# Braze funding: rounds and investors

> Braze has raised $219M across 2 rounds since 2018. Investors include Battery Ventures, Spark Capital and Ridge Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Braze*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 7 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

**$219M** raised across 2 rounds since 2018, from 2 sources

**$80M** Series E **$139M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $139M Apr 2025
- **Step-up i:** 1.7×
- **Investors:** 7

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.

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

**$80M** Series E

**$139M** Round

- **First round:** Series E, $80M
- **Biggest round:** $139M
- **Between rounds:** 6.5 years

## The rounds

- **Apr 2025** Round **$139M** *6 new* [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) [Spark Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-capital) [Ridge Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ridge-ventures) [Rally Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rally-ventures) [Compound](https://millionrounds.com/fund/compound-4) [ICONIQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital-2) Source recorded SEC filing: $139M sold, first sale Mar 2025
- **Oct 2018** Series E **$80M** *1 new* [Meritech Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/meritech-capital-partners) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $80M sold, first sale Sept 2018

## Founders and team

From Braze's own website: 2 on the team.

- **Oksana Kovalenko** Head of Data Product at Virgin Red
- **Victoria Mitchell** Manager of CRM Channel Strategy at Pizza Hut

## 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 E** 2018 **Round** 2025 [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) [Spark Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-capital) [Ridge Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ridge-ventures) [Meritech Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/meritech-capital-partners) [Rally Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rally-ventures) [Compound](https://millionrounds.com/fund/compound-4) [ICONIQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital-2)

## Everyone who backed them

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

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

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

[Meritech Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/meritech-capital-partners) VC firm **1** round

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

[Compound](https://millionrounds.com/fund/compound-4) VC firm **1** round

[ICONIQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital-2) Family office **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 13 firms list Braze 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.

[InterWest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interwest-partners) VC firm Per its own site

[Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Bullpen Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bullpen-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Iconiq Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital-3) Growth equity Per its own site

[ICONIQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital) Family office Per its own site

[Accelerator Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accelerator-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Cross Creek](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cross-creek) VC firm Per its own site

[PruVen Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pruven-capital) Corporate VC Per its own site

[Supernode Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/supernode-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Conduit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/conduit) Accelerator Per its own site

[Four Acres Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/four-acres-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Omega Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omega-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site

[Runway Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/runway-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Braze

### Who invested in Braze?

Braze's investors include Battery Ventures, Spark Capital, Ridge Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners and Rally Ventures, and 2 more on record.

### How much has Braze raised?

Braze has raised $219M across 2 rounds since 2018.

### When did Braze last raise?

Braze's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $139M in Apr 2025.

### What was Braze's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $139M in Apr 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Braze first?

Braze's first round on record, in Oct 2018, was backed by Meritech Capital Partners.

### What stage is Braze at?

Braze's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Apr 2025.

### Where is Braze based?

Braze is based in the United States.

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