# Echodyne funding: rounds and investors

> Echodyne has raised $199M across 4 rounds since 2014. Investors include Lux Capital, Madrona Venture Group and New Enterprise Associates.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/echodyne (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Series C startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Echodyne*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 10 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.

Hardware & Electronics Industry 4.0 Telecoms

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$199M** raised across 4 rounds since 2014, from 4 sources

**$15M** Series A **$29M** Series B **$20M** Round **$135M** Series C

- **Latest round:** Series C, $135M Jun 2022
- **Step-up i:** 6.8×
- **Investors:** 10

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 2018 2020 2022

**$15M** Series A

**$29M** Series B

**$20M** Round

**$135M** Series C

- **First round:** Series A, $15M
- **Biggest round:** $135M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.4 years

## The rounds

- **Jun 2022** Series C **$135M** *3 returning* [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) [Madrona Venture Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/madrona) Source recorded SEC filing: $129M sold, first sale May 2022
- **Sept 2019** Round **$20M** *2 new* *3 returning* [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) [Vulcan Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vulcan-capital) [Bill Gates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-gates) [Madrona Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/madrona-ventures) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $20M sold, first sale Jan 2019
- **May 2017** Series B **$29M** *3 new* *2 returning* [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) [Madrona Venture Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/madrona) [Vulcan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vulcan) New Enterprise Associates/ Bill Gates The Kresge Foundation Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $29M sold, first sale May 2017
- **Dec 2014** Series A **$15M** *5 new* [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) [Madrona Venture Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/madrona) [Vulcan Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vulcan-capital) [Bill Gates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-gates) [Kresge Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kresge-foundation) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $15M sold, first sale Dec 2014

## Founders and team

From Echodyne's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 2 founders, 9 on the team.

**Matt Reynolds** CEO & Co-Founder of Thruwave

**Eben Frankenberg** CEO & Co-Founder *Named on its 2022 Form D*

- **Paul Farmer** CFO
- **Hanna Cox** VP Legal
- **Jill Hostetter** VP Product Management
- **Ken Bean** VP Operations
- **Leo McCloskey** VP Marketing
- **Leonardo Del Castillo** VP Engineering
- **Maria Mattson** VP Human Resources
- **Jane Kang** Executive Officer i
- **Tom Driscoll** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Greg Papadopoulos* *Nicole Grogan* *Tim Porter*

Advisers *Moe Kermani*

## 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** 2014 **Series B** 2017 **Round** 2019 **Series C** 2022 [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) [Madrona Venture Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/madrona) [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) [Vulcan Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vulcan-capital) [Bill Gates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-gates) [Vulcan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vulcan) [Kresge Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kresge-foundation) [Madrona Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/madrona-ventures) New Enterprise Associates/ Bill Gates The Kresge Foundation

## Everyone who backed them

[Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) VC firm **4** rounds

[Madrona Venture Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/madrona) VC firm **3** rounds

[New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) VC firm **2** rounds

[Vulcan Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vulcan-capital) Family office **2** rounds

[Bill Gates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-gates) VC firm **2** rounds

[Vulcan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vulcan) Investment firm **1** round

[Kresge Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kresge-foundation) Government **1** round

[Madrona Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/madrona-ventures) VC firm **1** round

New Enterprise Associates/ Bill Gates no record of our own yet **1** round

The Kresge Foundation no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Echodyne 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.

[Vanedge Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vanedge-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Kensington Capital Partners Limited](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kensington-capital-partners-limited) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Echodyne

### Who invested in Echodyne?

Echodyne's investors include Lux Capital, Madrona Venture Group, New Enterprise Associates, Vulcan Capital and Bill Gates, and 5 more on record.

### How much has Echodyne raised?

Echodyne has raised $199M across 4 rounds since 2014.

### When did Echodyne last raise?

Echodyne's most recent round was a Series C of $135M in Jun 2022.

### What was Echodyne's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $135M in Jun 2022, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Echodyne first?

Echodyne's first round on record, in Dec 2014, was backed by Lux Capital, Madrona Venture Group and Vulcan Capital and 2 others.

### What stage is Echodyne at?

Echodyne's latest named round is a Series C, in Jun 2022.

### Where is Echodyne based?

Echodyne is based in the United States.

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