Who invested in Earbits

4 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.

Media

Y Combinator: W11

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$630Kraised across 4 rounds since 2011, from 4 sources

$605KSeed$25KSeed

Latest round: Seed, $25KSept 2013
Biggest round: $605KSeed · Jun 2011
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.

20122013

$605KSeed?Venture?Seed$25KSeed

First round: Seed, $605K
Biggest round: $605K
Usual gap between rounds: 8 months

The rounds

Sept 2013
Seed$25K1 new
- NXTP Labs
From a historical funding record
Jan 2013
SeedAmount undisclosed1 new
- Social Starts
From a historical funding record
Jan 2012
VentureAmount undisclosed1 new1 returning
- Y Combinator
- CRV
From a historical funding record
Jun 2011
Seed$605K5 new
Reported by techcrunch.comSEC filing: $580K sold, first sale Jun 2010

Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

Joey FloresExecutive Officer, Directori
Yotam RosenbaumExecutive Officer, Directori

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.

Seed2011Venture2012Seed2013Seed2013

Bee PartnersGeoff Ralston

Mark Friedgan

The exit

ExitBuyerPriceWhen

AcquiredYou42undisclosedJun 2014

From historical deal records. Wrong? Tell us.

Everyone who backed them

CRVVC firm2rounds

Y CombinatorAccelerator1round

Social StartsVC firm1round

NXTP LabsVC firm1round

Start FundVC firm1round

Bee PartnersVC firm1round

Geoff RalstonVC firm1round

Mark FriedganAngel1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Earbits 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.