Venture capitalVenture round
Sava raises $10 million led by Gradient Ventures
DFX has recorded one other round led by Gradient Ventures in six months.
Sava announced a round of $10 million on October 28, 2026, led by Gradient Ventures.
DFX calculationThe round is larger than 29% of the 544 other venture rounds of every stage with a stated amount that DFX recorded from announcements in the past six months. Gradient Ventures has led or co-led one other announced round in DFX's records over the past six months, including Ex-Spotify Team.
- Company
- Sava
- Raised
- $10M
- Lead
- Gradient Ventures
- Size
- Larger than 29% of recent rounds DFX recorded
- Announced
- October 28, 2026
- Under $1M0
- $1M to $5M60
- $5M to $10M81
- $10M to $25M136This round
- $25M to $50M101
- $50M to $100M65
- $100M to $250M55
- $250M to $500M29
- $500M to $1B13
- $1B or more4
The highlighted band holds this round ($10M).
Source: DFX venture round announcements (press release wires). Period: May 1 to Oct 28, 2026. Count of the 544 other announced rounds in each size band; this round is not in the bars, and its marker shows the band it falls in. The bands widen as rounds grow ($1M to $5M, then $5M to $10M, up to $1B and more); bar heights are plain counts.
Not in the announcement: valuation and full investor list, round stage.
Sources (3)
- Sava announced Funding round of $10,000,000, led by Gradient VenturesSava release, October 28, 2026 · Cited by 1 claim
- Ex-Spotify Team announced Funding round of $10 release, August 6, 2026Cited by 1 claim
- DFX records: Venture round announcementsCited by 2 claims
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Dealmakers
- Darian Shirazi, general partner, Gradient source
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