Who invested in CreativeLive

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.

Edtech

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$55Mraised across 4 rounds since 2012, from 4 sources

$7.5MSeries A$500KSeries A$22MSeries B$25MRound

Latest round: Round, $25MMay 2017
Investors: 11

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

20132014201520162017

$7.5MSeries A$500KSeries A$22MSeries B$25MRound

First round: Series A, $7.5M
Biggest round: $25M
Usual gap between rounds: 8 months

The rounds

May 2017
Round$25M3 new3 returning
- Greylock
- Social Capital
- Richard Branson
- Jared Leto
- Creative Artists Agency
- GSV Acceleration/ REV
Reported by FinSMEs
Nov 2013
Series B$22M3 new2 returning
Reported by techcrunch.com
Mar 2013
Series A$500K4 new
Reported by creativelive.com
Oct 2012
Series A$7.5M1 new
- Greylock
Reported by techcrunch.comSEC filing: $3.8M sold, first sale Sept 2012

Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 4 on the team.

Jonathon CunninghamDIRECTOR, VICE PRESIDENT, COO, SECRETARY & TREASURERi
Mika SalmiDIRECTOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERi
Chase JarvisDIRECTOR AND CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICERi
Craig SwansonCHIEF CONTENT OFFICERi

On the board, as filediJames Slavet

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 A2012Series A2013Series B2013Round2017

Greylock

Social Capital

CAA Ventures

Creative Artists Agency

Google Ventures

Felicis

CrunchFundThe Social+Capital PartnershipRichard BransonJared Leto

Everyone who backed them

GreylockVC firm3rounds

Social CapitalVC firm2rounds

CAA VenturesCorporate VC2rounds

Creative Artists AgencyCorporate VC2rounds

Google VenturesCorporate VC1round

FelicisVC firm1round

CrunchFundVC firm1round

The Social+Capital PartnershipVC firm1round

Richard BransonAngel1round

Jared LetoAngel1round

GSV Acceleration/ REVno record of our own yet1round

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Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists CreativeLive 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.