# CreativeLive funding: rounds and investors

> CreativeLive has raised $55M across 4 rounds since 2012. Investors include Greylock, Social Capital and CAA Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

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# 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.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$55M** raised across 4 rounds since 2012, from 4 sources

**$7.5M** Series A **$500K** Series A **$22M** Series B **$25M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $25M May 2017
- **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.

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

**$7.5M** Series A

**$500K** Series A

**$22M** Series B

**$25M** Round

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

## The rounds

- **May 2017** Round **$25M** *3 new* *3 returning* [Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners) [Social Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-capital) [Richard Branson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/richard-branson) [Jared Leto](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jared-leto) [Creative Artists Agency](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-artists-agency-caa) GSV Acceleration/ REV Reported by FinSMEs
- **Nov 2013** Series B **$22M** *3 new* *2 returning* [Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners) [Felicis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures) [Social Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-capital) [The Social+Capital Partnership](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-social-capital-partnership) [CAA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/caa-ventures) Reported by techcrunch.com
- **Mar 2013** Series A **$500K** *4 new* [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [CrunchFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crunchfund-3) [CAA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/caa-ventures) [Creative Artists Agency](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-artists-agency-caa) Reported by creativelive.com
- **Oct 2012** Series A **$7.5M** *1 new* [Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners) Reported by techcrunch.com SEC filing: $3.8M sold, first sale Sept 2012

## Founders and team

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

- **Jonathon Cunningham** DIRECTOR, VICE PRESIDENT, COO, SECRETARY & TREASURER i
- **Mika Salmi** DIRECTOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER i
- **Chase Jarvis** DIRECTOR AND CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER i
- **Craig Swanson** CHIEF CONTENT OFFICER i

On the board, as filed i *James 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 A** 2012 **Series A** 2013 **Series B** 2013 **Round** 2017 [Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners) [Social Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-capital) [CAA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/caa-ventures) [Creative Artists Agency](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-artists-agency-caa) [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Felicis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures) [CrunchFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crunchfund-3) [The Social+Capital Partnership](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-social-capital-partnership) [Richard Branson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/richard-branson) [Jared Leto](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jared-leto)

## Everyone who backed them

[Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners) VC firm **3** rounds

[Social Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-capital) VC firm **2** rounds

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

[Creative Artists Agency](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-artists-agency-caa) Corporate VC **2** rounds

[Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) Corporate VC **1** round

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

[CrunchFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crunchfund-3) VC firm **1** round

[The Social+Capital Partnership](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-social-capital-partnership) VC firm **1** round

[Richard Branson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/richard-branson) Angel **1** round

[Jared Leto](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jared-leto) Angel **1** round

GSV Acceleration/ REV 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=creativelive).

## 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.

[Comcast Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/comcast-ventures) Corporate VC Per its own site

## Quick answers about CreativeLive

### Who invested in CreativeLive?

CreativeLive's investors include Greylock, Social Capital, CAA Ventures, Creative Artists Agency and Google Ventures, and 6 more on record.

### How much has CreativeLive raised?

CreativeLive has raised $55M across 4 rounds since 2012.

### When did CreativeLive last raise?

CreativeLive's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $25M in May 2017.

### What was CreativeLive's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $25M in May 2017, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed CreativeLive first?

CreativeLive's first round on record, in Oct 2012, was backed by Greylock.

### What stage is CreativeLive at?

CreativeLive's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in May 2017.

### Where is CreativeLive based?

CreativeLive is based in the United States.

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In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months.

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