Who invested in Bright Funds

4 rounds we have observed, with the 14 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.

Financial Services

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$2.2Mraised across 4 rounds since 2013, from 4 sources

$350KDebt$850KRound$1.0MSeed

Latest round: VentureDec 2017
Biggest round: $1.0MSeed · Nov 2014
Investors: 14

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

20132014201520162017

$350KDebt$850KRound$1.0MSeed?Venture

First round: Debt, $350K
Biggest round: $1.0M
Usual gap between rounds: 17 months

The rounds

Dec 2017
VentureAmount undisclosed1 new1 returning
- Lightspeed Venture Partners
- Bloomberg Beta
Source recorded
Nov 2014
Seed$1.0M6 new
- Bloomberg Beta
- Aspiration Growth
- Frank Yeary
- Michael Tedesco
- Godfrey R. Sullivan
- Wellspring Growth Partners
From a historical funding record
Jul 2014
Round$850K2 new2 returning
- Joseph N. Sanberg
- Michael Coors
- Andy Chou
- Cheng-Ling Chen
From a historical funding record
Feb 2013
Debt$350K5 new
- Joseph N. Sanberg
- Hattery
- Michael Coors
- Leila Chirayath Janah
- TechFellow Fund
Reported by pevc.dowjones.com

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.

Debt2013Round2014Seed2014Venture2017

Bloomberg BetaJoseph N. SanbergMichael Coors

Lightspeed Venture PartnersAspiration GrowthFrank YearyHatteryMichael TedescoAndy ChouCheng-Ling Chen

Everyone who backed them

Bloomberg BetaVC firm2rounds

Joseph N. SanbergVC firm2rounds

Michael CoorsAngel2rounds

Lightspeed Venture PartnersVC firm1round

Aspiration GrowthVC firm1round

Frank YearyAngel1round

HatteryIncubator1round

Michael TedescoAngel1round

Andy Chouno record of our own yet1round

Cheng-Ling Chenno record of our own yet1round

Godfrey R. Sullivanno record of our own yet1round

Leila Chirayath Janahno record of our own yet1round

TechFellow Fundno record of our own yet1round

Wellspring Growth Partnersno record of our own yet1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Bright Funds 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.

Mission and MarketVC firmPer its own site

Thirdstream PartnersVC firmPer its own site

Beacon GlobalVC firmPer its own site

Quick answers about Bright Funds

Who invested in Bright Funds?

Bright Funds's investors include Bloomberg Beta, Joseph N. Sanberg, Michael Coors, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Aspiration Growth, and 9 more on record.