# Checkerspot funding: rounds and investors > Checkerspot has raised $81M across 4 rounds since 2018. Investors include Builders VC, Plug and Play and Refactor Capital. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/checkerspot (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series C startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Checkerspot* 4 rounds we have observed, with the 10 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. Biotech Manufacturing Raised 11 months ago Follow Checkerspot and see its new rounds in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Fcompany%2Fcheckerspot) Funding summary Updated 27 Oct 2026 **$81M** raised across 4 rounds since 2018, from 4 sources **$5.0M** Seed **$13M** Series A **$55M** Series C **$7.6M** Round - **Latest round:** Round, $7.6M Nov 2025 - **Biggest round:** $55M Series C · Feb 2023 - **Investors:** 10 (1 led) 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. 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 **$5.0M** Seed **$13M** Series A **$55M** Series C **$7.6M** Round - **First round:** Seed, $5.0M - **Biggest round:** $55M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.8 years ## The rounds - **Nov 2025** Round **$7.6M** No investor was named in the report. Filed with the SEC (Form D); no report of this raise yet SEC filing: $7.6M sold, first sale Nov 2025 - **Feb 2023** Series C **$55M** *4 returning* [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) [Builders VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/builders-vc) [Refactor Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/refactor-capital) [KdT Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kdt-ventures) Source recorded - **Apr 2019** Series A **$13M** *5 new* *2 returning* [Builders VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/builders-vc) Lead [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) [Viking Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/viking-global-investors) [KdT Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kdt-ventures) [Godfrey Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/godfrey-capital) [Sahsen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sahsen) Breakout Reported by FinSMEs - **Jun 2018** Seed **$5.0M** *5 new* [Refactor Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/refactor-capital) [Godfrey Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/godfrey-capital) [Sahsen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sahsen) DIC KdT Ventures/ Viking Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $5.4M sold, first sale Apr 2018 ## Founders and team From Checkerspot's own website: 4 on the team. - **John Krzywicki** "> "> CEO - **Casey Lippmeier** CTO - **Layla Ward** CFO - **Chris Randall** VP, Corporate Marketing ## 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** 2018 **Series A** 2019 **Series C** 2023 **Round** 2025 [Builders VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/builders-vc) L [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) [Refactor Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/refactor-capital) [KdT Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kdt-ventures) [Godfrey Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/godfrey-capital) [Sahsen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sahsen) [Viking Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/viking-global-investors) Breakout DIC KdT Ventures/ Viking ## Everyone who backed them [Builders VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/builders-vc) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1 [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) Accelerator **2** rounds [Refactor Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/refactor-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [KdT Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kdt-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Godfrey Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/godfrey-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Sahsen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sahsen) Investment firm **2** rounds [Viking Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/viking-global-investors) VC firm **1** round Breakout no record of our own yet **1** round DIC no record of our own yet **1** round KdT Ventures/ Viking 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=checkerspot). ## Also claim to have backed them These 3 firms list Checkerspot 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. [Cavallo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cavallo-ventures) Corporate VC Per its own site [Breakout Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/breakout-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Baruch Future Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baruch-future-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Checkerspot ### Who invested in Checkerspot? Checkerspot's investors include Builders VC, Plug and Play, Refactor Capital, KdT Ventures and Godfrey Capital, and 5 more on record. ### How much has Checkerspot raised? Checkerspot has raised $81M across 4 rounds since 2018. ### When did Checkerspot last raise? Checkerspot's most recent round, $7.6M, was in Nov 2025. ### What was Checkerspot's biggest round? Checkerspot's largest round on record is $55M (Series C), in Feb 2023. ### Who backed Checkerspot first? Checkerspot's first round on record, in Jun 2018, was backed by Refactor Capital, Godfrey Capital and Sahsen and 2 others. ### What stage is Checkerspot at? Checkerspot's latest named round is a Series C, in Feb 2023. ### Where is Checkerspot based? Checkerspot is based in the United States. ### Who led Checkerspot's rounds? Builders VC led the Series A in 2019. ## Companies like Checkerspot In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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