# CHAOS Industries

> Builds distributed radars and sensing systems for air-defense and counter-drone detection.

## Why it is interesting

CHAOS has a disclosed $510 million Series D at a $4.5 billion valuation and is attempting to shift radar manufacturing from bespoke systems to volume production. Its products address a growing requirement for detecting low-cost aerial threats.

## Profile

- **Latest funding:** Series D — $510M (November 13, 2025)
- **Latest known valuation:** $4.5B (November 13, 2025)
- **Total disclosed equity funding:** $785M
- **Stage:** growth
- **Status:** private
- **Industries:** defense-tech, hardware-semiconductors, deep-tech
- **Coverage:** full
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-29
- **Latest funding investors:** Valor Equity Partners, 8VC, Accel

## Key facts

- November 13, 2025: $510 million Series D led by Valor Equity Partners at a reported $4.5 billion valuation.
- May 2025: $275 million Series C; participants included NEA and Accel.
- 2026 a16z newsletter reports the company was making around 40 radars per month and targeting 100 monthly; the higher figure is a target, not observed output.
- VANQUISH is a distributed early-warning radar; ASTRIA is intended for long-range tracking.

## Funding history

- Series D · $510M · November 13, 2025
  Source: https://www.chaosinc.com/news/chaos-industries-raises-510-million-led-by-valor-equity-partners-to-accelerate-next-generation-defense-systems
- Series C · $275M · May 2025
  Source: https://www.chaosinc.com/news/chaos-industries-raises-275-million-series-c-to-advance-defense-and-national-security-technology-innovation

## Investors in our directory

- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/accel
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/valor-equity-partners
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/8vc

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**Last updated:** October 29, 2026

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