# ESCAPE funding: rounds and investors > ESCAPE has raised $18M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include Balderton Capital, Y Combinator and Kima Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/escape (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Switzerland · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *ESCAPE* 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 Cybersecurity Enterprise Software Web3 & Crypto Raised 8 months ago Follow ESCAPE and see its new rounds in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Fcompany%2Fescape) Funding summary Updated 5 Nov 2026 **$18M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources **$280K** Pre-seed **$18M** Series A - **Latest round:** Series A, $18M Mar 2026 - **Led by:** Balderton Capital - **Step-up i:** 64.3× - **Investors:** 6 (1 led) 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. 2026 **$280K** Pre-seed **$18M** Series A - **First round:** Pre-seed, $280K - **Biggest round:** $18M - **Between rounds:** 7 months ## The rounds - **Mar 2026** Series A **$18M** *6 new* [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) Lead [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) [Iris Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iris) [Uncorrelated Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uncorrelated-ventures) [Frst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frst) Reported by Ventureburn - **Aug 2025** Pre-seed **$280K** No investor was named in the report. Reported by TechStartups ## 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. **Pre-seed** 2025 **Series A** 2026 [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) L [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) [Iris Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iris) [Uncorrelated Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uncorrelated-ventures) [Frst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frst) ## Everyone who backed them [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Iris Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iris) VC firm **1** round [Uncorrelated Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uncorrelated-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Frst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frst) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=escape). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list ESCAPE 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. [Irregular Expressions](https://millionrounds.com/fund/irregular-expressions) Angel network Per its own site [Snaw Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/snaw-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about ESCAPE ### Who invested in ESCAPE? ESCAPE's investors include Balderton Capital, Y Combinator, Kima Ventures, Iris Capital and Uncorrelated Ventures, and 1 more on record. Balderton Capital led its latest round. ### How much has ESCAPE raised? ESCAPE has raised $18M across 2 rounds since 2025. ### When did ESCAPE last raise? ESCAPE's most recent round was a Series A of $18M in Mar 2026, led by Balderton Capital. ### What was ESCAPE's biggest round? Its most recent round, $18M in Mar 2026, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed ESCAPE first? ESCAPE's first round on record, in Mar 2026, was backed by Balderton Capital, Y Combinator and Kima Ventures and 3 others. ### What stage is ESCAPE at? ESCAPE's latest named round is a Series A, in Mar 2026. ### Where is ESCAPE based? ESCAPE is based in Switzerland. ### Who led ESCAPE's rounds? Balderton Capital led the Series A in 2026. ## Companies like ESCAPE In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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