# Creo funding: rounds and investors

> Creo has raised $528K across 2 rounds since 2015. Investors include Y Combinator and Eleven. Every round with its source.

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

United States · [Pre-seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Creo*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 2 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

**$528K** raised across 2 rounds since 2015, from 2 sources

**$28K** Seed **$500K** Pre-seed

- **Latest round:** Pre-seed, $500K Apr 2024
- **Step-up i:** 17.9×
- **Investors:** 2

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.

2015 2017 2019 2021 2023

**$28K** Seed

**$500K** Pre-seed

- **First round:** Seed, $28K
- **Biggest round:** $500K
- **Between rounds:** 8.9 years

## The rounds

- **Apr 2024** Pre-seed **$500K** *1 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Source recorded SEC filing: $250K sold, first sale Jul 2024
- **May 2015** Seed **$28K** *1 new* [Eleven](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eleven) From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From Creo's own website: 1 founder, 34 on the team.

**Susan Acker-Walsh** CEO and Co-Founder

- **Kathleen Carney** VP, Finance & Accounting
- **Aarcha Mulakkal** Senior Analyst
- **Aaron Jalloh** Analyst
- **Aidan Nichols** Senior Analyst
- **Alan Thomason** Senior Consultant
- **Amer Malik** Principal Consultant
- **Bill Bates** Senior Manager
- **Caleb Huff** Senior Analyst
- **Calleigh Crumpler** Senior Analyst
- **Carla Dougherty** Principal Consultant
- **Charne' Meintjes** Senior Analyst
- **Clifton Medford** Senior Manager
- **David Blackman** Senior Analyst
- **David Stuart** Managing Director
- **Drew Bethke** Business Development Manager
- **Erik Corrington** Senior Manager
- **Gary Blevins** Senior Consultant
- **Haley Taylor** HR Manager

And 16 more on the team.

## 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.

**Seed** 2015 **Pre-seed** 2024 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Eleven](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eleven)

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round

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

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Creo 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.

[Salmon Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salmon-innovation-fund) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Creo

### Who invested in Creo?

Creo's investors include Y Combinator and Eleven.

### How much has Creo raised?

Creo has raised $528K across 2 rounds since 2015.

### When did Creo last raise?

Creo's most recent round was a Pre-seed of $500K in Apr 2024.

### What was Creo's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $500K in Apr 2024, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Creo first?

Creo's first round on record, in May 2015, was backed by Eleven.

### What stage is Creo at?

Creo's latest named round is a Pre-seed, in Apr 2024.

### Where is Creo based?

Creo is based in the United States.

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