# elicit funding: rounds and investors

> elicit has raised $31M across 2 rounds since 2023. Investors include Basis Set Ventures, Fifty Years and Jeff Dean. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *elicit*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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

**$31M** raised across 2 rounds since 2023, from 2 sources

**$9.0M** Seed **$22M** Series A

- **Latest round:** Series A, $22M Feb 2025
- **Step-up i:** 2.4×
- **Investors:** 5

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.

2024 2025

**$9.0M** Seed

**$22M** Series A

- **First round:** Seed, $9.0M
- **Biggest round:** $22M
- **Between rounds:** 17 months

## The rounds

- **Feb 2025** Series A **$22M** *1 new* *3 returning* [Spark Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-capital) [Basis Set Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/basis-set-ventures) [Fifty Years](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fifty-years-industries-llc) [Jeff Dean](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-dean) Source recorded
- **Sept 2023** Seed **$9.0M** *4 new* [Basis Set Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/basis-set-ventures) [Fifty Years](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fifty-years-industries-llc) [Jeff Dean](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-dean) [Arash Ferdowsi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arash-ferdowsi) Source recorded

## 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** 2023 **Series A** 2025 [Basis Set Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/basis-set-ventures) [Fifty Years](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fifty-years-industries-llc) [Jeff Dean](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-dean) [Spark Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-capital) [Arash Ferdowsi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arash-ferdowsi)

## Everyone who backed them

[Basis Set Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/basis-set-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[Fifty Years](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fifty-years-industries-llc) VC firm **2** rounds

[Jeff Dean](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-dean) Angel **2** rounds

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

[Arash Ferdowsi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arash-ferdowsi) VC firm **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=elicit).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list elicit 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.

[Avra](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avra) VC firm Per its own site

[Mythos Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mythos-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[PWV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pwv) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about elicit

### Who invested in elicit?

elicit's investors include Basis Set Ventures, Fifty Years, Jeff Dean, Spark Capital and Arash Ferdowsi.

### How much has elicit raised?

elicit has raised $31M across 2 rounds since 2023.

### When did elicit last raise?

elicit's most recent round was a Series A of $22M in Feb 2025.

### What was elicit's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $22M in Feb 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed elicit first?

elicit's first round on record, in Sept 2023, was backed by Basis Set Ventures, Fifty Years and Jeff Dean and 1 others.

### What stage is elicit at?

elicit's latest named round is a Series A, in Feb 2025.

### Where is elicit based?

elicit is based in the United States.

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