# Candor funding: rounds and investors

> Candor has raised $5.5M across 2 rounds since 2022. Investors include Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital and Village Global. Every round with its source.

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

United States · [Pre-seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Candor*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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.

HR Tech

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$5.5M** raised across 2 rounds since 2022, from 2 sources

**$5.0M** Seed **$500K** Pre-seed

- **Latest round:** Pre-seed, $500K Mar 2025
- **Biggest round:** $5.0M Seed · May 2022
- **Investors:** 5

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.

2023 2024 2025

**$5.0M** Seed

**$500K** Pre-seed

- **First round:** Seed, $5.0M
- **Biggest round:** $5.0M
- **Between rounds:** 2.8 years

## The rounds

- **Mar 2025** Pre-seed **$500K** *1 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Source recorded
- **May 2022** Seed **$5.0M** *4 new* [Global Founders Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-founders-capital) [Village Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/village-global-2) [Afore Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/afore-capital) [Contrary](https://millionrounds.com/fund/contrary) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Candor's own website: 2 founders, 1 on the team.

**Niya Dragova** Co-founder & CEO

**David Chouinard** Co-founder & CTO

- **Adam Crawford** Head of industry relations

## 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.

**Seed** 2022 **Pre-seed** 2025 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Global Founders Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-founders-capital) [Village Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/village-global-2) [Afore Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/afore-capital) [Contrary](https://millionrounds.com/fund/contrary)

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round

[Global Founders Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-founders-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Village Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/village-global-2) VC firm **1** round

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

[Contrary](https://millionrounds.com/fund/contrary) VC firm **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=candor).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Candor as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[PeopleTech Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peopletech-partners) Accelerator Per its own site

## Quick answers about Candor

### Who invested in Candor?

Candor's investors include Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital, Village Global, Afore Capital and Contrary.

### How much has Candor raised?

Candor has raised $5.5M across 2 rounds since 2022.

### When did Candor last raise?

Candor's most recent round was a Pre-seed of $500K in Mar 2025.

### What was Candor's biggest round?

Candor's largest round on record is $5.0M (Seed), in May 2022.

### Who backed Candor first?

Candor's first round on record, in May 2022, was backed by Global Founders Capital, Village Global and Afore Capital and 1 others.

### What stage is Candor at?

Candor's latest named round is a Pre-seed, in Mar 2025.

### Where is Candor based?

Candor is based in the United States.

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In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months.

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