# Credit Sesame funding: rounds and investors

> Credit Sesame has raised $132M across 7 rounds since 2010. Investors include Menlo Ventures, Globespan Capital Partners and Inventus Capital Partners.

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

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# Who invested in *Credit Sesame*

7 rounds we have observed, with the 19 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.

Fintech

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$132M** raised across 7 rounds since 2010, from 7 sources

**$1.2M** Series A **$6.2M** Series B **$12M** Series B **$12M** Series C **$16M** Series D **$42M** Debt **$43M** Debt

- **Latest round:** Debt, $43M Aug 2019
- **Led by:** ATW Partners
- **Investors:** 19 (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.

2010 2012 2014 2016 2018

**$1.2M** Series A

**$6.2M** Series B

**$12M** Series B

**$12M** Series C

**$16M** Series D

**$42M** Debt

**$43M** Debt

- **First round:** Series A, $1.2M
- **Biggest round:** $43M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 22 months

## The rounds

- **Aug 2019** Debt **$43M** *6 new* *2 returning* [ATW Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atw-partners) Lead [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) [Globespan Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/globespan-capital-partners) [Stanford University](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ahpcrc) [Capital One](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capital-one) [Symantec Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/symantec-ventures) [Inventus Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inventus-capital) IA Capital Groups Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $13M sold, first sale Aug 2019
- **Oct 2017** Debt **$42M** *3 new* *2 returning* [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) [Globespan Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/globespan-capital-partners) [IA Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ia-capital) Inventus SF Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $27M sold, first sale Oct 2017
- **May 2015** Series D **$16M** *2 new* *3 returning* [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) [Globespan Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/globespan-capital-partners) [Inventus Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inventus-capital-partners) [IA Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ia-capital-group) Syncora Alternative Investments From a historical funding record
- **Jun 2012** Series B **$12M** *1 new* *2 returning* [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) [Globespan Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/globespan-capital-partners) [Inventus Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inventus-capital-partners) Reported by techcrunch.com
- **Jun 2012** Series C **$12M** *1 new* *3 returning* [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) [Globespan Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/globespan-capital-partners) [Inventus Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inventus-capital-partners) [Camp One Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/camp-one-ventures) From a historical funding record
- **Mar 2011** Series B **$6.2M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) [Inventus Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inventus-capital-partners) Reported by techcrunch.com
- **Apr 2010** Series A **$1.2M** *5 new* [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) [Inventus Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inventus-capital-partners) [Grail Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/grail-partners-llc) [Grauer Brothers Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/grauer-brothers-capital) Paul Longhenry From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 1 on the team.

- **Adrian Nazari** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Andrew Lerner* *Frederick Grauer* *John Dougery* *John Jarve*

## 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** 2010 **Series B** 2011 **Series B** 2012 **Series C** 2012 **Series D** 2015 **Debt** 2017 **Debt** 2019 [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) [Globespan Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/globespan-capital-partners) [Inventus Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inventus-capital-partners) [ATW Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atw-partners) L [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) [Stanford University](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ahpcrc) [Camp One Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/camp-one-ventures) [Capital One](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capital-one) [Symantec Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/symantec-ventures) [IA Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ia-capital-group)

## Everyone who backed them

[Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) VC firm **6** rounds

[Globespan Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/globespan-capital-partners) VC firm **5** rounds

[Inventus Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inventus-capital-partners) VC firm **5** rounds

[ATW Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atw-partners) Investment firm **1** round, led 1

[Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) Accelerator **1** round

[Stanford University](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ahpcrc) VC firm **1** round

[Camp One Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/camp-one-ventures) VC firm **1** round

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

[Symantec Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/symantec-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round

[IA Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ia-capital-group) VC firm **1** round

[IA Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ia-capital) Investment firm **1** round

[Grail Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/grail-partners-llc) VC firm **1** round

[Grauer Brothers Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/grauer-brothers-capital) VC firm **1** round

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

IA Capital Groups no record of our own yet **1** round

Inventus no record of our own yet **1** round

Paul Longhenry no record of our own yet **1** round

SF no record of our own yet **1** round

Syncora Alternative Investments 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=credit-sesame).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Credit Sesame 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.

[Runway Growth Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/runway-growth-capital) Private credit Per its own site

[Pivotal Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pivotal-capital-partners) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Credit Sesame

### Who invested in Credit Sesame?

Credit Sesame's investors include Menlo Ventures, Globespan Capital Partners, Inventus Capital Partners, ATW Partners and Plug and Play, and 14 more on record. ATW Partners led its latest round.

### How much has Credit Sesame raised?

Credit Sesame has raised $132M across 7 rounds since 2010.

### When did Credit Sesame last raise?

Credit Sesame's most recent round was a Debt of $43M in Aug 2019, led by ATW Partners.

### What was Credit Sesame's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $43M in Aug 2019, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Credit Sesame first?

Credit Sesame's first round on record, in Apr 2010, was backed by Plug and Play, Inventus Capital Partners and Grail Partners and 2 others.

### What stage is Credit Sesame at?

Credit Sesame's latest named round is a Debt, in Aug 2019.

### Where is Credit Sesame based?

Credit Sesame is based in the United States.

### Who led Credit Sesame's rounds?

ATW Partners led the Debt in 2019.

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