# adRise funding: rounds and investors > adRise has raised $31M across 4 rounds since 2012. Investors include Foundation Capital, Cota Capital and Streamlined Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/adrise (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *adRise* 4 rounds we have observed, with the 9 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. Advertising & Adtech Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$31M** raised across 4 rounds since 2012, from 4 sources **$2.0M** Venture **$2.0M** Series A **$6.0M** Series B **$21M** Venture - **Latest round:** Venture, $21M May 2017 - **Step-up i:** 3.5× - **Investors:** 9 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. 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 **$2.0M** Venture **$2.0M** Series A **$6.0M** Series B **$21M** Venture - **First round:** Venture, $2.0M - **Biggest round:** $21M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 17 months ## The rounds - **May 2017** Venture **$21M** *1 new* *2 returning* [Foundation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundation-capital) [Cota Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cota-capital) [SGH CAPITAL](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sgh-capital) Source recorded SEC filing: $21M sold, first sale Apr 2017 - **Nov 2015** Series B **$6.0M** *2 new* *2 returning* [Foundation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundation-capital) [Cota Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cota-capital) [Lionsgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lionsgate) [MGM](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mgm) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $4.4M sold, first sale Aug 2015 - **Mar 2014** Series A **$2.0M** *2 new* *2 returning* [Foundation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundation-capital) [Cota Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cota-capital) [Streamlined Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/streamlined-ventures) [Mark Amin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mark-amin) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $4.1M sold, first sale Sept 2012 - **Oct 2012** Venture **$2.0M** *4 new* [Foundation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundation-capital) [Cota Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cota-capital) [Signatures Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/signatures-capital) [Think +](https://millionrounds.com/fund/think) Reported by techcrunch.com SEC filing: $2.0M sold, first sale Sept 2012 ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 1 on the team. - **Farhad Massoudi** Executive Officer, Director i On the board, as filed i *Babak Yazdani* *Joanne Chen* *Sandy Grushow* *Yelena Schkolnik* ## 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. **Venture** 2012 **Series A** 2014 **Series B** 2015 **Venture** 2017 [Foundation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundation-capital) [Cota Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cota-capital) [Streamlined Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/streamlined-ventures) [Signatures Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/signatures-capital) [SGH CAPITAL](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sgh-capital) [Think +](https://millionrounds.com/fund/think) [Lionsgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lionsgate) [Mark Amin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mark-amin) [MGM](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mgm) ## Everyone who backed them [Foundation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundation-capital) VC firm **4** rounds [Cota Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cota-capital) VC firm **4** rounds [Streamlined Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/streamlined-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Signatures Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/signatures-capital) VC firm **1** round [SGH CAPITAL](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sgh-capital) VC firm **1** round [Think +](https://millionrounds.com/fund/think) VC firm **1** round [Lionsgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lionsgate) Investment firm **1** round [Mark Amin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mark-amin) Angel **1** round [MGM](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mgm) Investment firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=adrise). ## Quick answers about adRise ### Who invested in adRise? adRise's investors include Foundation Capital, Cota Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Signatures Capital and SGH CAPITAL, and 4 more on record. ### How much has adRise raised? adRise has raised $31M across 4 rounds since 2012. ### When did adRise last raise? adRise's most recent round was a Venture of $21M in May 2017. ### What was adRise's biggest round? Its most recent round, $21M in May 2017, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed adRise first? adRise's first round on record, in Oct 2012, was backed by Foundation Capital, Cota Capital and Signatures Capital and 1 others. ### What stage is adRise at? adRise's latest named round is a Venture, in May 2017. ### Where is adRise based? adRise is based in the United States. ## Companies like adRise In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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