# Alife funding: rounds and investors > Alife has raised $24M across 2 rounds since 2017. Investors include Lux Capital, Union Square Ventures and Shunwei Capital. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/alife (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Alife* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 6 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. AI B2C Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$24M** raised across 2 rounds since 2017, from 2 sources **$1.5M** Series A **$22M** Series A - **Latest round:** Series A, $22M Mar 2022 - **Step-up i:** 14.7× - **Investors:** 6 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. 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 **$1.5M** Series A **$22M** Series A - **First round:** Series A, $1.5M - **Biggest round:** $22M - **Between rounds:** 4.3 years ## The rounds - **Mar 2022** Series A **$22M** *4 new* [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) [Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) [Maveron](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maveron) [Amplo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amplo) Source recorded - **Nov 2017** Series A **$1.5M** *2 new* [Shunwei Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shunwei-capital) [Xiaomi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xiaomi) Source recorded ## Founders and team From Alife's own website: 1 founder, 5 on the team. **Paxton Maeder-York** Founder - **Melissa Teran** Chief Executive Officer - **Mark Lown** Chief Technology Officer - **Marco Giannetti** VP of Sales - **Scott Leer** VP of International Sales - **Michael Jacobsen** Director of Operations and Customer Experience ## 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 A** 2017 **Series A** 2022 [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) [Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) [Shunwei Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shunwei-capital) [Maveron](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maveron) [Xiaomi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xiaomi) [Amplo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amplo) ## Everyone who backed them [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) VC firm **1** round [Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Shunwei Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shunwei-capital) VC firm **1** round [Maveron](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maveron) VC firm **1** round [Xiaomi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xiaomi) Investment firm **1** round [Amplo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amplo) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=alife). ## Also claim to have backed them These 3 firms list Alife 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. [Farvatn Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/farvatn-venture) Family office Per its own site [Planet 9 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/planet-9-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Planet 9 Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/planet-9-venture) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Alife ### Who invested in Alife? Alife's investors include Lux Capital, Union Square Ventures, Shunwei Capital, Maveron and Xiaomi, and 1 more on record. ### How much has Alife raised? Alife has raised $24M across 2 rounds since 2017. ### When did Alife last raise? Alife's most recent round was a Series A of $22M in Mar 2022. ### What was Alife's biggest round? Its most recent round, $22M in Mar 2022, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Alife first? Alife's first round on record, in Nov 2017, was backed by Shunwei Capital and Xiaomi. ### What stage is Alife at? Alife's latest named round is a Series A, in Mar 2022. ### Where is Alife based? Alife is based in the United States. ## Companies like Alife In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**SpaceX** $42B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/spacex)[**xPay** $1.5M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/xpay)[**Pika** $216M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/pika)[**Albert Invent** $20M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/albert-invent)[**FORT Robotics** $39M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/fort-robotics)[**Promaxo** $106M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/promaxo) ## 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