# Contrario funding: rounds and investors

> Contrario has raised $1.0M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include Y Combinator, U.S. Venture Partners and Goodwater Capital. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Contrario*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 4 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.

AI

Raised 6 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$1.0M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources

**$500K** Pre-seed **$500K** Seed

- **Latest round:** Seed, $500K May 2026
- **Investors:** 4

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.

2026

**$500K** Pre-seed

**$500K** Seed

- **First round:** Pre-seed, $500K
- **Biggest round:** $500K
- **Between rounds:** 14 months

## The rounds

- **May 2026** Seed **$500K** *3 new* *1 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [U.S. Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/u-s-venture-partners-usvp) [Goodwater Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goodwater-capital) [Nexus Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nexus-venture-partners) Source recorded
- **Mar 2025** Pre-seed **$500K** *1 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Contrario's own website: 2 founders.

**Alex Shan** Co-Founder & CEO

**Alexandre Berkovic** Co-Founder & CEO

## 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.

**Pre-seed** 2025 **Seed** 2026 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [U.S. Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/u-s-venture-partners-usvp) [Goodwater Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goodwater-capital) [Nexus Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nexus-venture-partners)

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds

[U.S. Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/u-s-venture-partners-usvp) VC firm **1** round

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

[Nexus Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nexus-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=contrario).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Contrario 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.

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

## Quick answers about Contrario

### Who invested in Contrario?

Contrario's investors include Y Combinator, U.S. Venture Partners, Goodwater Capital and Nexus Venture Partners.

### How much has Contrario raised?

Contrario has raised $1.0M across 2 rounds since 2025.

### When did Contrario last raise?

Contrario's most recent round was a Seed of $500K in May 2026.

### What was Contrario's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $500K in May 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Contrario first?

Contrario's first round on record, in Mar 2025, was backed by Y Combinator.

### What stage is Contrario at?

Contrario's latest named round is a Seed, in May 2026.

### Where is Contrario based?

Contrario is based in the United States.

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