17 Aug 2026 · Closed
New Series A: $350M at $3.5B, led by Disruptive.
6 Nov 2026 · Talks
Seeking a Series B at an $8B valuation (Bloomberg); not closed.

Still private and independent: in December 2025 Nvidia signed a non-exclusive licence for Groq’s inference technology and hired founder Jonathan Ross, president Sunny Madra and other staff; CNBC reported the deal at about $20 billion, which went to investors. Groq says it continues “as an independent company”, and Nvidia did not acquire it (CNBC). Nvidia is a planned minority participant in the 2026 Series A. Former engineers are suing over the deal (CNBC, Oct 2026). No IPO filing.

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Groq Funding Rounds & Valuation History. Private Valuation & Funding Round Tracker, GrowthNavigateFunding.net, updated 13 Nov 2026. https://growthnavigatefunding.net/funding/groq/

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The same 6 rows as the table: numeric US$ columns, empty cells where a figure is not disclosed, and a source URL for every row.

File: groq-rounds.csv (UTF-8, comma-separated)
Stable URL: https://growthnavigatefunding.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/groq-rounds.csv
Columns: id, date, date_precision, status, transaction_type, round, amount_usd_low, amount_usd_high, lead_or_buyer, co_leads, valuation_usd_low, valuation_usd_high, valuation_basis, valuation_to_run_rate_multiple, multiple_bound, multiple_basis, step_up_vs_prior_closed, price_per_share_usd_low, price_per_share_usd_high, shares, source, source_url, other_source_urls, notes, last_updated
Updated: 13 Nov 2026 (IST)

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Methodology & status definitions

How each row is labelled and calculated.

Closed round

A primary round announced by the company or confirmed in the press, bringing new money to the company.

Reported talks

A raise reported by the press as under discussion and not confirmed as closed. Not charted, not the last-closed valuation; no step-up or multiple.

Valuation ÷ run-rate

Post-money valuation ÷ the run-rate the company stated in that announcement (GNF calc.). Where the run-rate is “crossed” or “over” a figure, the multiple is shown as “under X×”. No row qualifies here unless shown, so no multiple is invented.

What is not a separate row

Seed and early rounds before 2021, the December 2025 Nvidia licensing payment (a licence and hiring deal, not equity funding), debt and data-centre financing, and the Saudi Arabia infrastructure commitments.

Updates & corrections

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Changelog

13 Nov 2026: Dataset first compiled (batch 2, not yet published).

Groq Funding Rounds & Valuation History (2021–2026)