# Asterisk funding: rounds and investors

> Asterisk has raised $840K across 2 rounds since 2012. Investors include Y Combinator and Pioneer Fund. Every round with its source.

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

United States · [Pre-seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Asterisk*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 2 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.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$840K** raised across 2 rounds since 2012, from 2 sources

**$340K** Debt **$500K** Pre-seed

- **Latest round:** Pre-seed, $500K Sept 2024
- **Step-up i:** 1.5×
- **Investors:** 2

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.

2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024

**$340K** Debt

**$500K** Pre-seed

- **First round:** Debt, $340K
- **Biggest round:** $500K
- **Between rounds:** 11.9 years

## The rounds

- **Sept 2024** Pre-seed **$500K** *2 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Pioneer Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pioneer-fund-2) Source recorded
- **Oct 2012** Debt **$340K** No investor was named in the report. Reported by sec.gov

## 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.

**Debt** 2012 **Pre-seed** 2024 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Pioneer Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pioneer-fund-2)

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round

[Pioneer Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pioneer-fund-2) Private equity **1** round

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

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Asterisk 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.

[CDC Software](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cdc-software) Corporate VC Per its own site

## Quick answers about Asterisk

### Who invested in Asterisk?

Asterisk's investors include Y Combinator and Pioneer Fund.

### How much has Asterisk raised?

Asterisk has raised $840K across 2 rounds since 2012.

### When did Asterisk last raise?

Asterisk's most recent round was a Pre-seed of $500K in Sept 2024.

### What was Asterisk's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $500K in Sept 2024, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Asterisk first?

Asterisk's first round on record, in Sept 2024, was backed by Y Combinator and Pioneer Fund.

### What stage is Asterisk at?

Asterisk's latest named round is a Pre-seed, in Sept 2024.

### Where is Asterisk based?

Asterisk is based in the United States.

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