Who invested in DuckDuckGo

2 rounds we have observed, with the 8 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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Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$13Mraised across 2 rounds since 2011, from 2 sources

$3.0MSeed$10MRound

Latest round: Round, $10MAug 2018
Step-upi: 3.3×
Investors: 8

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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.

2012201320142015201620172018

$3.0MSeed$10MRound

First round: Seed, $3.0M
Biggest round: $10M
Between rounds: 6.9 years

The rounds

Aug 2018
Round$10M1 new
- Omers Ventures
Reported by FinSMEs
Oct 2011
Seed$3.0M7 new
Reported by techcrunch.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.

Seed2011Round2018

Union Square Ventures

Omers VenturesScott BanisterJoshua SchachterKal VepuriJoshua StylmanPeter HershbergJim Young

Everyone who backed them

Union Square VenturesVC firm1round

Omers VenturesVC firm1round

Scott BanisterAngel1round

Joshua SchachterVC firm1round

Kal VepuriAngel1round

Joshua StylmanVC firm1round

Peter HershbergAngel1round

Jim YoungAngel1round

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Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists DuckDuckGo 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.