# Customer.io funding: rounds and investors

> Customer.io has raised $400K across 5 rounds since 2012. Investors include BoxGroup, Techstars and Kima Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Customer.io*

5 rounds we have observed, with the 9 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 27 Oct 2026

**$400K** raised across 5 rounds since 2012, from 5 sources

**$250K** Round **$150K** Seed

- **Latest round:** Venture Mar 2022
- **Biggest round:** $250K Round · May 2012
- **Investors:** 9

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.

2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022

**$250K** Round

**$150K** Seed

**?** Seed

**?** Venture

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Round, $250K
- **Biggest round:** $250K
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 22 months

## The rounds

- **Mar 2022** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *3 new* *1 returning* [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) [Portland Seed Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/portland-seed-fund) Source recorded
- **Mar 2015** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Oregon Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oregon-angel-fund) From a historical funding record
- **May 2013** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Fabrice Grinda](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fabrice-grinda) From a historical funding record
- **Jan 2013** Seed **$150K** *2 new* [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) [Sameer Jagetia](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sameer-jagetia) From a historical funding record
- **May 2012** Round **$250K** *2 new* [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) [David Cohen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-cohen) From a historical funding record

## Funding filed with regulators

Customer.io filed one raise, $4.9M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

- Aug 2021 **$4.9M** other of $5.0M offered Crowdfunding

## Founders and team

From Customer.io's own website: 1 founder, 6 on the team.

**Colin Nederkoorn** Founder and Chief Executive Officer

- **Jason Lyman** Chief Marketing Officer
- **Jennifer Fong** Chief People Officer
- **John Schoenstein** Chief Revenue Officer
- **Matthew Newhook** Chief Technology Officer
- **Meenakshi Sharma** Chief of Staff
- **Zhi Li** Chief Financial Officer

## 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.

**Round** 2012 **Seed** 2013 **Seed** 2013 **Venture** 2015 **Venture** 2022 [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) [Fabrice Grinda](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fabrice-grinda) [Portland Seed Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/portland-seed-fund) [David Cohen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-cohen) [Oregon Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oregon-angel-fund) [Sameer Jagetia](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sameer-jagetia)

## Everyone who backed them

[BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) VC firm **2** rounds

[Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) VC firm **1** round

[Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) VC firm **1** round

[Fabrice Grinda](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fabrice-grinda) Angel **1** round

[Portland Seed Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/portland-seed-fund) VC firm **1** round

[David Cohen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-cohen) Angel **1** round

[Oregon Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oregon-angel-fund) VC firm **1** round

[Sameer Jagetia](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sameer-jagetia) Angel **1** round

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## Quick answers about Customer.io

### Who invested in Customer.io?

Customer.io's investors include BoxGroup, Techstars, Kima Ventures, FJ Labs and Fabrice Grinda, and 4 more on record.

### How much has Customer.io raised?

Customer.io has raised $400K across 5 rounds since 2012. 3 rounds did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Customer.io last raise?

Customer.io's most recent round was a Venture in Mar 2022.

### What was Customer.io's biggest round?

Customer.io's largest round on record is $250K (Undisclosed round), in May 2012.

### Who backed Customer.io first?

Customer.io's first round on record, in May 2012, was backed by BoxGroup and David Cohen.

### What stage is Customer.io at?

Customer.io's latest named round is a Venture, in Mar 2022.

### Where is Customer.io based?

Customer.io is based in the United States.

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