# Brilliant funding: rounds and investors > Brilliant has raised $31M across 2 rounds since 2017. Investors include Gaingels, BoxGroup and Bossa Invest. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/brilliant (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Brilliant* 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. Hardware & Electronics Internet Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$31M** raised across 2 rounds since 2017, from 2 sources **$21M** Series A **$9.7M** Venture - **Latest round:** Venture, $9.7M Sept 2025 - **Biggest round:** $21M Series A · Oct 2017 - **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 2021 2023 2025 **$21M** Series A **$9.7M** Venture - **First round:** Series A, $21M - **Biggest round:** $21M - **Between rounds:** 7.9 years ## The rounds - **Sept 2025** Venture **$9.7M** *4 new* [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) [Bossa Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest) [Celesta Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/celesta-capital) Source recorded - **Oct 2017** Series A **$21M** *3 new* [Stanford-StartX](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stanford-startx) [The Box Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-box-group) August Capital/ Miramar Reported by FinSMEs ## 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 A** 2017 **Venture** 2025 [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) [Bossa Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest) [Celesta Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/celesta-capital) [Stanford-StartX](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stanford-startx) [The Box Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-box-group) August Capital/ Miramar ## Everyone who backed them [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) Private equity **1** round [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) VC firm **1** round [Bossa Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest) VC firm **1** round [Celesta Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/celesta-capital) VC firm **1** round [Stanford-StartX](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stanford-startx) Investment firm **1** round [The Box Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-box-group) VC firm **1** round August Capital/ Miramar 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=brilliant). ## Also claim to have backed them These 12 firms list Brilliant 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. [TCG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tcg) Private equity Per its own site [LAUNCH](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launch) Accelerator Per its own site [Hyde Park Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hyde-park-angels) Angel network Per its own site [Reach Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/reach-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Angel Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angel-collective) Fund of funds Per its own site [Audrey Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/audrey-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Locus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/locus-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [1337 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1337-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [HPA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hpa) VC firm Per its own site [Next Play Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/next-play-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Ossian Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ossian-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Remote Demo Day](https://millionrounds.com/fund/remote-demo-day) Investment firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Brilliant ### Who invested in Brilliant? Brilliant's investors include Gaingels, BoxGroup, Bossa Invest, Celesta Capital and Stanford-StartX, and 2 more on record. ### How much has Brilliant raised? Brilliant has raised $31M across 2 rounds since 2017. ### When did Brilliant last raise? Brilliant's most recent round was a Venture of $9.7M in Sept 2025. ### What was Brilliant's biggest round? Brilliant's largest round on record is $21M (Series A), in Oct 2017. ### Who backed Brilliant first? Brilliant's first round on record, in Oct 2017, was backed by Stanford-StartX, The Box Group and August Capital/ Miramar. ### What stage is Brilliant at? Brilliant's latest named round is a Venture, in Sept 2025. ### Where is Brilliant based? Brilliant is based in the United States. ## Companies like Brilliant In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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