# Bright Funds funding: rounds and investors > Bright Funds has raised $2.2M across 4 rounds since 2013. Investors include Bloomberg Beta, Joseph N. Sanberg and Michael Coors. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/bright-funds (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # 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 summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$2.2M** raised across 4 rounds since 2013, from 4 sources **$350K** Debt **$850K** Round **$1.0M** Seed - **Latest round:** Venture Dec 2017 - **Biggest round:** $1.0M Seed · Nov 2014 - **Investors:** 14 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. 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 **$350K** Debt **$850K** Round **$1.0M** Seed **?** Venture - **First round:** Debt, $350K - **Biggest round:** $1.0M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 17 months ## The rounds - **Dec 2017** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* *1 returning* [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Bloomberg Beta](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bloomberg-beta) Source recorded - **Nov 2014** Seed **$1.0M** *6 new* [Bloomberg Beta](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bloomberg-beta) [Aspiration Growth](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aspiration-growth) [Frank Yeary](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frank-yeary) [Michael Tedesco](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-tedesco) Godfrey R. Sullivan Wellspring Growth Partners From a historical funding record - **Jul 2014** Round **$850K** *2 new* *2 returning* [Joseph N. Sanberg](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joseph-n-sanberg) [Michael Coors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-coors) Andy Chou Cheng-Ling Chen From a historical funding record - **Feb 2013** Debt **$350K** *5 new* [Joseph N. Sanberg](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joseph-n-sanberg) [Hattery](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hattery) [Michael Coors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/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. **Debt** 2013 **Round** 2014 **Seed** 2014 **Venture** 2017 [Bloomberg Beta](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bloomberg-beta) [Joseph N. Sanberg](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joseph-n-sanberg) [Michael Coors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-coors) [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Aspiration Growth](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aspiration-growth) [Frank Yeary](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frank-yeary) [Hattery](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hattery) [Michael Tedesco](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-tedesco) Andy Chou Cheng-Ling Chen ## Everyone who backed them [Bloomberg Beta](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bloomberg-beta) VC firm **2** rounds [Joseph N. Sanberg](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joseph-n-sanberg) VC firm **2** rounds [Michael Coors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-coors) Angel **2** rounds [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round [Aspiration Growth](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aspiration-growth) VC firm **1** round [Frank Yeary](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frank-yeary) Angel **1** round [Hattery](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hattery) Incubator **1** round [Michael Tedesco](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-tedesco) Angel **1** round Andy Chou no record of our own yet **1** round Cheng-Ling Chen no record of our own yet **1** round Godfrey R. Sullivan no record of our own yet **1** round Leila Chirayath Janah no record of our own yet **1** round TechFellow Fund no record of our own yet **1** round Wellspring Growth Partners 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=bright-funds). ## 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 Market](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mission-and-market) VC firm Per its own site [Thirdstream Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thirdstream-partners) VC firm Per its own site [Beacon Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/beacon-global) VC firm Per 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. ### How much has Bright Funds raised? Bright Funds has raised $2.2M across 4 rounds since 2013. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Bright Funds last raise? Bright Funds's most recent round was a Venture in Dec 2017. ### What was Bright Funds's biggest round? Bright Funds's largest round on record is $1.0M (Seed), in Nov 2014. ### Who backed Bright Funds first? Bright Funds's first round on record, in Feb 2013, was backed by Joseph N. Sanberg, Hattery and Michael Coors and 2 others. ### What stage is Bright Funds at? Bright Funds's latest named round is a Venture, in Dec 2017. ### Where is Bright Funds based? Bright Funds is based in the United States. ## Companies like Bright Funds In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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