# Airbnb funding: rounds and investors > Airbnb has raised $4.0B across 11 rounds since 2009. Investors include Sequoia Capital, Ashton Kutcher and Andreessen Horowitz. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/airbnb (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series F startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Airbnb* 11 rounds we have observed, with the 34 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. Internet Y Combinator: W09 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$4.0B** raised across 11 rounds since 2009, from 12 sources **$20K** Seed **$600K** Seed **$7.2M** Series A **$112M** Series B **$6.6M** Venture **$200M** Series C **$475M** Series D **$1.5B** Growth **$100M** Growth **$555M** Series D **$1.0B** Series F - **Latest round:** Series F, $1.0B Mar 2017 - **Biggest round:** $1.5B Growth · Jun 2015 - **Step-up i:** 1.8× - **Investors:** 34 (2 led) 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. 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 **$20K** Seed **$600K** Seed **$7.2M** Series A **$112M** Series B **$6.6M** Venture **$200M** Series C **$475M** Series D **$1.5B** Growth **$100M** Growth **$555M** Series D **$1.0B** Series F - **First round:** Seed, $20K - **Biggest round:** $1.5B - **Usual gap between rounds:** 10 months [**Airbnb** Consumer internet 1 / 14 Their pitch deck **Airbnb's pitch deck, 14 slides** Each slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.](https://millionrounds.com/decks/airbnb) ## The rounds - **Mar 2017** Series F **$1.0B** No investor was named in the report. Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $1.0B sold, first sale Jul 2016 - **Sept 2016** Series D **$555M** *2 new* [TCV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tcv) Lead [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) Lead Reported by TechCrunch SEC filing: $555M sold, first sale Jul 2016 - **Nov 2015** Growth **$100M** *1 new* [FirstMark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstmark) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $1.5B sold, first sale Jul 2015 - **Jun 2015** Growth **$1.5B** *11 new* *2 returning* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers) [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) [GGV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ggv-capital) [Temasek Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/temasek) [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) [Wellington Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellington-management) [General Atlantic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-atlantic) [Horizons Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/horizons-ventures) [T. Rowe Price](https://millionrounds.com/fund/t-rowe-price) [Baillie Gifford](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baillie-gifford) [CBC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/china-broadband-capital) [Hillhouse Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hillhouse-capital-group) From a historical funding record - **Apr 2014** Series D **$475M** *4 new* *1 returning* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [TPG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tpg) [T. Rowe Price](https://millionrounds.com/fund/t-rowe-price) [Sherpa Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sherpa-capital) [Dragoneer Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dragoneer-investment-group) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $200M sold, first sale Dec 2012 - **Nov 2012** Series C **$200M** *1 new* *3 returning* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) [CrunchFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crunchfund-3) [Ashton Kutcher](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ashton-kutcher) Reported by techcrunch.com and 1 other SEC filing: $117M sold, first sale Jul 2011 - **Oct 2012** Venture **$6.6M** *2 returning* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $117M sold, first sale Jul 2011 - **Jul 2011** Series B **$112M** *6 new* *2 returning* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [CrunchFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crunchfund-3) [DST Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dst-global) [Ashton Kutcher](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ashton-kutcher) [Oliver Jung](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oliver-jung) [Jeff Bezos](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-bezos) Reported by techcrunch.com - **Nov 2010** Series A **$7.2M** *6 new* *2 returning* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners) [Elad Gil](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elad-gil) [Keith Rabois](https://millionrounds.com/fund/keith-rabois) [Ashton Kutcher](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ashton-kutcher) [Jeremy Stoppelman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeremy-stoppelman) [Youniversity Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/youniversity-ventures) Reported by marketwire.com - **Apr 2009** Seed **$600K** *2 new* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Youniversity Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/youniversity-ventures) Reported by venturebeat.com - **Jan 2009** Seed **$20K** *1 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Reported by techcrunch.com ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 7 on the team. - **Ari Balogh** Executive Officer i - **Belinda Johnson** Executive Officer i - **Brian Chesky** Executive Officer, Director i - **Dave Stephenson** Executive Officer i - **Greg Greeley** Executive Officer i - **Joe Gebbia** Executive Officer, Director i - **Nathan Blecharczyk** Executive Officer, Director i On the board, as filed i *Alfred Lin* *Angela Ahrendts* *Ann Mather* *Jeff Jordan* *Kenneth Chenault* ## 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 B** 2011 **Venture** 2012 **Series C** 2012 **Series D** 2014 **Growth** 2015 **Growth** 2015 **Series D** 2016 **Series F** 2017 [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Ashton Kutcher](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ashton-kutcher) [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [CrunchFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crunchfund-3) [T. Rowe Price](https://millionrounds.com/fund/t-rowe-price) [Youniversity Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/youniversity-ventures) [TCV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tcv) L [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) L [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) ## Everyone who backed them [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) VC firm **7** rounds [Ashton Kutcher](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ashton-kutcher) VC firm **3** rounds [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) VC firm **2** rounds [CrunchFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crunchfund-3) VC firm **2** rounds [T. Rowe Price](https://millionrounds.com/fund/t-rowe-price) Private equity **2** rounds [Youniversity Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/youniversity-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [TCV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tcv) Private equity **1** round, led 1 [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) Accelerator **1** round, led 1 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) VC firm **1** round [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) VC firm **1** round [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) VC firm **1** round [Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers) VC firm **1** round [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) VC firm **1** round [Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners) VC firm **1** round [GGV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ggv-capital) VC firm **1** round [Temasek Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/temasek) VC firm **1** round [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) VC firm **1** round [FirstMark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstmark) VC firm **1** round [Wellington Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellington-management) VC firm **1** round [General Atlantic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-atlantic) Private equity **1** round [TPG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tpg) Private equity **1** round [Horizons Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/horizons-ventures) VC firm **1** round [DST Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dst-global) Private equity **1** round [Elad Gil](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elad-gil) VC firm **1** round [Sherpa Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sherpa-capital) VC firm **1** round [Keith Rabois](https://millionrounds.com/fund/keith-rabois) VC firm **1** round [Baillie Gifford](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baillie-gifford) Asset manager **1** round [Dragoneer Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dragoneer-investment-group) Private equity **1** round [Oliver Jung](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oliver-jung) Angel **1** round [CBC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/china-broadband-capital) VC firm **1** round [Jeff Bezos](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-bezos) Angel **1** round [Hillhouse Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hillhouse-capital-group) Private equity **1** round [Jeremy Stoppelman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeremy-stoppelman) Angel **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=airbnb). ## Also claim to have backed them These 40 firms list Airbnb as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) VC firm Per its own site [Lerer Hippeau](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau) VC firm Per its own site [Craft Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/craft-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Granite Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/granite-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Iconiq Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital-3) Growth equity Per its own site [Band of Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/band-of-angels) Angel network Per its own site [MetaProp Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/metaprop-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Transmedia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/transmedia-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Bezos Expeditions](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bezos-expeditions) Family office Per its own site [Geodesic Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/geodesic-capital) VC firm Per its own site [ICONIQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital) Family office Per its own site [CapitalG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capitalg) Corporate VC Per its own site [A.Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/a-capital-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [SWaN & Legend Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/swan-and-legend-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site [Amity Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amity-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Sixth Street](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sixth-street) Private equity Per its own site [MetaProp NYC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/metaprop-nyc) VC firm Per its own site [Mighty Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mighty-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Smile Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smile-group) Venture studio Per its own site [Darwin Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/darwin-ventures) Fund of funds Per its own site [Dedicated VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dedicated) VC firm Per its own site [M.G. Siegler](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m-g-siegler) VC firm Per its own site [Oceanic Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oceanic-partners) VC firm Per its own site [Adventure Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adventure-capital) Private credit Per its own site [Aliya Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aliya-capital-partners) Private equity Per its own site [Taurus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/taurus-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Thynk Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thynk-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [3SPOKE](https://millionrounds.com/fund/3spoke) Private credit Per its own site [AHM Group of Companies](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ahm-group-of-companies) VC firm Per its own site [Bull Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bull-partners) Angel network Per its own site [Club Awesome Holding GmbH](https://millionrounds.com/fund/club-awesome-holding-gmbh) Company Per its own site [ComposeVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/composevc) VC firm Per its own site [HPR Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hpr-capital) Private equity Per its own site [Haymaker Growth](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haymaker-growth) Investment firm Per its own site [InvestX Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/investx-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Jazzya Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jazzya-investments) Family office Per its own site [Junipero Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/junipero-capital) VC firm Per its own site [K2 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k2-global-2) VC firm Per its own site [LQ Pacific Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lq-pacific-partners) Private equity Per its own site [MSA Novo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novo-capital) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Airbnb ### Who invested in Airbnb? Airbnb's investors include Sequoia Capital, Ashton Kutcher, Andreessen Horowitz, CrunchFund and T. Rowe Price, and 29 more on record. ### How much has Airbnb raised? Airbnb has raised $4.0B across 11 rounds since 2009. ### When did Airbnb last raise? Airbnb's most recent round was a Series F of $1.0B in Mar 2017. ### What was Airbnb's biggest round? Airbnb's largest round on record is $1.5B (Growth), in Jun 2015. ### Who backed Airbnb first? Airbnb's first round on record, in Jan 2009, was backed by Y Combinator. ### What stage is Airbnb at? Airbnb's latest named round is a Series F, in Mar 2017. ### Where is Airbnb based? Airbnb is based in the United States. ### Who led Airbnb's rounds? TCV led the Series D in 2016. ## Companies like Airbnb In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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