# Esper funding: rounds and investors > Esper has raised $63M across 3 rounds since 2021. Investors include Paspalis Capital, Hejaz and Techstars. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/esper (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Esper* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 14 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. Aerospace & Space Oil & Gas Raised 8 months ago Follow Esper and see its new rounds in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Fcompany%2Fesper) Funding summary Updated 5 Nov 2026 **$63M** raised across 3 rounds since 2021, from 4 sources **$60M** Series C **$3.1M** Seed - **Latest round:** Venture Mar 2026 - **Biggest round:** $60M Series C · Oct 2021 - **Investors:** 14 (2 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. 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 **$60M** Series C **$3.1M** Seed **?** Venture - **First round:** Series C, $60M - **Biggest round:** $60M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 3.4 years ## The rounds - **Mar 2026** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *5 new* [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) [Initialized Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/initialized-capital) [Cota Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cota-capital) Source recorded - **Mar 2025** Seed **$3.1M** *4 new* [Paspalis Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paspalis-capital) Lead Hejaz Lead [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Day One Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/day-one-capital) Reported by Startup Daily and 1 other - **Oct 2021** Series C **$60M** *5 new* [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) [Madrona Venture Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/madrona) [Scale Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scale-venture-partners) [Haystack](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haystack) [Root Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/root-ventures) 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. **Series C** 2021 **Seed** 2025 **Venture** 2026 [Paspalis Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paspalis-capital) L Hejaz L [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) [Madrona Venture Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/madrona) [Initialized Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/initialized-capital) [Scale Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scale-venture-partners) ## Everyone who backed them [Paspalis Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paspalis-capital) VC firm **1** round, led 1 Hejaz no record of our own yet **1** round, led 1 [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) VC firm **1** round [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm **1** round [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) Private equity **1** round [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) VC firm **1** round [Madrona Venture Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/madrona) VC firm **1** round [Initialized Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/initialized-capital) VC firm **1** round [Scale Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scale-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round [Cota Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cota-capital) VC firm **1** round [Haystack](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haystack) VC firm **1** round [Day One Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/day-one-capital) VC firm **1** round [Root Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/root-ventures) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=esper). ## Also claim to have backed them These 5 firms list Esper 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. [Pathbreaker Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pathbreaker-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Ubiquity Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ubiquity-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [LeFrak](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lefrak) Private equity Per its own site [Kinled Holding](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kinled-holding) Private equity Per its own site [REASON Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/reason-venture-partners) Family office Per its own site ## Quick answers about Esper ### Who invested in Esper? Esper's investors include Paspalis Capital, Hejaz, Techstars, Alumni Ventures and Gaingels, and 9 more on record. ### How much has Esper raised? Esper has raised $63M across 3 rounds since 2021. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Esper last raise? Esper's most recent round was a Venture in Mar 2026. ### What was Esper's biggest round? Esper's largest round on record is $60M (Series C), in Oct 2021. ### Who backed Esper first? Esper's first round on record, in Oct 2021, was backed by Insight Partners, Madrona Venture Group and Scale Venture Partners and 2 others. ### What stage is Esper at? Esper's latest named round is a Venture, in Mar 2026. ### Where is Esper based? Esper is based in the United States. ### Who led Esper's rounds? Paspalis Capital led the Seed in 2025. ## Companies like Esper In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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