# Cleo funding: rounds and investors

> Cleo has raised $132M across 5 rounds since 2012. Investors include LocalGlobe, New Enterprise Associates and Greylock. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Cleo*

5 rounds we have observed, with the 16 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

**$132M** raised across 5 rounds since 2012, from 5 sources

**$3.5M** Venture **$11M** Series A **$10M** Series A **$28M** Series B **$80M** Series C

- **Latest round:** Series C, $80M Jun 2022
- **Step-up i:** 2.9×
- **Investors:** 16 (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.

2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022

**$3.5M** Venture

**$11M** Series A

**$10M** Series A

**$80M** Series C

- **First round:** Venture, $3.5M
- **Biggest round:** $80M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 3.2 years

## The rounds

- **Jun 2022** Series C **$80M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) [Entrepreneur First](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first) [LocalGlobe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/localglobe) [EQT Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eqt-ventures) Source recorded
- **Mar 2019** Series B **$28M** *6 new* [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) Lead [Aaron Levie](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aaron-levie) [Marissa Mayer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marissa-mayer) [Jeff Weiner](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-weiner) Chip Bergh Jeff Immelt Reported by Fortune SEC filing: $11M sold, first sale Nov 2017
- **Sept 2018** Series A **$10M** *3 new* [LocalGlobe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/localglobe) [Taavet Hinrikus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/taavet-hinrikus) Balderton Capital/ Niklas Zennström Reported by FinSMEs
- **Jun 2018** Series A **$11M** *3 new* [Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners) [Felicis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures) [Forerunner Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forerunner-ventures) Reported by FinSMEs
- **May 2012** Venture **$3.5M** *1 new* [Peterson Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peterson-partners) Reported by reuters.com

## 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.

**Venture** 2012 **Series A** 2018 **Series A** 2018 **Series B** 2019 **Series C** 2022 [LocalGlobe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/localglobe) [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) L [Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners) [Felicis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures) [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) [Entrepreneur First](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first) [Forerunner Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forerunner-ventures) [EQT Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eqt-ventures) [Peterson Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peterson-partners) [Aaron Levie](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aaron-levie)

## Everyone who backed them

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

[New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Felicis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures) VC firm **1** round

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

[Entrepreneur First](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first) Accelerator **1** round

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

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

[Peterson Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peterson-partners) Private equity **1** round

[Aaron Levie](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aaron-levie) VC firm **1** round

[Taavet Hinrikus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/taavet-hinrikus) VC firm **1** round

[Marissa Mayer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marissa-mayer) Angel **1** round

[Jeff Weiner](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-weiner) VC firm **1** round

Balderton Capital/ Niklas Zennström no record of our own yet **1** round

Chip Bergh no record of our own yet **1** round

Jeff Immelt 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=cleo).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Cleo 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.

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

## Quick answers about Cleo

### Who invested in Cleo?

Cleo's investors include LocalGlobe, New Enterprise Associates, Greylock, Felicis and Balderton Capital, and 11 more on record.

### How much has Cleo raised?

Cleo has raised $132M across 5 rounds since 2012.

### When did Cleo last raise?

Cleo's most recent round was a Series C of $80M in Jun 2022.

### What was Cleo's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $80M in Jun 2022, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Cleo first?

Cleo's first round on record, in May 2012, was backed by Peterson Partners.

### What stage is Cleo at?

Cleo's latest named round is a Series C, in Jun 2022.

### Where is Cleo based?

Cleo is based in the United States.

### Who led Cleo's rounds?

New Enterprise Associates led the Series B in 2019.

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