# Balance funding: rounds and investors

> Balance has raised $386M across 5 rounds since 2022. Investors include Y Combinator, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Salesforce Ventures.

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

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

# Who invested in *Balance*

5 rounds we have observed, with the 10 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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Raised 4 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$386M** raised across 5 rounds since 2022, from 5 sources

**$350M** Debt **$2.0M** Seed **$30M** Venture **$500K** Pre-seed **$3.4M** Seed

- **Latest round:** Seed, $3.4M Jul 2026
- **Biggest round:** $350M Debt · Nov 2022
- **Step-up i:** 6.8×
- **Investors:** 10

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.

2023 2024 2025 2026

**$350M** Debt

**$2.0M** Seed

**$30M** Venture

**$500K** Pre-seed

**$3.4M** Seed

- **First round:** Debt, $350M
- **Biggest round:** $350M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 5 months

## The rounds

- **Jul 2026** Seed **$3.4M** *2 new* [JME Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jme-ventures) [Shilling VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shilling) Source recorded
- **Feb 2026** Pre-seed **$500K** *1 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Source recorded
- **Jan 2026** Venture **$30M** *2 new* [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) [Seven Seven Six](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seven-seven-six) Source recorded
- **Sept 2025** Seed **$2.0M** *1 new* [Cota Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cota-capital) Source recorded
- **Nov 2022** Debt **$350M** *5 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) [Forerunner Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forerunner-ventures) [Stripe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stripe) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Balance's own website: 2 founders, 7 on the team.

**Baha Nurlybayev** Co-founder

**George Bordianu** Founder

- **Brad Kirby** Team
- **David Stanton** Team
- **Genia Mikhalchenko** Team
- **Geoffrey Cher** Team
- **Jean Desgagne** Team
- **Michael Rabkin** Team
- **Wildeboer Dellelce** Team

## 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** 2022 **Seed** 2025 **Venture** 2026 **Pre-seed** 2026 **Seed** 2026 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) [Forerunner Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forerunner-ventures) [Cota Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cota-capital) [Stripe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stripe) [Seven Seven Six](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seven-seven-six) [JME Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jme-ventures) [Shilling VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shilling)

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds

[Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round

[Liquid 2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) VC firm **1** round

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

[Cota Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cota-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Stripe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stripe) Company **1** round

[Seven Seven Six](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seven-seven-six) VC firm **1** round

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

[Shilling VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shilling) VC firm **1** round

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## Quick answers about Balance

### Who invested in Balance?

Balance's investors include Y Combinator, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures and Forerunner Ventures, and 5 more on record.

### How much has Balance raised?

Balance has raised $386M across 5 rounds since 2022.

### When did Balance last raise?

Balance's most recent round was a Seed of $3.4M in Jul 2026.

### What was Balance's biggest round?

Balance's largest round on record is $350M (Debt), in Nov 2022.

### Who backed Balance first?

Balance's first round on record, in Nov 2022, was backed by Y Combinator, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Salesforce Ventures and 2 others.

### What stage is Balance at?

Balance's latest named round is a Seed, in Jul 2026.

### Where is Balance based?

Balance is based in Spain.

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