# AQUA funding: rounds and investors > AQUA has raised $29M across 3 rounds since 2021. Investors include Y Combinator, Hack VC and Gradient. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/aqua (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *AQUA* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 7 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. Web3 & Crypto Raised 2 months ago Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$29M** raised across 3 rounds since 2021, from 3 sources **$3.8M** Seed **$10M** Seed **$15M** Series A - **Latest round:** Series A, $15M Sept 2026 - **Step-up i:** 1.5× - **Investors:** 7 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. 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 **$3.8M** Seed **$10M** Seed **$15M** Series A - **First round:** Seed, $3.8M - **Biggest round:** $15M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 4 years ## The rounds - **Sept 2026** Series A **$15M** *2 new* *3 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Hack VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hack-vc) [Gradient](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gradient-ventures) [Arthur Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arthur-ventures) Source recorded - **Sept 2022** Seed **$10M** No investor was named in the report. Source recorded - **Nov 2021** Seed **$3.8M** *5 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Global Founders Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-founders-capital) [Soma Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/soma-capital) [Hack VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hack-vc) [Gradient](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gradient-ventures) Source recorded ## 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. **Seed** 2021 **Seed** 2022 **Series A** 2026 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Hack VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hack-vc) [Gradient](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gradient-ventures) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Global Founders Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-founders-capital) [Soma Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/soma-capital) [Arthur Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arthur-ventures) ## Everyone who backed them [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds [Hack VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hack-vc) VC firm **2** rounds [Gradient](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gradient-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm **1** round [Global Founders Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-founders-capital) VC firm **1** round [Soma Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/soma-capital) VC firm **1** round [Arthur Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arthur-ventures) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=aqua). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists AQUA 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. [Owl Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/owl-capital) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about AQUA ### Who invested in AQUA? AQUA's investors include Y Combinator, Hack VC, Gradient, Alumni Ventures and Global Founders Capital, and 2 more on record. ### How much has AQUA raised? AQUA has raised $29M across 3 rounds since 2021. ### When did AQUA last raise? AQUA's most recent round was a Series A of $15M in Sept 2026. ### What was AQUA's biggest round? Its most recent round, $15M in Sept 2026, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed AQUA first? AQUA's first round on record, in Nov 2021, was backed by Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital and Soma Capital and 2 others. ### What stage is AQUA at? AQUA's latest named round is a Series A, in Sept 2026. ### Where is AQUA based? AQUA is based in the United States. ## Companies like AQUA In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Kalshi** $2.7B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/kalshi)[**STRIVE** $1.3B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/strive)[**Arda** $233M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/arda)[**Binance.US** $300M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/binance-us)[**Fission** $10M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/fission)[**Ramp** $4.5B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/ramp) ## 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