# Element451 funding: rounds and investors

> Element451 has raised $176M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include Cultivation Capital, PSG and Cofounders Capital. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/element451 (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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

# Who invested in *Element451*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 3 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 summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$176M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources

**$1.0M** Seed **$175M** Growth

- **Latest round:** Growth, $175M Dec 2024
- **Step-up i:** 175×
- **Investors:** 3

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.

2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

**$1.0M** Seed

**$175M** Growth

- **First round:** Seed, $1.0M
- **Biggest round:** $175M
- **Between rounds:** 5.2 years

## The rounds

- **Dec 2024** Growth **$175M** *2 new* [Cultivation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cultivation-capital) [PSG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/providence-equity-partners) Source recorded
- **Oct 2019** Seed **$1.0M** *1 new* [Cofounders Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cofounders-capital) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $1.0M sold, first sale Oct 2019

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 1 on the team.

- **Ardis Kadiu** Executive Officer, Director, Promoter i

On the board, as filed i *Bobby Ocampo* *Clifford Holekamp* *David Gardner* *JeanCarlo Bonilla*

## 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** 2019 **Growth** 2024 [Cultivation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cultivation-capital) [PSG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/providence-equity-partners) [Cofounders Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cofounders-capital)

## Everyone who backed them

[Cultivation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cultivation-capital) VC firm **1** round

[PSG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/providence-equity-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Cofounders Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cofounders-capital) VC firm **1** round

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## Quick answers about Element451

### Who invested in Element451?

Element451's investors include Cultivation Capital, PSG and Cofounders Capital.

### How much has Element451 raised?

Element451 has raised $176M across 2 rounds since 2019.

### When did Element451 last raise?

Element451's most recent round was a Growth of $175M in Dec 2024.

### What was Element451's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $175M in Dec 2024, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Element451 first?

Element451's first round on record, in Oct 2019, was backed by Cofounders Capital.

### What stage is Element451 at?

Element451's latest named round is a Growth, in Dec 2024.

### Where is Element451 based?

Element451 is based in the United States.

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