# BetterWorks funding: rounds and investors > BetterWorks has raised $95M across 4 rounds since 2014. Investors include Plug and Play, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and 8VC. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/betterworks (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series B startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *BetterWorks* 4 rounds we have observed, with the 24 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. AI Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$95M** raised across 4 rounds since 2014, from 4 sources **$16M** Series A **$20M** Round **$27M** Round **$32M** Series B - **Latest round:** Series B, $32M Nov 2024 - **Investors:** 24 (1 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. 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 **$16M** Series A **$20M** Round **$27M** Round **$32M** Series B - **First round:** Series A, $16M - **Biggest round:** $32M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 3.2 years ## The rounds - **Nov 2024** Series B **$32M** *5 returning* [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) [Pear VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pear-vc) [Emergence Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emergence-capital) Also list them on their own site [PeopleTech Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peopletech-partners) Source recorded - **Mar 2019** Round **$27M** *2 new* [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) [Emergence Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emergence-capital) Reported by FinSMEs - **Jan 2016** Round **$20M** *14 new* *5 returning* [Emergence](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emergence-capital-partners) Lead [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) [Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers) [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) [Correlation Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/correlation-ventures) [ff Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ff-venture-capital) [Pear VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pear-vc) [AME Cloud Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ame-cloud-ventures) [Formation 8](https://millionrounds.com/fund/formation-8) [John Doerr](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-doerr) [SaaStr Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saastr-fund) [Kelly Perdew](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kelly-perdew) [Jason Lemkin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jason-lemkin) [Ronald Conway](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ronald-conway) Dipchand Nishar Eric Bahn Laszlo Bock Shona Brown William Gordon Source recorded - **Sept 2014** Series A **$16M** *8 new* [Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers) [ff Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ff-venture-capital) [AME Cloud Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ame-cloud-ventures) [Formation 8](https://millionrounds.com/fund/formation-8) [Pejman Mar Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pejman-mar-ventures) [Joe Lonsdale](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joe-lonsdale) [John Doerr](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-doerr) [Bing Gordon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bing-gordon) From a historical funding record ## Founders and team From BetterWorks's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 11 on the team. - **Doug Dennerline** CEO and Chairman - **Allie Collins** Chief Marketing Officer - **Andrea Lagan** Chief Operating Officer - **Cheryl Johnson** Chief Product & Technology Officer - **Sam East** Chief Revenue Officer - **Bruce Felt** Board of Directors - **Gabrielle Toledano** Board of Directors - **John Doerr** Board of Directors - **George Ishii** Executive Officer i - **Paige Craig** Executive Officer, Director i - **Sizhao Yang** Executive Officer, Director i On the board, as filed i *Satish Dharmaraj* ## 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** 2014 **Round** 2016 **Round** 2019 **Series B** 2024 [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) [Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers) [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) [ff Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ff-venture-capital) [Pear VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pear-vc) [AME Cloud Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ame-cloud-ventures) [Formation 8](https://millionrounds.com/fund/formation-8) [Emergence Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emergence-capital) [John Doerr](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-doerr) ## Everyone who backed them [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) Accelerator **2** rounds [Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers) VC firm **2** rounds [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) VC firm **2** rounds [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) VC firm **2** rounds [ff Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ff-venture-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Pear VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pear-vc) VC firm **2** rounds [AME Cloud Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ame-cloud-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Formation 8](https://millionrounds.com/fund/formation-8) VC firm **2** rounds [Emergence Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emergence-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [John Doerr](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-doerr) VC firm **2** rounds [Emergence](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emergence-capital-partners) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [Correlation Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/correlation-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Pejman Mar Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pejman-mar-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Joe Lonsdale](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joe-lonsdale) Corporate VC **1** round [SaaStr Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saastr-fund) VC firm **1** round [Kelly Perdew](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kelly-perdew) Angel **1** round [Bing Gordon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bing-gordon) Angel **1** round [Jason Lemkin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jason-lemkin) Angel **1** round [Ronald Conway](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ronald-conway) Angel **1** round Dipchand Nishar no record of our own yet **1** round Eric Bahn no record of our own yet **1** round Laszlo Bock no record of our own yet **1** round Shona Brown no record of our own yet **1** round William Gordon 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=betterworks). ## Also claim to have backed them These 5 firms list BetterWorks 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. [Interlace Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interlace-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Kris Duggan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kris-duggan) VC firm Per its own site [Bleu Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bleu-capital) VC firm Per its own site [PeopleTech Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peopletech-partners) Accelerator 2024, per its site [Seed Smart](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seed-smart) Angel network Per its own site ## Quick answers about BetterWorks ### Who invested in BetterWorks? BetterWorks's investors include Plug and Play, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, 8VC, Kleiner Perkins and ff Venture Capital, and 19 more on record. ### How much has BetterWorks raised? BetterWorks has raised $95M across 4 rounds since 2014. ### When did BetterWorks last raise? BetterWorks's most recent round was a Series B of $32M in Nov 2024. ### What was BetterWorks's biggest round? Its most recent round, $32M in Nov 2024, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed BetterWorks first? BetterWorks's first round on record, in Sept 2014, was backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, ff Venture Capital and AME Cloud Ventures and 5 others. ### What stage is BetterWorks at? BetterWorks's latest named round is a Series B, in Nov 2024. ### Where is BetterWorks based? BetterWorks is based in the United States. ### Who led BetterWorks's rounds? Emergence led the funding round in 2016. ## Companies like BetterWorks In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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