# Bright Cellars funding: rounds and investors > Bright Cellars has raised $23M across 6 rounds since 2014. Investors include Gener8tor, Revolution and Cleveland Avenue. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/bright-cellars (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series B startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Bright Cellars* 6 rounds we have observed, with the 8 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. Consumer Services Internet Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$23M** raised across 6 rounds since 2014, from 6 sources **$20K** Seed **$2.0M** Seed **$2.8M** Round **$8.5M** Series A **$10M** Series B - **Latest round:** Series B, $10M Nov 2022 - **Investors:** 8 (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 **?** Round **$20K** Seed **$2.8M** Round **$8.5M** Series A **$10M** Series B - **First round:** Round - **Biggest round:** $10M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 9 months ## The rounds - **Nov 2022** Series B **$10M** *3 returning* [Revolution](https://millionrounds.com/fund/revolution) [Gener8tor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gener8tor) [Cleveland Avenue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cleveland-avenue) Source recorded - **Mar 2019** Series A **$8.5M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Revolution](https://millionrounds.com/fund/revolution) Lead CSA Reported by TechCrunch - **May 2018** Round **$2.8M** *3 new* [Cleveland Avenue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cleveland-avenue) [Cream City Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cream-city-venture-capital) CSA Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $1.5M sold, first sale Sept 2016 - **Aug 2015** Seed **$2.0M** *2 new* *2 returning* [Gener8tor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gener8tor) [CSA Partners LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/csa-partners-llc) [Angels on the Water](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angels-on-the-water) [BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brightstar-wiscons) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $1.8M sold, first sale Aug 2015 - **Feb 2015** Seed **$20K** *1 new* [Gener8tor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gener8tor) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $25K sold, first sale Dec 2014 - **Dec 2014** Round **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [CSA Partners LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/csa-partners-llc) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $25K sold, first sale Dec 2014 ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team. - **Joseph Laurendi** Executive Officer i - **Richard Yau** Executive Officer, Director i On the board, as filed i *Christopher Abele* *James Sietstra* ## 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. **Round** 2014 **Seed** 2015 **Seed** 2015 **Round** 2018 **Series A** 2019 **Series B** 2022 [Gener8tor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gener8tor) [Revolution](https://millionrounds.com/fund/revolution) L [Cleveland Avenue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cleveland-avenue) [CSA Partners LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/csa-partners-llc) CSA [Angels on the Water](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angels-on-the-water) [BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brightstar-wiscons) [Cream City Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cream-city-venture-capital) ## Everyone who backed them [Gener8tor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gener8tor) VC firm **3** rounds [Revolution](https://millionrounds.com/fund/revolution) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1 [Cleveland Avenue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cleveland-avenue) VC firm **2** rounds [CSA Partners LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/csa-partners-llc) VC firm **2** rounds CSA no record of our own yet **2** rounds [Angels on the Water](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angels-on-the-water) VC firm **1** round [BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brightstar-wiscons) Government **1** round [Cream City Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cream-city-venture-capital) Corporate VC **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=bright-cellars). ## Also claim to have backed them These 5 firms list Bright Cellars 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. [Silicon Pastures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/silicon-pastures-llc) Angel network Per its own site [MIT Alumni Angels Boston](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mit-alumni-angels-boston) Angel network Per its own site [Milwaukee Venture Partners Inc](https://millionrounds.com/fund/milwaukee-venture-partners-inc) VC firm Per its own site [N29 Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/n29-capital-partne) VC firm Per its own site [WAFTT Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/waftt-capital) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Bright Cellars ### Who invested in Bright Cellars? Bright Cellars's investors include Gener8tor, Revolution, Cleveland Avenue, CSA Partners LLC and CSA, and 3 more on record. ### How much has Bright Cellars raised? Bright Cellars has raised $23M across 6 rounds since 2014. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Bright Cellars last raise? Bright Cellars's most recent round was a Series B of $10M in Nov 2022. ### What was Bright Cellars's biggest round? Its most recent round, $10M in Nov 2022, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Bright Cellars first? Bright Cellars's first round on record, in Dec 2014, was backed by CSA Partners LLC. ### What stage is Bright Cellars at? Bright Cellars's latest named round is a Series B, in Nov 2022. ### Where is Bright Cellars based? Bright Cellars is based in the United States. ### Who led Bright Cellars's rounds? Revolution led the Series A in 2019. ## Companies like Bright Cellars In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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