# Absurd:Joy funding: rounds and investors > Absurd:Joy has raised $8.4M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include Gaingels, Qualcomm Ventures and 1Up Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/absurd-joy (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Absurd:Joy* 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. Gaming Telecoms Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$8.4M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources **$4.4M** Round **$4.0M** Seed - **Latest round:** Seed, $4.0M Mar 2023 - **Biggest round:** $4.4M Round · Sept 2019 - **Investors:** 5 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2020 2021 2022 2023 **$4.4M** Round **$4.0M** Seed - **First round:** Round, $4.4M - **Biggest round:** $4.4M - **Between rounds:** 3.4 years ## The rounds - **Mar 2023** Seed **$4.0M** *2 new* [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Qualcomm Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qualcomm-ventures) Source recorded - **Sept 2019** Round **$4.4M** *3 new* [1Up Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1up-ventures) [Jaroslav Beck](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jaroslav-beck) [WXR Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wxr-fund) Reported by Gamasutra ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team. - **Alexander Schwartz** Executive Officer, Director i - **Halcyone Beatty Wise** Executive Officer, Director i On the board, as filed i *Amy Beatty LaMeyer* *Louis Beatty Gresham* *Patrick Beatty Curry* ## 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. **Round** 2019 **Seed** 2023 [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Qualcomm Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qualcomm-ventures) [1Up Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1up-ventures) [Jaroslav Beck](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jaroslav-beck) [WXR Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wxr-fund) ## Everyone who backed them [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) Private equity **1** round [Qualcomm Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qualcomm-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round [1Up Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1up-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Jaroslav Beck](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jaroslav-beck) Angel **1** round [WXR Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wxr-fund) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=absurd-joy). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Absurd:Joy 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. [1Up Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1up-ventures-2) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Absurd:Joy ### Who invested in Absurd:Joy? Absurd:Joy's investors include Gaingels, Qualcomm Ventures, 1Up Ventures, Jaroslav Beck and WXR Fund. ### How much has Absurd:Joy raised? Absurd:Joy has raised $8.4M across 2 rounds since 2019. ### When did Absurd:Joy last raise? Absurd:Joy's most recent round was a Seed of $4.0M in Mar 2023. ### What was Absurd:Joy's biggest round? Absurd:Joy's largest round on record is $4.4M (Undisclosed round), in Sept 2019. ### Who backed Absurd:Joy first? Absurd:Joy's first round on record, in Sept 2019, was backed by 1Up Ventures, Jaroslav Beck and WXR Fund. ### What stage is Absurd:Joy at? Absurd:Joy's latest named round is a Seed, in Mar 2023. ### Where is Absurd:Joy based? Absurd:Joy is based in the United States. ## Companies like Absurd:Joy In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**TruAgents** $3.4M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/truagents)[**Qualitate** $32M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/qualitate)[**Homa** $5.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/homa)[**Notey** $3.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/notey)[**Gardens Interactive** $35M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/gardens-interactive)[**Clockout** $5.5M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/clockout) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app