Who invested in 99designs

2 rounds we have observed, with the 5 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Art & Design

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$45Mraised across 2 rounds since 2011, from 2 sources

$35MSeries A$10MSeries B

Latest round: Series B, $10MApr 2015
Biggest round: $35MSeries A · Apr 2011
Investors: 5

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2012201320142015

$35MSeries A$10MSeries B

First round: Series A, $35M
Biggest round: $35M
Between rounds: 4 years

The rounds

Apr 2015
Series B$10M1 new1 returning
- Accel
- Recruit Strategic Partners
From a historical funding record
Apr 2011
Series A$35M4 new
From a historical funding record

Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

Series A2011Series B2015

Accel

Recruit Strategic PartnersMichael DearingStewart ButterfieldAnthony Casalena

Everyone who backed them

AccelVC firm2rounds

Recruit Strategic PartnersInvestment firm1round

Michael DearingAngel1round

Stewart ButterfieldAngel1round

Anthony CasalenaVC firm1round

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Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists 99designs as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.