Tech Company Financing Transactions
Blacksmith Funding Round
Peak XV Partners, GV and Y Combinator participated in a $45 million Series B funding round for Blacksmith. The round was announced on 8/12/2026.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
8/12/2026
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$45,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors
Proceeds Purpose
The company intends to use the funds to expand its compute capacity by growing its core footprint to handle increasing workload demand and hire engineers in New York and San Francisco.
Company Information
Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Manufacturing
Mailing Address
95 Third Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
USA
San Francisco, CA 94103
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Website
Email Address
Not Recorded
Overview
Blacksmith makes CI faster, more cost-effective, and more reliable by avoiding hyperscaler-based solutions and running GitHub Actions on high-performance hardware with gaming-grade CPUs -- tuned for maximum throughput and enhanced with growing observability capabilities.
Profile
Social Media
Company News
Facebook
YouTube
Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Aditya Jayaprakash
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