# Elotl funding: rounds and investors > Elotl has raised $5.0M across 2 rounds since 2021. Investors include Vertex Ventures, Z Venture Capital and Hearst Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/elotl (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Elotl* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 6 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. AI Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$5.0M** raised across 2 rounds since 2021, from 2 sources - **Latest round:** Venture Aug 2025 - **Biggest round:** $5.0M Seed · Nov 2021 - **Investors:** 6 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. 2022 2023 2024 2025 **$5.0M** Seed **?** Venture - **First round:** Seed, $5.0M - **Biggest round:** $5.0M - **Between rounds:** 3.8 years ## The rounds - **Aug 2025** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* *5 returning* [Vertex Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vertex-ventures) [Z Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/z-venture-capital) [Hearst Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hearst-ventures) [Cisco Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco-investments) [XYZ Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xyz-venture-capital) [Essence VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/essence-vc) Source recorded - **Nov 2021** Seed **$5.0M** *5 new* [Vertex Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vertex-ventures) [Z Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/z-venture-capital) [Hearst Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hearst-ventures) [XYZ Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xyz-venture-capital) [Essence VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/essence-vc) 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** 2021 **Venture** 2025 [Vertex Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vertex-ventures) [Z Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/z-venture-capital) [Hearst Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hearst-ventures) [XYZ Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xyz-venture-capital) [Essence VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/essence-vc) [Cisco Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco-investments) ## Everyone who backed them [Vertex Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vertex-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Z Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/z-venture-capital) Corporate VC **2** rounds [Hearst Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hearst-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [XYZ Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xyz-venture-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Essence VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/essence-vc) VC firm **2** rounds [Cisco Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco-investments) Corporate VC **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=elotl). ## Quick answers about Elotl ### Who invested in Elotl? Elotl's investors include Vertex Ventures, Z Venture Capital, Hearst Ventures, XYZ Venture Capital and Essence VC, and 1 more on record. ### How much has Elotl raised? Elotl has raised $5.0M across 2 rounds since 2021. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Elotl last raise? Elotl's most recent round was a Venture in Aug 2025. ### What was Elotl's biggest round? Elotl's largest round on record is $5.0M (Seed), in Nov 2021. ### Who backed Elotl first? Elotl's first round on record, in Nov 2021, was backed by Vertex Ventures, Z Venture Capital and Hearst Ventures and 2 others. ### What stage is Elotl at? Elotl's latest named round is a Venture, in Aug 2025. ### Where is Elotl based? Elotl is based in the United States. ## Companies like Elotl In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**SpaceX** $42B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/spacex)[**xPay** $1.5M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/xpay)[**Albert Invent** $20M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/albert-invent)[**FORT Robotics** $39M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/fort-robotics)[**Pika** $216M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/pika)[**Vertical Semiconductor** $84M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/vertical-semiconductor) ## 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