At a glance
- A year ago a $10 million Series A valued the company at $60 million, according to TechCrunch.
- For advisors reviewing private-fund holdings, the useful due-diligence question is whether any vehicle they review held Blacksmith before this round and at what mark.
- Blacksmith sells continuous integration tooling — the automated building, testing and validation of code changes.
Blacksmith raised a $66 million Series C led by Sequoia at a $1 billion valuation, the company said on Oct. 21.
A year ago a $10 million Series A valued the company at $60 million, according to TechCrunch. The Series C valuation is nearly twice the $550 million Blacksmith carried two months earlier, when it raised a $45 million Series B.
For advisors reviewing private-fund holdings, the useful due-diligence question is whether any vehicle they review held Blacksmith before this round and at what mark.
Blacksmith sells continuous integration tooling — the automated building, testing and validation of code changes. CEO Aditya Jayaprakash said in a blog post that companies are struggling with the volume of CI they need to run as more code is written by AI; customers named in the coverage include Mercury and Granola.
Reported by the Venture Capital desk from TechCrunch — Venture. Published . Updated Oct 24, 2026 · 4:05 p.m. ET. Corrections