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Valarian Technologies: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

Valarian delivers infrastructure for institutions operating at the front lines of risk. Its platform, ACRA, enforces isolation, auditability, and control—designed to contain threats and preserve operational integrity when assumptions about trust fail. Valarian serves both regulated enterprises and national security programs with compartmentalized systems for secure communication, compliance, and continuity. Its core offerings include Privileged Communication, a tightly permissioned collaboration suite, and External Comms Capture, a tool for monitoring and archiving messaging platforms like WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram. For government and defence contexts, Valarian Defence extends ACRA's architecture to environments where discretion, coordination, and jurisdictional control are non-negotiable. Founded by leaders from the military, financial, and technical domains, Valarian builds with the belief that critical systems deserve architecture—not improvisation.

valarian.com LinkedIn London, United Kingdom 11-50 employees Founded 2020
Communications Infrastructure Compliance Security Software B2B
Total raised
$57.0M
Rounds
2
Latest
Series A
Jul 2026

Valarian Technologies has raised $57.0M across 2 funding rounds on record, the most recent a Series A of $50.0M announced in Jul 2026.

That round is above the $10M median round size for Hardware companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Valarian Technologies Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$57.0M
across 2 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
2
Latest funding round
Series A
$50.0M in Jul 2026
Employees
11-50
reported band
Founded
2020
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Investors on record
23
5 named below

Latest funding round on record: Jul 2026.

Valarian Technologies Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Series A
$50.0M
Seed
$7.0M

Valarian Technologies raised $7.0M in a Seed announced in May 2025.

1.2 years later, a Series A of $50.0M was announced in Jul 2026.

Valarian Technologies Investors

New Enterprise Associates IQ Capital Artis Ventures Playfair Capital Scout Ventures

23 investors are recorded in total; the 5 named above are those the record identifies.

Valarian Technologies Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Max Buchan
Founder & CEO
Locked
Josh Mclaughlin
Founder
Locked

Contact details for the Valarian Technologies team: 2 of 2 have an email address on file, 1 has a LinkedIn profile.

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Valarian Technologies Funding Compared to Other Hardware Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
1,454
$10M
5,273
$4.0M
8,352
$15M

Valarian Technologies' latest round of $50.0M is above the median round in Hardware. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Valarian Technologies Funding FAQs

What does Valarian Technologies do?

Valarian delivers infrastructure for institutions operating at the front lines of risk. Its platform, ACRA, enforces isolation, auditability, and control—designed to contain threats and preserve operational integrity when assumptions about trust fail. Valarian serves both regulated enterprises and national security programs with compartmentalized systems for secure communication, compliance, and continuity. Its core offerings include Privileged Communication, a tightly permissioned collaboration suite, and External Comms Capture, a tool for monitoring and archiving messaging platforms like WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram. For government and defence contexts, Valarian Defence extends ACRA's architecture to environments where discretion, coordination, and jurisdictional control are non-negotiable. Founded by leaders from the military, financial, and technical domains, Valarian builds with the belief that critical systems deserve architecture—not improvisation.

How much funding has Valarian Technologies raised?

Valarian Technologies has raised $57.0M across 2 rounds on record. The most recent is a Series A of $50.0M announced in Jul 2026.

When did Valarian Technologies last raise funding?

Valarian Technologies' most recent funding round on record is a Series A of $50.0M, announced in Jul 2026.

Who has invested in Valarian Technologies?

Investors on record for Valarian Technologies include New Enterprise Associates, IQ Capital, Artis Ventures, Playfair Capital, Scout Ventures. FundedIQ records 23 investors in total.

Who founded Valarian Technologies?

FundedIQ lists Max Buchan (Founder & CEO), Josh Mclaughlin (Founder) at Valarian Technologies.

Where is Valarian Technologies headquartered?

Valarian Technologies is based in London, England, United Kingdom.

How many employees does Valarian Technologies have?

Valarian Technologies is in the 11-50 employee band.

When was Valarian Technologies founded?

Valarian Technologies was founded in 2020.

How does Valarian Technologies' funding compare to other Hardware startups?

Valarian Technologies' latest round of $50.0M is above the $10M median round size for Hardware companies on FundedIQ across 1,454 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Valarian Technologies Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Valarian Technologies is left off this page rather than filled in.

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