# Casetext funding: rounds and investors

> Casetext has raised $46M across 5 rounds since 2013. Investors include Y Combinator, BoxGroup and SV Angel. Every round with its source.

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

United States · [Series C startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Casetext*

5 rounds we have observed, with the 20 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 Education

Y Combinator: S13

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$46M** raised across 5 rounds since 2013, from 5 sources

**$1.8M** Seed **$7.0M** Series A **$12M** Series B **$25M** Series C

- **Latest round:** Series C, $25M Jan 2022
- **Step-up i:** 2.1×
- **Investors:** 20

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 2015 2017 2019 2021

**?** Seed

**$1.8M** Seed

**$7.0M** Series A

**$12M** Series B

**$25M** Series C

- **First round:** Seed
- **Biggest round:** $25M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.2 years

## The rounds

- **Jan 2022** Series C **$25M** *5 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) [Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) Source recorded SEC filing: $25M sold, first sale Dec 2021
- **Mar 2017** Series B **$12M** *3 new* [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) [RedSea](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redsea) Canvas Ventures/ Union Square Reported by FinSMEs
- **Feb 2015** Series A **$7.0M** *3 new* *4 returning* [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) [Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) [Susa Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/susa-ventures) [Formation 8](https://millionrounds.com/fund/formation-8) [Red Sea Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/red-sea-ventures) [Tom Glocer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tom-glocer) [Ilya Sukhar](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ilya-sukhar) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $8.8M sold, first sale Jan 2015
- **Oct 2013** Seed **$1.8M** *13 new* *1 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) [Crosslink Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crosslink-capital) [Susa Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/susa-ventures) [Paul Buchheit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paul-buchheit) [Red Sea Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/red-sea-ventures) [Techammer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techammer) [A-Grade Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/a-grade-investments) [Wefunder](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wefunder) [Charlie Cheever](https://millionrounds.com/fund/charlie-cheever) [Tom Glocer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tom-glocer) [Rob Emrich](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rob-emrich) [Darian Shirazi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/darian-shirazi) From a historical funding record
- **Mar 2013** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From Casetext's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 4 on the team.

- **Joel Hron** Chief Technology Officer
- **Kerry Thomson** Chief Risk and Compliance Officer
- **Jacob Heller** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Laura Safdie** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Jeroen Plink* *Jim Curry* *John Buttrick* *Rebecca Lynn*

## 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** 2013 **Seed** 2013 **Series A** 2015 **Series B** 2017 **Series C** 2022 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) [Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) [Susa Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/susa-ventures) [Red Sea Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/red-sea-ventures) [Tom Glocer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tom-glocer) [Crosslink Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crosslink-capital) [Paul Buchheit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paul-buchheit)

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **3** rounds

[BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) VC firm **3** rounds

[SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) VC firm **2** rounds

[8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) VC firm **2** rounds

[Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[Susa Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/susa-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[Red Sea Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/red-sea-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[Tom Glocer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tom-glocer) Angel **2** rounds

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

[Paul Buchheit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paul-buchheit) Angel **1** round

[Formation 8](https://millionrounds.com/fund/formation-8) VC firm **1** round

[Techammer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techammer) Angel network **1** round

[A-Grade Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/a-grade-investments) VC firm **1** round

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

[Charlie Cheever](https://millionrounds.com/fund/charlie-cheever) Angel **1** round

[Ilya Sukhar](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ilya-sukhar) Angel **1** round

[Rob Emrich](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rob-emrich) Angel **1** round

[Darian Shirazi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/darian-shirazi) VC firm **1** round

[RedSea](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redsea) Company **1** round

Canvas Ventures/ Union Square 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=casetext).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Casetext 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.

[BuildGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/buildgroup) Private equity Per its own site

[Socii Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/socii-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Three Thousand Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/three-thousand-capital) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Casetext

### Who invested in Casetext?

Casetext's investors include Y Combinator, BoxGroup, SV Angel, 8VC and Union Square Ventures, and 15 more on record.

### How much has Casetext raised?

Casetext has raised $46M across 5 rounds since 2013. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Casetext last raise?

Casetext's most recent round was a Series C of $25M in Jan 2022.

### What was Casetext's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $25M in Jan 2022, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Casetext first?

Casetext's first round on record, in Mar 2013, was backed by Y Combinator.

### What stage is Casetext at?

Casetext's latest named round is a Series C, in Jan 2022.

### Where is Casetext based?

Casetext is based in the United States.

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