# Birdstop funding: rounds and investors

> Birdstop has raised $9.2M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include Techstars, Correlation Ventures and Anorak Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Birdstop*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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

Raised 2 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$9.2M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources

**$4.6M** Venture **$4.6M** Grant

- **Latest round:** Grant, $4.6M Sept 2026
- **Investors:** 5

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.

2026

**$4.6M** Venture

**$4.6M** Grant

- **First round:** Venture, $4.6M
- **Biggest round:** $4.6M
- **Between rounds:** 13 months

## The rounds

- **Sept 2026** Grant **$4.6M** *1 new* *3 returning* [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Correlation Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/correlation-ventures) [Anorak Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anorak-ventures) Source recorded
- **Aug 2025** Venture **$4.6M** *4 new* [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Lerer Hippeau](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau) [Correlation Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/correlation-ventures) [Anorak Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anorak-ventures) Source recorded SEC filing: $4.6M sold, first sale Aug 2025

## Founders and team

From Birdstop's own website: 1 founder, 9 on the team.

**Keith Miao** Founder and CEO

- **Sophie Schaffer** Chief of Staff
- **Jatin Kolekar** VP of Engineering
- **Alex McGraw** Aviation Compliance Manager
- **Avinash Narisetty** Senior Software Engineer
- **Doug Muhlbauer** Principal Software Engineer
- **Erin Olejnik** Implementation Manager
- **Hunter Pruitt** Senior Manufacturing Manager
- **Mike Bucci** Director of Sales
- **Nathan Nouhan** Mechanical Design Engineer II

## 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.

**Venture** 2025 **Grant** 2026 [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Correlation Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/correlation-ventures) [Anorak Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anorak-ventures) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Lerer Hippeau](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau)

## Everyone who backed them

[Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) VC firm **2** rounds

[Correlation Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/correlation-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[Anorak Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anorak-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm **1** round

[Lerer Hippeau](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau) VC firm **1** round

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

## Also claim to have backed them

These 5 firms list Birdstop 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.

[Tech Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tech-square-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Engage](https://millionrounds.com/fund/engage) VC firm Per its own site

[640 Oxford](https://millionrounds.com/fund/640-oxford) VC firm Per its own site

[Data Tech Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-tech-fund) VC firm Per its own site

[Launch Alaska](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launch-alaska) Accelerator Per its own site

## Quick answers about Birdstop

### Who invested in Birdstop?

Birdstop's investors include Techstars, Correlation Ventures, Anorak Ventures, Alumni Ventures and Lerer Hippeau.

### How much has Birdstop raised?

Birdstop has raised $9.2M across 2 rounds since 2025.

### When did Birdstop last raise?

Birdstop's most recent round was a Grant of $4.6M in Sept 2026.

### What was Birdstop's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $4.6M in Sept 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Birdstop first?

Birdstop's first round on record, in Aug 2025, was backed by Techstars, Lerer Hippeau and Correlation Ventures and 1 others.

### What stage is Birdstop at?

Birdstop's latest named round is a Grant, in Sept 2026.

### Where is Birdstop based?

Birdstop is based in the United States.

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