# Contentful funding: rounds and investors

> Contentful has raised $240M across 6 rounds since 2012. Investors include Balderton Capital, General Catalyst and Salesforce Ventures.

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

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

# Who invested in *Contentful*

6 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.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$240M** raised across 6 rounds since 2012, from 6 sources

**$800K** Seed **$3.0M** Series A **$28M** Series C **$34M** Series D **$175M** Series F

- **Latest round:** Series F, $175M Jul 2021
- **Step-up i:** 5.2×
- **Investors:** 11

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

**?** Round

**$800K** Seed

**$3.0M** Series A

**$28M** Series C

**$34M** Series D

**$175M** Series F

- **First round:** Round
- **Biggest round:** $175M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 12 months

## The rounds

- **Jul 2021** Series F **$175M** *2 new* *4 returning* [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) Source recorded SEC filing: $175M sold, first sale Jul 2021
- **Dec 2018** Series D **$34M** *5 new* *1 returning* [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) [Hercules](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hercules) Sapphire Ventures/ OMERS Reported by FinSMEs
- **Dec 2017** Series C **$28M** *1 new* *2 returning* [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) [Point Nine Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point-nine-capital) General Catalyst Partners/ Benchmark Reported by FinSMEs
- **Dec 2013** Series A **$3.0M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) [Point Nine Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point-nine-capital) From a historical funding record
- **Jun 2013** Seed **$800K** *1 new* *1 returning* [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) [Point Nine Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point-nine-capital-2) Reported by techcrunch.com
- **Aug 2012** Round **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) From a historical funding record

## 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** 2012 **Seed** 2013 **Series A** 2013 **Series C** 2017 **Series D** 2018 **Series F** 2021 [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) [Point Nine Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point-nine-capital) [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) [Point Nine Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point-nine-capital-2) [Hercules](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hercules) General Catalyst Partners/ Benchmark

## Everyone who backed them

[Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) VC firm **6** rounds

[General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) VC firm **2** rounds

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

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

[Point Nine Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point-nine-capital) VC firm **2** rounds

[Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) VC firm **1** round

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

[Point Nine Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point-nine-capital-2) VC firm **1** round

[Hercules](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hercules) Private equity **1** round

General Catalyst Partners/ Benchmark no record of our own yet **1** round

Sapphire Ventures/ OMERS 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=contentful).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Contentful 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.

[Conduit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/conduit) Accelerator Per its own site

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

## Quick answers about Contentful

### Who invested in Contentful?

Contentful's investors include Balderton Capital, General Catalyst, Salesforce Ventures, Benchmark and Point Nine Capital, and 6 more on record.

### How much has Contentful raised?

Contentful has raised $240M across 6 rounds since 2012. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Contentful last raise?

Contentful's most recent round was a Series F of $175M in Jul 2021.

### What was Contentful's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $175M in Jul 2021, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Contentful first?

Contentful's first round on record, in Aug 2012, was backed by Balderton Capital.

### What stage is Contentful at?

Contentful's latest named round is a Series F, in Jul 2021.

### Where is Contentful based?

Contentful is based in the United States.

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