Who founded Silk Labs?

Silk Labs was founded by Andreas Gal, Christopher Jones, Michael Vines in 2015.

Who are Silk Labs's investors?

Silk Labs's investors include 500 Global, Sparkland Capital.

How much funding has Silk Labs raised?

Silk Labs has disclosed $2.2M raised across 1 round.

Where is Silk Labs headquartered?

Silk Labs is headquartered in San Carlos, US.

Silk Labs

San Carlos, US · Founded 2015 · Delaware corporation · 2 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors

Find your way into Silk Labs

88 people in our graph share verified history with the Silk Labs team — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Jing Sununlockedknows Andreas Gal · together at Silk Labs (overlapped)

knows the team · via University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

knows the team · via Connectivity Standards Alliance

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Provides the fabric that ties IoT devices together for better experiences.

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Founders & leadership

Silk Labs was founded in 2015 by Andreas Gal, Christopher Jones, and Michael Vines.

Andreas Gal Founder & CEO2015–2018Andreas Gal co-founded Firefox OS at Mozilla in 2011 and later served as the company's CTO overseeing technology strategy. He founded Silk Labs in 2015 to develop embedded machine learning technologies for IoT connectivity.

Christopher JonesCo-founder

Michael VinesFounder and Vice President of Engineering2015–2018

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Sean Gallavan

Investors · 2

500 Globallisted by 500 GlobalSan Francisco · $150K

How we know: open dataset · 500 Global portfolio 2026-08 · Not right? Tell us

Sparkland Capitallisted by Sparkland CapitalSan Jose

How we know: Sparkland Capital's portfolio page · funding news · Not right? Tell us

Reported raises · per SEC filings

Form D private placements

$2.2M disclosed across 1 round · 2015

▶$2.2MraisedNov 2015 · 10 investors · Other Technology

Rule 506(b)

Officers, directors & promoters on the filing

Andreas GalExecutive Officer, Director
Christopher JonesExecutive Officer, Director

Offering amount: $2.5M
Amount sold: $2.2M
First sale: Oct 2015
Incorporated: Corporation, Delaware, 2015
Federal exemptions: 06b

Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.

Frequently asked questions

What does Silk Labs do?: Provides the fabric that ties IoT devices together for better experiences.
Who founded Silk Labs?: Silk Labs was founded by Andreas Gal, Christopher Jones, Michael Vines in 2015.
Who are Silk Labs's investors?: Silk Labs's investors include 500 Global, Sparkland Capital.
How much funding has Silk Labs raised?: Silk Labs has disclosed $2.2M raised across 1 round.
Where is Silk Labs headquartered?: Silk Labs is headquartered in San Carlos, US.