# Cargo funding: rounds and investors > Cargo has raised $31M across 5 rounds since 2014. Investors include Techstars, Fontinalis Partners and Detroit Venture Partners. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/cargo (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Pre-seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Cargo* 5 rounds we have observed, with the 9 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. AI Y Combinator: S23 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$31M** raised across 5 rounds since 2014, from 5 sources **$300K** Seed **$1.8M** Seed **$5.5M** Seed **$23M** Round **$500K** Pre-seed - **Latest round:** Pre-seed, $500K Sept 2023 - **Biggest round:** $23M Round · Sept 2018 - **Investors:** 9 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 **$300K** Seed **$1.8M** Seed **$5.5M** Seed **$23M** Round **$500K** Pre-seed - **First round:** Seed, $300K - **Biggest round:** $23M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.8 years ## The rounds - **Sept 2023** Pre-seed **$500K** *1 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Source recorded - **Sept 2018** Round **$23M** *1 new* [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) Reported by Crunchbase News SEC filing: $22M sold, first sale Sept 2018 - **Jan 2018** Seed **$5.5M** *3 new* *4 returning* [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [RiverPark Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/riverpark-ventures) [Fontinalis Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fontinalis-partners) [Detroit Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/detroit-venture-partners) [Rosecliff Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rosecliff) [Chaifetz Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chaifetz-group) [Eighteen94 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eighteen94-capital) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $4.4M sold, first sale Nov 2017 - **Jul 2017** Seed **$1.8M** *4 new* [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Fontinalis Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fontinalis-partners) [Detroit Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/detroit-venture-partners) [Rosecliff Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rosecliff) Reported by TechCrunch - **Sept 2014** Seed **$300K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record ## 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** 2014 **Seed** 2017 **Seed** 2018 **Round** 2018 **Pre-seed** 2023 [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Fontinalis Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fontinalis-partners) [Detroit Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/detroit-venture-partners) [Rosecliff Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rosecliff) [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) [RiverPark Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/riverpark-ventures) [Chaifetz Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chaifetz-group) [Eighteen94 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eighteen94-capital) ## Everyone who backed them [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) VC firm **2** rounds [Fontinalis Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fontinalis-partners) VC firm **2** rounds [Detroit Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/detroit-venture-partners) VC firm **2** rounds [Rosecliff Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rosecliff) VC firm **2** rounds [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) VC firm **1** round [RiverPark Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/riverpark-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Chaifetz Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chaifetz-group) Family office **1** round [Eighteen94 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eighteen94-capital) Corporate VC **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=cargo). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Cargo 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. [New Dominion Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-dominion-angels) Angel network Per its own site ## Quick answers about Cargo ### Who invested in Cargo? Cargo's investors include Techstars, Fontinalis Partners, Detroit Venture Partners, Rosecliff Ventures and Y Combinator, and 4 more on record. ### How much has Cargo raised? Cargo has raised $31M across 5 rounds since 2014. ### When did Cargo last raise? Cargo's most recent round was a Pre-seed of $500K in Sept 2023. ### What was Cargo's biggest round? Cargo's largest round on record is $23M (Undisclosed round), in Sept 2018. ### Who backed Cargo first? Cargo's first round on record, in Jul 2017, was backed by Techstars, Fontinalis Partners and Detroit Venture Partners and 1 others. ### What stage is Cargo at? Cargo's latest named round is a Pre-seed, in Sept 2023. ### Where is Cargo based? Cargo is based in the United States. ## Companies like Cargo In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**SpaceX** $42B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/spacex)[**xPay** $1.5M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/xpay)[**Albert Invent** $20M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/albert-invent)[**FORT Robotics** $39M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/fort-robotics)[**Pika** $216M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/pika)[**Vertical Semiconductor** $84M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/vertical-semiconductor) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. 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