# Descript funding: rounds and investors > Descript has raised $70M across 3 rounds since 2017. Investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Redpoint and Spark Capital. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/descript (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series C startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # 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. AI Consumer Apps Internet Valuation: $550M, Oct 2024 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$70M** raised across 3 rounds since 2017, from 3 sources **$5.0M** Seed **$15M** Series A **$50M** Series C - **Latest round:** Series C, $50M Oct 2022 - **Step-up i:** 3.3× - **Investors:** 4 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. 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 **$5.0M** Seed **$15M** Series A **$50M** Series C - **First round:** Seed, $5.0M - **Biggest round:** $50M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 3 years ## The rounds - **Oct 2022** Series C **$50M** *2 new* *2 returning* [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [Redpoint](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redpoint) [Spark Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-capital) [UBS](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ubs) Source recorded SEC filing: $51M sold, first sale Nov 2022 - **Sept 2019** Series A **$15M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [Redpoint](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redpoint) Reported by TechCrunch - **Dec 2017** Seed **$5.0M** *1 new* [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/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 Mason** Executive Officer, Director i On the board, as filed i *Alex Rampell* *Kundan Kumar* *Nabeel 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. **Seed** 2017 **Series A** 2019 **Series C** 2022 [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [Redpoint](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redpoint) [Spark Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-capital) [UBS](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ubs) ## Everyone who backed them [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) VC firm **3** rounds [Redpoint](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redpoint) VC firm **2** rounds [Spark Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-capital) VC firm **1** round [UBS](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ubs) Wealth manager **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=descript). ## 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. [ASDF Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/asdf-ventures) Family office Per its own site [Atelier Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atelier) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Descript ### Who invested in Descript? Descript's investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Redpoint, Spark Capital and UBS. ### How much has Descript raised? Descript has raised $70M across 3 rounds since 2017. ### When did Descript last raise? Descript's most recent round was a Series C of $50M in Oct 2022. ### What was Descript's biggest round? Its most recent round, $50M in Oct 2022, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Descript first? Descript's first round on record, in Dec 2017, was backed by Andreessen Horowitz. ### What stage is Descript at? Descript's latest named round is a Series C, in Oct 2022. ### Where is Descript based? Descript is based in the United States. ## Companies like Descript In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**SpaceX** $42B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/spacex)[**xPay** $1.5M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/xpay)[**Albert Invent** $20M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/albert-invent)[**FORT Robotics** $39M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/fort-robotics)[**Pika** $216M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/pika)[**Vertical Semiconductor** $84M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/vertical-semiconductor) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app