Who invested in DraftKings

10 rounds we have observed, with the 20 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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Raised 12 months ago

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$1.5Braised across 10 rounds since 2012, from 10 sources

$1.4MSeed$7.0MSeries A$3.0MVenture$24MSeries B$41MSeries C$300MSeries D$150MRound$100MSeries E$600MDebt$229MRound

Latest round: Round, $229MOct 2025
Biggest round: $600MDebt · Mar 2025
Investors: 20

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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.

2012201420162018202020222024

$1.4MSeed$7.0MSeries A$24MSeries B$41MSeries C$300MSeries D$150MRound$100MSeries E$600MDebt$229MRound

First round: Seed, $1.4M
Biggest round: $600M
Usual gap between rounds: 9 months

The rounds

Oct 2025
Round$229M
No investor was named in the report.
Filed with the SEC (Form D); no report of this raise yetSEC filing: $229M sold, first sale Oct 2025
Mar 2025
Debt$600M3 new4 returning
Source recordedSEC filing: $155M sold, first sale Dec 2024
Mar 2017
Series E$100M1 new
- Eldridge
Reported by ForbesSEC filing: $119M sold, first sale Mar 2017
Sept 2016
Round$150M1 new
- Revolution
Reported by FinSMEsSEC filing: $154M sold, first sale Dec 2015
Jul 2015
Series D$300M7 new2 returning
From a historical funding record
Aug 2014
Series C$41M1 new3 returning
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $41M sold, first sale Aug 2014
Nov 2013
Series B$24M2 new3 returning
Reported by techcrunch.comSEC filing: $24M sold, first sale Nov 2013
Aug 2013
Venture$3.0M
No investor was named in the report.
Reported by venturedeal.comSEC filing: $9.8M sold, first sale Apr 2013
May 2013
Series A$7.0M3 new2 returning
Reported by finsmes.comSEC filing: $6.8M sold, first sale Apr 2013
Jul 2012
Seed$1.4M2 new
- Atlas Venture
- Jordan Mendell
Reported by masshightech.com

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.

Venture2013Series B2013Series C2014Series D2015Round2016Series E2017Debt2025Round2025

Atlas Venture

Redpoint

Raine VenturesJordan Mendell

Everyone who backed them

Atlas VentureVC firm5rounds

RedpointVC firm3rounds

Raine VenturesVC firm3rounds

Jordan MendellVC firm3rounds

GGV CapitalVC firm2rounds

FirstMarkVC firm2rounds

EldridgePrivate equity2rounds

BDS CapitalInvestment firm2rounds

FlybridgeVC firm1round

RevolutionVC firm1round

Notable CapitalVC firm1round

Boston Seed CapitalAngel network1round

ACME CapitalVC firm1round

Melo7 Tech PartnersVC firm1round

21st Century FoxCorporate VC1round

Kraft GroupInvestment firm1round

Major League Baseball VenturesVC firm1round

Jason RobinsAngel1round

National Hockey LeagueGrowth equity1round

Major League SoccerGrowth equity1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 11 firms list DraftKings 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.