# DuckDuckGo funding: rounds and investors > DuckDuckGo has raised $13M across 2 rounds since 2011. Investors include Union Square Ventures, Omers Ventures and Scott Banister. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/duckduckgo (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # 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. Internet Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$13M** raised across 2 rounds since 2011, from 2 sources **$3.0M** Seed **$10M** Round - **Latest round:** Round, $10M Aug 2018 - **Step-up i:** 3.3× - **Investors:** 8 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. 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 **$3.0M** Seed **$10M** Round - **First round:** Seed, $3.0M - **Biggest round:** $10M - **Between rounds:** 6.9 years ## The rounds - **Aug 2018** Round **$10M** *1 new* [Omers Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omers-ventures) Reported by FinSMEs - **Oct 2011** Seed **$3.0M** *7 new* [Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) [Scott Banister](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scott-banister) [Joshua Schachter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joshua-schachter) [Kal Vepuri](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kal-vepuri) [Joshua Stylman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joshua-stylman) [Peter Hershberg](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peter-hershberg) [Jim Young](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jim-young) 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. **Seed** 2011 **Round** 2018 [Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) [Omers Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omers-ventures) [Scott Banister](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scott-banister) [Joshua Schachter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joshua-schachter) [Kal Vepuri](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kal-vepuri) [Joshua Stylman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joshua-stylman) [Peter Hershberg](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peter-hershberg) [Jim Young](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jim-young) ## Everyone who backed them [Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Omers Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omers-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Scott Banister](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scott-banister) Angel **1** round [Joshua Schachter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joshua-schachter) VC firm **1** round [Kal Vepuri](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kal-vepuri) Angel **1** round [Joshua Stylman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joshua-stylman) VC firm **1** round [Peter Hershberg](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peter-hershberg) Angel **1** round [Jim Young](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jim-young) Angel **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=duckduckgo). ## 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. [Bullhound Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bullhound-capital) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about DuckDuckGo ### Who invested in DuckDuckGo? DuckDuckGo's investors include Union Square Ventures, Omers Ventures, Scott Banister, Joshua Schachter and Kal Vepuri, and 3 more on record. ### How much has DuckDuckGo raised? DuckDuckGo has raised $13M across 2 rounds since 2011. ### When did DuckDuckGo last raise? DuckDuckGo's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $10M in Aug 2018. ### What was DuckDuckGo's biggest round? Its most recent round, $10M in Aug 2018, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed DuckDuckGo first? DuckDuckGo's first round on record, in Oct 2011, was backed by Union Square Ventures, Scott Banister and Joshua Schachter and 4 others. ### What stage is DuckDuckGo at? DuckDuckGo's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Aug 2018. ### Where is DuckDuckGo based? DuckDuckGo is based in the United States. ## Companies like DuckDuckGo In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Whop** $400M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/whop)[**Tolan** $30M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/tolan)[**Welltory** $4.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/welltory)[**Overtime** $33M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/overtime)[**1World Online** $25M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/1world-online)[**Luminary** $194M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/luminary) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. 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