# Certificial funding: rounds and investors

> Certificial has raised $15M across 1 round since 2023. Investors include Y Combinator, Nyca Partners and Fin Capital. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Certificial*

One round we have observed, with the 3 investors named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Financial Services

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$15M** raised across 1 round since 2023, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Series B, $15M Jul 2023
- **Investors:** 3

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Jul 2023** Series B **$15M** [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Nyca Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nyca-partners) [Fin Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fin-capital) Source recorded SEC filing: $15M sold, first sale Jun 2023

## Founders and team

From Certificial's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 2 founders, 6 on the team.

**Pete Teresi** Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder

**Rob Blanchette** Co-Founder

- **Richard Magrann-Wells** Chief Regulatory & Compliance Officer
- **Thierry Bonfante** Chief Product Officer
- **Jeff Yellin** VP, Finance
- **Nathalie Nayman** VP, Marketing
- **Peter Teresi** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Robert Blanchette** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Matthew Perlman* *Stephanie Khoo* *Tobias Walter*

## Everyone who backed them

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

[Nyca Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nyca-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Fin Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fin-capital) Private equity **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Certificial 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.

[Cameron Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cameron-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Certificial

### Who invested in Certificial?

Certificial's investors include Y Combinator, Nyca Partners and Fin Capital.

### How much has Certificial raised?

Certificial has raised $15M across 1 round since 2023.

### When did Certificial last raise?

Certificial's most recent round was a Series B of $15M in Jul 2023.

### What was Certificial's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $15M in Jul 2023, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Certificial first?

Certificial's first round on record, in Jul 2023, was backed by Y Combinator, Nyca Partners and Fin Capital.

### What stage is Certificial at?

Certificial's latest named round is a Series B, in Jul 2023.

### Where is Certificial based?

Certificial is based in the United States.

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