# Elevate Research funding: rounds and investors > Elevate Research has raised $16M across 2 rounds since 2014. Investors include Rally Ventures, Y Combinator and Norwest Venture Partners. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/elevate-research (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Elevate Research* 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. IT Services Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$16M** raised across 2 rounds since 2014, from 2 sources **$500K** Seed **$15M** Series A - **Latest round:** Series A, $15M Dec 2021 - **Step-up i:** 30× - **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. 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 **$500K** Seed **$15M** Series A - **First round:** Seed, $500K - **Biggest round:** $15M - **Between rounds:** 7.3 years ## The rounds - **Dec 2021** Series A **$15M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Norwest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/norwest) [Greycroft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft) [Rally Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rally-ventures) Source recorded - **Jul 2014** Seed **$500K** *5 new* [Icon Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icon-ventures) [Rally Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rally-ventures) [Confluence Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/confluence-capital) Mark Usem Rob Weber From a historical funding record SEC filing: $500K sold, first sale Jan 2014 ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 1 on the team. - **Joseph Michael Stanton** President & CEO i ## 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** 2014 **Series A** 2021 [Rally Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rally-ventures) [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Norwest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/norwest) [Greycroft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft) [Icon Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icon-ventures) [Confluence Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/confluence-capital) Mark Usem Rob Weber ## Everyone who backed them [Rally Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rally-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round [Norwest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/norwest) VC firm **1** round [Greycroft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft) VC firm **1** round [Icon Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icon-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Confluence Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/confluence-capital) Hedge fund **1** round Mark Usem no record of our own yet **1** round Rob Weber no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=elevate-research). ## Quick answers about Elevate Research ### Who invested in Elevate Research? Elevate Research's investors include Rally Ventures, Y Combinator, Norwest Venture Partners, Greycroft and Icon Ventures, and 3 more on record. ### How much has Elevate Research raised? Elevate Research has raised $16M across 2 rounds since 2014. ### When did Elevate Research last raise? Elevate Research's most recent round was a Series A of $15M in Dec 2021. ### What was Elevate Research's biggest round? Its most recent round, $15M in Dec 2021, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Elevate Research first? Elevate Research's first round on record, in Jul 2014, was backed by Icon Ventures, Rally Ventures and Confluence Capital and 2 others. ### What stage is Elevate Research at? Elevate Research's latest named round is a Series A, in Dec 2021. ### Where is Elevate Research based? Elevate Research is based in the United States. ## Companies like Elevate Research In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Chariot Claims** $23M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/chariot-claims)[**Subeca** $9.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/subeca)[**FlexCompute** $53M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/flexcompute)[**Negosh** $3.1M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/negosh)[**StarLifter** $4.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/starlifter)[**Litewave.AI** $1.7M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/litewave-ai) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app