# Backstroke funding: rounds and investors

> Backstroke has raised $2.8M across 1 round since 2025. Investors include High Alpha and Allos Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

United States · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Backstroke*

One round we have observed, with the 2 investors named in it. 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

**$2.8M** raised across 1 round since 2025, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Seed, $2.8M Jul 2025
- **Investors:** 2

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Jul 2025** Seed **$2.8M** [High Alpha](https://millionrounds.com/fund/high-alpha) [Allos Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/allos-ventures) Source recorded SEC filing: $4.8M sold, first sale Apr 2024

## Founders and team

From Backstroke's own website: 4 founders, 3 on the team.

**R. J. Talyor** Founder & CEO

**Egan Montgomery** Co-founder & VP of Marketing

**Tyler Hill** Co-founder & Head of Design

**Allyson Talyor** Co-founder & Lead Data Scientist

- **Brian Smith** CTO
- **Adam Gardner** Director of Product
- **Charlene Tay** Director of AI & Data Science

## Everyone who backed them

[High Alpha](https://millionrounds.com/fund/high-alpha) VC firm **1** round

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

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Backstroke 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.

[High Alpha Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/high-alpha-capital) Venture studio Per its own site

[Ground Game](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ground-game) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Backstroke

### Who invested in Backstroke?

Backstroke's investors include High Alpha and Allos Ventures.

### How much has Backstroke raised?

Backstroke has raised $2.8M across 1 round since 2025.

### When did Backstroke last raise?

Backstroke's most recent round was a Seed of $2.8M in Jul 2025.

### What was Backstroke's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $2.8M in Jul 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Backstroke first?

Backstroke's first round on record, in Jul 2025, was backed by High Alpha and Allos Ventures.

### What stage is Backstroke at?

Backstroke's latest named round is a Seed, in Jul 2025.

### Where is Backstroke based?

Backstroke is based in the United States.

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