# DirectScale funding: rounds and investors > DirectScale has raised $13M across 3 rounds since 2015. Investors include Kickstart Seed Fund, Service Provider Capital and Kickstart. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/directscale (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *DirectScale* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 6 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. Martech Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$13M** raised across 3 rounds since 2015, from 3 sources **$4.0M** Series A **$8.5M** Series B **$300K** Debt - **Latest round:** Debt, $300K May 2022 - **Biggest round:** $8.5M Series B · Oct 2017 - **Investors:** 6 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 2022 **$4.0M** Series A **$8.5M** Series B **$300K** Debt - **First round:** Series A, $4.0M - **Biggest round:** $8.5M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 4.5 years ## The rounds - **May 2022** Debt **$300K** *3 new* [Service Provider Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/service-provider-capital) [Kickstart](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart) [Origin Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/origin-ventures) Source recorded SEC filing: $300K sold, first sale May 2022 - **Oct 2017** Series B **$8.5M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Kickstart Seed Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart-seed-fund) [Grotech Ventures/ Origin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/grotech-ventures-origin) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $8.5M sold, first sale Sept 2017 - **Oct 2015** Series A **$4.0M** *2 new* [Kickstart Seed Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart-seed-fund) [NetSuite](https://millionrounds.com/fund/netsuite) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $3.7M sold, first sale Jun 2015 ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 1 on the team. - **Rodger Smith** Executive Officer, Director, Promoter i On the board, as filed i *Dalton Wright* *Jim Marks* *Lawson DeVries* *Michael Lohner* ## 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. **Series A** 2015 **Series B** 2017 **Debt** 2022 [Kickstart Seed Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart-seed-fund) [Service Provider Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/service-provider-capital) [Kickstart](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart) [Origin Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/origin-ventures) [Grotech Ventures/ Origin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/grotech-ventures-origin) [NetSuite](https://millionrounds.com/fund/netsuite) ## Everyone who backed them [Kickstart Seed Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart-seed-fund) VC firm **2** rounds [Service Provider Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/service-provider-capital) VC firm **1** round [Kickstart](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart) VC firm **1** round [Origin Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/origin-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Grotech Ventures/ Origin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/grotech-ventures-origin) VC firm **1** round [NetSuite](https://millionrounds.com/fund/netsuite) Corporate VC **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=directscale). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list DirectScale 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. [Grotech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/grotech-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Flow Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flow-capital) Private credit Per its own site ## Quick answers about DirectScale ### Who invested in DirectScale? DirectScale's investors include Kickstart Seed Fund, Service Provider Capital, Kickstart, Origin Ventures and Grotech Ventures/ Origin, and 1 more on record. ### How much has DirectScale raised? DirectScale has raised $13M across 3 rounds since 2015. ### When did DirectScale last raise? DirectScale's most recent round was a Debt of $300K in May 2022. ### What was DirectScale's biggest round? DirectScale's largest round on record is $8.5M (Series B), in Oct 2017. ### Who backed DirectScale first? DirectScale's first round on record, in Oct 2015, was backed by Kickstart Seed Fund and NetSuite. ### What stage is DirectScale at? DirectScale's latest named round is a Debt, in May 2022. ### Where is DirectScale based? DirectScale is based in the United States. ## Companies like DirectScale In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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