Tech Company Financing Transactions
FriendliAI Funding Round
FriendliAI, based in San Mateo, received $20 million from Capstone Partners, Alumni Ventures and KB Securities.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
8/28/2025
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$20,000,000
Round
Seed
Investors
Capstone Partners (Lead Investor) (Eun-gang Song)
Sierra Ventures (Ben Yu)
Proceeds Purpose
The funding will fuel the expansion of FriendliAI's platform, which is designed to make the deployment of large-scale AI models faster and more affordable.
Company Information
Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Artificial Intelligence
Mailing Address
3 E 3rd Ave 302
San Mateo, CA 94401
USA
San Mateo, CA 94401
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Website
Email Address
Overview
Empowering organizations to harness the full potential of generative AI models with ease and cost-efficiency. A world where any company can use generative AI. We believe that the efficient and scalable use of generative AI models should be for everyone. Efficient, automated generative AI model serving. By eliminating the complexities of generative AI serving, we aim to empower more companies to achieve innovation with generative AI.
Profile
Social Media
Company News
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Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Byung-Gon Chun
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