# eSpark funding: rounds and investors

> eSpark has raised $31M across 4 rounds since 2011. Investors include 500 Global, Learn Capital and NewSchools Venture Fund. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *eSpark*

4 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.

Edtech

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$31M** raised across 4 rounds since 2011, from 4 sources

**$5.7M** Series A **$25M** Growth

- **Latest round:** Growth, $25M Jan 2022
- **Step-up i:** 4.4×
- **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.

2013 2015 2017 2019 2021

**?** Seed

**$5.7M** Series A

**?** Series B

**$25M** Growth

- **First round:** Seed
- **Biggest round:** $25M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.7 years

## The rounds

- **Jan 2022** Growth **$25M** *1 new* *3 returning* [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Reach](https://millionrounds.com/fund/reach) [Learn Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/learn-capital) [NewSchools Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newschools-venture-fund) Source recorded
- **May 2015** Series B **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Reach Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/reach-capital) From a historical funding record
- **Sept 2012** Series A **$5.7M** *3 new* *1 returning* [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Learn Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/learn-capital) [NewSchools Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newschools-venture-fund) [MK Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mk-capital) Reported by techcrunch.com
- **Oct 2011** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) From a historical funding record

## 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** 2011 **Series A** 2012 **Series B** 2015 **Growth** 2022 [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Learn Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/learn-capital) [NewSchools Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newschools-venture-fund) [Reach](https://millionrounds.com/fund/reach) [MK Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mk-capital) [Reach Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/reach-capital)

## Everyone who backed them

[500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) Angel **3** rounds

[Learn Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/learn-capital) VC firm **2** rounds

[NewSchools Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newschools-venture-fund) VC firm **2** rounds

[Reach](https://millionrounds.com/fund/reach) VC firm **1** round

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

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

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists eSpark as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Eddie Lou](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eddie-lou) Angel Per its own site

## Quick answers about eSpark

### Who invested in eSpark?

eSpark's investors include 500 Global, Learn Capital, NewSchools Venture Fund, Reach and MK Capital, and 1 more on record.

### How much has eSpark raised?

eSpark has raised $31M across 4 rounds since 2011. 2 rounds did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did eSpark last raise?

eSpark's most recent round was a Growth of $25M in Jan 2022.

### What was eSpark's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $25M in Jan 2022, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed eSpark first?

eSpark's first round on record, in Oct 2011, was backed by 500 Global.

### What stage is eSpark at?

eSpark's latest named round is a Growth, in Jan 2022.

### Where is eSpark based?

eSpark is based in the United States.

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In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months.

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