# Cheddar funding: rounds and investors

> Cheddar has raised $32M across 2 rounds since 2016. Investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Goldman Sachs and Ribbit Capital.

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

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

# Who invested in *Cheddar*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 14 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.

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Y Combinator: S14

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$32M** raised across 2 rounds since 2016, from 2 sources

**$10M** Round **$22M** Series D

- **Latest round:** Series D, $22M Mar 2018
- **Step-up i:** 2.2×
- **Investors:** 14

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.

2017 2018

**$10M** Round

**$22M** Series D

- **First round:** Round, $10M
- **Biggest round:** $22M
- **Between rounds:** 18 months

## The rounds

- **Mar 2018** Series D **$22M** *13 new* *1 returning* [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) [Ribbit Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ribbit-capital) [Comcast Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/comcast-ventures) [Amazon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amazon) [AT&T](https://millionrounds.com/fund/at-and-t) [Dentsu Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dentsu-ventures) [Altice USA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/altice-usa) [Antenna Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/antenna-ventures) 7 Global Jeff Sprecher Raine Ventures/ Liberty Global The New York Stock Exchange family office of Kelly Loeffler Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $23M sold, first sale Mar 2018
- **Sept 2016** Round **$10M** *1 new* [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 4 on the team.

- **Anjali Kumar** Executive Officer i
- **Eric Harris** Executive Officer i
- **Jonathan Steinberg** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Peter Gorenstein** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Gordon Rubenstein* *Jeremy Liew* *Scott Belsky*

## 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.

**Round** 2016 **Series D** 2018 [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) [Ribbit Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ribbit-capital) [Comcast Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/comcast-ventures) [Amazon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amazon) [AT&T](https://millionrounds.com/fund/at-and-t) [Dentsu Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dentsu-ventures) [Altice USA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/altice-usa) [Antenna Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/antenna-ventures) 7 Global

## The exit

Exit Buyer Price When

Acquired [Brazos Private Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brazos-private-equity-partners) undisclosed Nov 2003

From historical deal records. Wrong? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=cheddar).

## Everyone who backed them

[Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) VC firm **2** rounds

[Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) Private equity **1** round

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

[Comcast Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/comcast-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round

[Amazon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amazon) Company **1** round

[AT&T](https://millionrounds.com/fund/at-and-t) Company **1** round

[Dentsu Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dentsu-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round

[Altice USA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/altice-usa) Growth equity **1** round

[Antenna Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/antenna-ventures) VC firm **1** round

7 Global no record of our own yet **1** round

family office of Kelly Loeffler no record of our own yet **1** round

Jeff Sprecher no record of our own yet **1** round

Raine Ventures/ Liberty Global no record of our own yet **1** round

The New York Stock Exchange 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=cheddar).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Cheddar 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.

[Elevate Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elevate-ventures-2) Angel network Per its own site

## Quick answers about Cheddar

### Who invested in Cheddar?

Cheddar's investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Goldman Sachs, Ribbit Capital, Comcast Ventures and Amazon, and 9 more on record.

### How much has Cheddar raised?

Cheddar has raised $32M across 2 rounds since 2016.

### When did Cheddar last raise?

Cheddar's most recent round was a Series D of $22M in Mar 2018.

### What was Cheddar's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $22M in Mar 2018, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Cheddar first?

Cheddar's first round on record, in Sept 2016, was backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners.

### What stage is Cheddar at?

Cheddar's latest named round is a Series D, in Mar 2018.

### Where is Cheddar based?

Cheddar is based in the United States.

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