About BIG Labs
BIG Labs, an accelerator and incubator program founded in 2017, is based in San Francisco, United States. With a presence in 1 country, it has supported around 2 startups in sectors like Enterprise Applications and Enterprise Infrastructure. As of Oct 2026, BIG Labs has 1 unicorn under its belt. Most notable companies in
its portfolio are Harness and Traceable Security. The program primarily supports Series A startups based in United States. Its latest investment was a $60M Series B round in Traceable Security on May 03, 2022, which also saw participation from IVP and Unusual Ventures.
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2017
Location
San Francisco, United States
Portfolio Companies
Sectors of Investment
Stages of Investment
Series A
Locations of Investment
Unicorn in Portfolio
BIG Labs' List of All Investments
BIG Labs has a portfolio of 2 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investments are in Harness and Traceable Security.Their portfolio spans across and United States. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, across Series A stage. Here is the list of all investments by BIG Labs:1. Harness
Provider of platform for software delivery, security, testing, and cost optimization. The platform offers continuous integration, continuous delivery, feature flags, and cloud cost management. It also provides service reliability management, security testing orchestration, and chaos engineering. The platform includes software engineering insights, continuous error tracking, and infrastructure as code management.
Key facts about Harness
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $614M
- Employee Count: 1,829 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Goldman Sachs, Scale Up Venture Capital and 30 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Dec 11, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Cloud based API security solution. The platform uses distributed tracing, cloud-native integrations, and behavioral analytics to deliver application and API security. It enables users to discover, monitor, visualize, and correlate application code changes to transactions, API endpoints, and specifications. The platform allows users to track and discover changes to the API in real time.
Key facts about Traceable Security
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $110M
- Employee Count: 54 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Tiger Global Management, SVCI and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, May 01, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
BIG Labs' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
BIG Labs has invested in Traceable Security in 2022 and Traceable Security in 2020. Its most recent first time investment was in Traceable Security and most recent follow-on round was in Traceable Security.BIG Labs' Investments by Stage
BIG Labs has made 2 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $20M.BIG Labs' Investments by Sector
BIG Labs has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications and Enterprise Infrastructure. Notably, it has invested in 2 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 2 Saas companies, 2 Software companies and 2 companies focusing on Tech.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 2 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
BIG Labs' Investments by Geography
BIG Labs has made most investments in United States (2).BIG Labs' recent investments
BIG Labs has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by BIG Labs:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 03, 2022 | United States | Series B | 6128 | [+2] | |
Jul 14, 2020 | United States | Series A | 1966 | ||
Apr 23, 2019 | United States | Series B | 8190 | [+4] | |
Oct 24, 2017 | United States | Series A | 8591 |
Unicorns in BIG Labs' Portfolio
BIG Labs has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - Harness. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Harness which became a unicorn in 2021, 3 years after BIG Labs first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in BIG Labs' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
81 | Provider of platform for software delivery, security, testing, and cost optimization | 2017 | San Francisco | Series E | jktqztf |
Co-investors of BIG Labs
Over the past 9 years, 31 investors have co-invested in BIG Labs's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Top Co-investors of BIG Labs: 2 investors entered a company along with BIG Labs. These include investors like Menlo Ventures (1 company).
- Invested after BIG Labs: A total of 29 investors have invested in BIG Labs's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include IVP (2 companies) and Citi Ventures (2 companies).
Recent News related to BIG Labs
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API Security Innovator Traceable AI Lands $60 Million Series BCyberMedia India Online•May 04, 2022•Traceable Security, IVP, Tiger Global Management, Unusual Ventures and 2 others
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Traceable Raises $20M in Series A FundingFinSMEs•Jul 14, 2020•Traceable Products, Unusual Ventures, BIG Labs
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Harness Announces $60M Series B FinancingDEVOPSdigest•Apr 23, 2019•Harness, IVP, Google Ventures, ServiceNow and 7 others
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AppDynamics founder to put $50 million in new startup incubator BIG LabsIndiatimes•Oct 25, 2017•BigInfo labs, BIG Labs
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Harness Launches with $20 Million Series A to Simplify Continuous Delivery Using Artificial IntelligencePR Newswire•Oct 24, 2017•Harness, Menlo Ventures, BIG Labs, Harness Solutions