Who invested in Descript

3 rounds we have observed, with the 4 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.

AIConsumer AppsInternet

Valuation: $550M, Oct 2024

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$70Mraised across 3 rounds since 2017, from 3 sources

$5.0MSeed$15MSeries A$50MSeries C

Latest round: Series C, $50MOct 2022
Step-upi: 3.3×
Investors: 4

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

20182019202020212022

$5.0MSeed$15MSeries A$50MSeries C

First round: Seed, $5.0M
Biggest round: $50M
Usual gap between rounds: 3 years

The rounds

Oct 2022
Series C$50M2 new2 returning
Source recordedSEC filing: $51M sold, first sale Nov 2022
Sept 2019
Series A$15M1 new1 returning
- Andreessen Horowitz
- Redpoint
Reported by TechCrunch
Dec 2017
Seed$5.0M1 new
- Andreessen Horowitz
Reported by FinSMEs

Founders and team

From Descript's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 3 on the team.

Ayesha N.Customer Success Manager
Shreyas M.Product Marketing Lead
Andrew MasonExecutive Officer, Directori

On the board, as filediAlex RampellKundan KumarNabeel Hyatt

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.

Seed2017Series A2019Series C2022

Everyone who backed them

Andreessen HorowitzVC firm3rounds

RedpointVC firm2rounds

Spark CapitalVC firm1round

UBSWealth manager1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Descript 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.