# Cogni funding: rounds and investors

> Cogni has raised $31M across 4 rounds since 2018. Investors include Barclays Ventures, Guggenheim Partners and Techstars. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Cogni*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 11 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.

Financial Services Fintech

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$31M** raised across 4 rounds since 2018, from 4 sources

**$1.7M** Seed **$5.4M** Seed **$23M** Series A **$1.2M** Seed

- **Latest round:** Seed, $1.2M Sept 2025
- **Biggest round:** $23M Series A · Apr 2022
- **Investors:** 11 (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.

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

**$1.7M** Seed

**$5.4M** Seed

**$23M** Series A

**$1.2M** Seed

- **First round:** Seed, $1.7M
- **Biggest round:** $23M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.4 years

## The rounds

- **Sept 2025** Seed **$1.2M** *1 new* [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) Source recorded
- **Apr 2022** Series A **$23M** *4 new* *1 returning* [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) [Barclays Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barclays-ventures) [Solana Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/solana-ventures) [Barclays Corporate Banking](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barclays-corporate-banking) Source recorded
- **Oct 2019** Seed **$5.4M** *6 new* [Guggenheim Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/guggenheim-partners) Lead [Barclays Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barclays-ventures) [Hard Yaka](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hard-yaka) [WorldQuant Ventures LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/worldquant-ventures-llc) [CXO Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-cxo-fund) Scott Minerd Reported by Crowdfundinsider
- **Nov 2018** Seed **$1.7M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by Reuters

## 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 **Seed** 2019 **Series A** 2022 **Seed** 2025 [Barclays Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barclays-ventures) [Guggenheim Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/guggenheim-partners) L [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) [Solana Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/solana-ventures) [Barclays Corporate Banking](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barclays-corporate-banking) [Hard Yaka](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hard-yaka) [WorldQuant Ventures LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/worldquant-ventures-llc) [CXO Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-cxo-fund)

## Everyone who backed them

[Barclays Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barclays-ventures) Corporate VC **2** rounds

[Guggenheim Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/guggenheim-partners) VC firm **1** round, led 1

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

[Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) VC firm **1** round

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

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

[Barclays Corporate Banking](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barclays-corporate-banking) Investment firm **1** round

[Hard Yaka](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hard-yaka) VC firm **1** round

[WorldQuant Ventures LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/worldquant-ventures-llc) VC firm **1** round

[CXO Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-cxo-fund) VC firm **1** round

Scott Minerd no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Quick answers about Cogni

### Who invested in Cogni?

Cogni's investors include Barclays Ventures, Guggenheim Partners, Techstars, Right Side Capital Management and Benchmark, and 6 more on record.

### How much has Cogni raised?

Cogni has raised $31M across 4 rounds since 2018.

### When did Cogni last raise?

Cogni's most recent round was a Seed of $1.2M in Sept 2025.

### What was Cogni's biggest round?

Cogni's largest round on record is $23M (Series A), in Apr 2022.

### Who backed Cogni first?

Cogni's first round on record, in Oct 2019, was backed by Guggenheim Partners, Barclays Ventures and Hard Yaka and 3 others.

### What stage is Cogni at?

Cogni's latest named round is a Seed, in Sept 2025.

### Where is Cogni based?

Cogni is based in the United States.

### Who led Cogni's rounds?

Guggenheim Partners led the Seed in 2019.

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