# Deako funding: rounds and investors

> Deako has raised $14M across 2 rounds since 2015. Investors include Y Combinator, Alumni Ventures and Liquid 2 Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

United States · [Series B startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Deako*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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.

Hardware & Electronics

Y Combinator: W16

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$14M** raised across 2 rounds since 2015, from 2 sources

**$1.4M** Debt **$13M** Series B

- **Latest round:** Series B, $13M Mar 2021
- **Step-up i:** 8.7×
- **Investors:** 5

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.

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

**$1.4M** Debt

**$13M** Series B

- **First round:** Debt, $1.4M
- **Biggest round:** $13M
- **Between rounds:** 5.3 years

## The rounds

- **Mar 2021** Series B **$13M** *5 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) [Partech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/partech) [Promus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/promus-ventures) Source recorded SEC filing: $13M sold, first sale Mar 2021
- **Nov 2015** Debt **$1.4M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $1.4M sold, first sale Nov 2015

## 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.

**Debt** 2015 **Series B** 2021 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) [Partech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/partech) [Promus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/promus-ventures)

## Everyone who backed them

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

[Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm **1** round

[Liquid 2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Partech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/partech) VC firm **1** round

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

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Deako 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.

[Tandem Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tandem) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Deako

### Who invested in Deako?

Deako's investors include Y Combinator, Alumni Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, Partech Ventures and Promus Ventures.

### How much has Deako raised?

Deako has raised $14M across 2 rounds since 2015.

### When did Deako last raise?

Deako's most recent round was a Series B of $13M in Mar 2021.

### What was Deako's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $13M in Mar 2021, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Deako first?

Deako's first round on record, in Mar 2021, was backed by Y Combinator, Alumni Ventures and Liquid 2 Ventures and 2 others.

### What stage is Deako at?

Deako's latest named round is a Series B, in Mar 2021.

### Where is Deako based?

Deako is based in the United States.

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