# ApplyBoard funding: rounds and investors

> ApplyBoard has raised $432M across 4 rounds since 2018. Investors include Index Ventures, BDC Capital and Anthos Capital. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/applyboard (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *ApplyBoard*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 16 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.

Edtech Education Marketplaces

Valuation: $3.2B, Mar 2026

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$432M** raised across 4 rounds since 2018, from 6 sources

**$13M** Series A **$41M** Series B **$304M** Series D **$74M** Debt

- **Latest round:** Debt, $74M Sept 2024
- **Led by:** RBCx
- **Biggest round:** $304M Series D · Jun 2021
- **Investors:** 16 (3 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.

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

**$13M** Series A

**$41M** Series B

**$304M** Series D

**$74M** Debt

- **First round:** Series A, $13M
- **Biggest round:** $304M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.1 years

## The rounds

- **Sept 2024** Debt **$74M** *4 new* *2 returning* [RBCx](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rbcx) Lead [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [BDC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdc-venture-capital) [Golden Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/golden-ventures) Reported by BetaKit: funding and 2 others
- **Jun 2021** Series D **$304M** *7 new* [Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ontario-teachers-pension-plan-board) Lead [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [BDC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdc-venture-capital) [Garage Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/garage-capital-2) [Blue Cloud Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blue-cloud-ventures) [Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity-management-and-research-company-llc) [Harmonic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harmonic) Reported by Candou Ventures
- **May 2019** Series B **$41M** *2 new* [Anthos Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anthos-capital) Lead [Artiman Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/artiman-ventures) Reported by BetaKit
- **Jun 2018** Series A **$13M** *3 new* [Think +](https://millionrounds.com/fund/think) [Candou Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/candou-ventures) Artiman Ventures/ 500 Startups Reported by FinSMEs

## 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** 2018 **Series B** 2019 **Series D** 2021 **Debt** 2024 [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [BDC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdc-venture-capital) [Anthos Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anthos-capital) L [Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ontario-teachers-pension-plan-board) L [RBCx](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rbcx) L [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) [Garage Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/garage-capital-2) [Golden Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/golden-ventures) [Artiman Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/artiman-ventures)

## Everyone who backed them

[Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[BDC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdc-venture-capital) VC firm **2** rounds

[Anthos Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anthos-capital) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ontario-teachers-pension-plan-board) Growth equity **1** round, led 1

[RBCx](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rbcx) Investment firm **1** round, led 1

[500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) Angel **1** round

[Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) Accelerator **1** round

[Garage Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/garage-capital-2) VC firm **1** round

[Golden Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/golden-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Artiman Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/artiman-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Blue Cloud Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blue-cloud-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Think +](https://millionrounds.com/fund/think) VC firm **1** round

[Candou Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/candou-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity-management-and-research-company-llc) Growth equity **1** round

[Harmonic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harmonic) Hedge fund **1** round

Artiman Ventures/ 500 Startups no record of our own yet **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=applyboard).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 10 firms list ApplyBoard 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.

[Accelerator Centre](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accelerator-centre) Accelerator Per its own site

[Garage Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/garage-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Harmonic Growth Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harmonic-growth-partners) VC firm Per its own site

[J17 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/j17-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Celtic House Asia Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/celtic-house-asia-partners) VC firm Per its own site

[Coup Capital Management Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coup-capital-management-inc) Venture studio Per its own site

[GCI Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gci-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Gammite ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gammite-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Roar Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/roar-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Silver Oak Ventures Inc](https://millionrounds.com/fund/silver-oak-ventures-inc) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about ApplyBoard

### Who invested in ApplyBoard?

ApplyBoard's investors include Index Ventures, BDC Capital, Anthos Capital, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board and RBCx, and 11 more on record. RBCx led its latest round.

### How much has ApplyBoard raised?

ApplyBoard has raised $432M across 4 rounds since 2018.

### When did ApplyBoard last raise?

ApplyBoard's most recent round was a Debt of $74M in Sept 2024, led by RBCx.

### What was ApplyBoard's biggest round?

ApplyBoard's largest round on record is $304M (Series D), in Jun 2021, led by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board.

### Who backed ApplyBoard first?

ApplyBoard's first round on record, in Jun 2018, was backed by Think +, Candou Ventures and Artiman Ventures/ 500 Startups.

### What stage is ApplyBoard at?

ApplyBoard's latest named round is a Debt, in Sept 2024.

### Where is ApplyBoard based?

ApplyBoard is based in Canada.

### Who led ApplyBoard's rounds?

Anthos Capital led the Series B in 2019; Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board led the Series D in 2021; RBCx led the Debt in 2024.

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