NanoCo

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Location United States
Founded 2026
Latest Stage Seed
Total Raised $12M

Founders

Gavriel Cohen Co-Founder
Lazer Cohen Co-Founder

About

NanoCo is the company behind NanoClaw, a security-focused alternative to OpenClaw that runs AI coding agents in sandboxed containers rather than directly on a user’s computer with full access to local services and credentials 1. Co-founders Gavriel Cohen and Lazer Cohen turned down acquisition offers of approximately $20 million to instead raise a $12 million Seed round and build the product into an independent company 1.

Funding History

Date Round Amount Lead Co-investors
2026-05-20 Seed $12M Valley Capital Partners Docker, Vercel, Monday.com, Slow Ventures, Clem Delangue (Hugging Face CEO) and other angels 1

What Investors Say

No independently sourced investor commentary found beyond press release boilerplate at time of publication.

What Founders Say

“It was under six weeks from committing the first lines of code to a term sheet.” — Gavriel Cohen, Co-Founder, NanoCo (TechCrunch, May 20, 2026) 1

“Since then, it’s only escalated. We have many thousands of people using NanoClaw.” — Gavriel Cohen, Co-Founder, NanoCo (TechCrunch, May 20, 2026) 1

Sources


  1. Marina Temkin, “NanoClaw creator turns down $20M buyout offer, raises $12M seed instead,” TechCrunch, May 20, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/nanoclaw-creator-turns-down-20m-buyout-offer-raises-12m-seed-instead/