# Cheers funding: rounds and investors

> Cheers has raised $4.9M across 4 rounds since 2013. Investors include Y Combinator, CRV and Founder Collective. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Cheers*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 8 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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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$4.9M** raised across 4 rounds since 2013, from 4 sources

**$2.5M** Series A **$1.8M** Crowdfunding **$500K** Pre-seed **$100K** Grant

- **Latest round:** Grant, $100K Feb 2025
- **Biggest round:** $2.5M Series A · Mar 2013
- **Investors:** 8

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 2023 2025

**$2.5M** Series A

**$1.8M** Crowdfunding

**$500K** Pre-seed

**$100K** Grant

- **First round:** Series A, $2.5M
- **Biggest round:** $2.5M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.9 years

## The rounds

- **Feb 2025** Grant **$100K** *1 new* [Fuel Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fuel-ventures) Source recorded
- **Sept 2024** Pre-seed **$500K** *1 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Source recorded
- **Oct 2021** Crowdfunding **$1.8M** *2 new* [Founder Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-collective) [NextView Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextview-ventures) Source recorded
- **Mar 2013** Series A **$2.5M** *4 new* [CRV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) [Trinity Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/trinity-ventures) [Naval Ravikant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naval-ravikant) [Mind Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mind-fund) Reported by techcrunch.com

## Founders and team

From Cheers's own website: 2 on the team.

- **Yaser Ayub** CEO, Yaser.uk
- **Maria Veloso** Head of Finance at Rocket Lab

## 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.

**Series A** 2013 **Crowdfunding** 2021 **Pre-seed** 2024 **Grant** 2025 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [CRV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) [Founder Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-collective) [Trinity Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/trinity-ventures) [Fuel Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fuel-ventures) [NextView Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextview-ventures) [Naval Ravikant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naval-ravikant) [Mind Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mind-fund)

## Everyone who backed them

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

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

[Founder Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-collective) VC firm **1** round

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

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

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

[Naval Ravikant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naval-ravikant) VC firm **1** round

[Mind Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mind-fund) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Cheers 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.

[amplify.la](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amplify-la) Accelerator Per its own site

[Monster BA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/monster-ba) Angel network Per its own site

[Ritual Capital Management Company, LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ritual-capital-management-company-llc) Investor Per its own site

## Quick answers about Cheers

### Who invested in Cheers?

Cheers's investors include Y Combinator, CRV, Founder Collective, Trinity Ventures and Fuel Ventures, and 3 more on record.

### How much has Cheers raised?

Cheers has raised $4.9M across 4 rounds since 2013.

### When did Cheers last raise?

Cheers's most recent round was a Grant of $100K in Feb 2025.

### What was Cheers's biggest round?

Cheers's largest round on record is $2.5M (Series A), in Mar 2013.

### Who backed Cheers first?

Cheers's first round on record, in Mar 2013, was backed by CRV, Trinity Ventures and Naval Ravikant and 1 others.

### What stage is Cheers at?

Cheers's latest named round is a Grant, in Feb 2025.

### Where is Cheers based?

Cheers is based in the United States.

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In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months.

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