# Ethic funding: rounds and investors

> Ethic has raised $89M across 3 rounds since 2018. Investors include Nyca Partners, Kapor Capital and Sound Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Ethic*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 13 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 5 Nov 2026

**$89M** raised across 3 rounds since 2018, from 4 sources

**$6.8M** Round **$18M** Series A **$64M** Growth

- **Latest round:** Growth, $64M Apr 2025
- **Led by:** State Street Corporation and State Street Global Advisors
- **Step-up i:** 3.6×
- **Investors:** 13 (3 led)

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## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

**$6.8M** Round

**$18M** Series A

**$64M** Growth

- **First round:** Round, $6.8M
- **Biggest round:** $64M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 5.8 years

[**Ethic** Asset management 1 / 8 Their pitch deck **Ethic's pitch deck, 8 slides** Each slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.](https://millionrounds.com/decks/ethic)

## The rounds

- **Apr 2025** Growth **$64M** *6 new* *3 returning* [State Street Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/state-street-corporation) Lead [State Street Global Advisors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/state-street-global-advisors) Lead [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Kapor Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kapor-capital) [Nyca Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nyca-partners) [UBS](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ubs) [Sound Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sound-ventures) [Fifty Years](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fifty-years-industries-llc) Reported by AlleyWatch and 1 other SEC filing: $44M sold, first sale Jan 2025
- **Jul 2019** Series A **$18M** *3 new* *3 returning* [Nyca Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nyca-partners) Lead [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) [Kapor Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kapor-capital) [Sound Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sound-ventures) [Urban Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/urban-innovation-fund) [Thirdstream Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thirdstream-partners) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $20M sold, first sale Jun 2019
- **Oct 2018** Round **$6.8M** *4 new* [Kapor Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kapor-capital) [Nyca Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nyca-partners) [Thirdstream Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thirdstream-partners) the Urban Innovation Reported by FinSMEs

## Funding filed with regulators

Ethic filed 4 raises, $143M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

- Jan 2025 **$44M** 1 investor SEC Form D
- Apr 2022 **$50M** 18 investors equity SEC Form D
- Dec 2020 **$29M** 13 investors equity SEC Form D
- Jun 2019 **$20M** 58 investors equity SEC Form D

## 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.

**Round** 2018 **Series A** 2019 **Growth** 2025 [Nyca Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nyca-partners) L [Kapor Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kapor-capital) [Sound Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sound-ventures) [Thirdstream Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thirdstream-partners) [State Street Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/state-street-corporation) L [State Street Global Advisors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/state-street-global-advisors) L [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) [UBS](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ubs)

## Everyone who backed them

[Nyca Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nyca-partners) VC firm **3** rounds, led 1

[Kapor Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kapor-capital) VC firm **3** rounds

[Sound Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sound-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[Thirdstream Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thirdstream-partners) VC firm **2** rounds

[State Street Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/state-street-corporation) Corporate VC **1** round, led 1

[State Street Global Advisors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/state-street-global-advisors) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round

[500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) Angel **1** round

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

[UBS](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ubs) Wealth manager **1** round

[Fifty Years](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fifty-years-industries-llc) VC firm **1** round

[Urban Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/urban-innovation-fund) VC firm **1** round

the Urban Innovation no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 5 firms list Ethic 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.

[Farvatn Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/farvatn-venture) Family office Per its own site

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

[Planet 9 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/planet-9-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Planet 9 Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/planet-9-venture) VC firm Per its own site

[SAGANA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sagana) Family office Per its own site

## Quick answers about Ethic

### Who invested in Ethic?

Ethic's investors include Nyca Partners, Kapor Capital, Sound Ventures, Thirdstream Partners and State Street Corporation, and 8 more on record. State Street Corporation led its latest round.

### How much has Ethic raised?

Ethic has raised $89M across 3 rounds since 2018.

### When did Ethic last raise?

Ethic's most recent round was a Growth of $64M in Apr 2025, led by State Street Corporation.

### What was Ethic's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $64M in Apr 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Ethic first?

Ethic's first round on record, in Oct 2018, was backed by Kapor Capital, Nyca Partners and Thirdstream Partners and 1 others.

### What stage is Ethic at?

Ethic's latest named round is a Growth, in Apr 2025.

### Where is Ethic based?

Ethic is based in the United States.

### Who led Ethic's rounds?

Nyca Partners led the Series A in 2019; State Street Corporation led the Growth in 2025.

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