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Who invested in Carousell?
Carousell's investors include Golden Gate Ventures, 500 Global, Sequoia Capital, Rakuten Capital and Darius Cheung, and 6 more on record.
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$800KSeed$6.0MSeries A$85MSeries C$56MRound$2.8MVenture
Singapore · Venture startup
Who invested in Carousell
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$151Mraised across 5 rounds since 2013, from 5 sources
$800KSeed$6.0MSeries A$85MSeries C$56MRound$2.8MVenture
- Latest round
- Venture, $2.8MSept 2023
- Biggest round
- $85MSeries C · May 2018
- Investors
- 11
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Seed, $800K Nov 2013
- Biggest round
- $85M Series C · May 2018
- Usual gap between rounds
- 3.5 years the median of 4
The rounds
- Sept 2023
- Apr 2019
- May 2018Series C$85M2 new3 returning
Sequoia Capital
Golden Gate Ventures
Rakuten Capital- DBS
- EDBI/ 500 Startups
Reported by FinSMEs
- Nov 2014Series A$6.0M2 new3 returning
From a historical funding record
- Nov 2013Seed$800K5 new
500 Global- Golden Gate Ventures
Rakuten- Darius Cheung
- Danny Oei Wirianto
Reported by techcrunch.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.
Seed2013Series A2014Series C2018Round2019Venture2023Golden Gate Ventures500 GlobalSequoia CapitalRakuten CapitalDarius Cheung
Peak XV
NaspersRakutenDanny Oei WiriantoDBS
Golden Gate Ventures500 GlobalSequoia CapitalRakuten CapitalDarius CheungPeak XVNaspersRakutenDanny Oei WiriantoDBSEveryone who backed them
Darius CheungAngel2rounds
Danny Oei Wiriantono record of our own yet1round
DBSno record of our own yet1round
EDBI/ 500 Startupsno record of our own yet1round
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Also claim to have backed them
These 2 firms list Carousell 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.
Quick answers about Carousell
How much has Carousell raised?
Carousell has raised $151M across 5 rounds since 2013.
When did Carousell last raise?
Carousell's most recent round was a Venture of $2.8M in Sept 2023.
What was Carousell's biggest round?
Carousell's largest round on record is $85M (Series C), in May 2018.
Who backed Carousell first?
Carousell's first round on record, in Nov 2013, was backed by 500 Global, Golden Gate Ventures and Rakuten and 2 others.
What stage is Carousell at?
Carousell's latest named round is a Venture, in Sept 2023.
Where is Carousell based?
Carousell is based in Singapore.
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