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Who invested in Fakespot?
Fakespot's investors include 500 Global, Creative Destruction Lab, Pareto Holdings, Edward Lando and Bullpen Capital, and 2 more on record.
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$1.3MSeed?Venture
United States · Venture startup
Who invested in Fakespot
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$1.3Mraised across 2 rounds since 2018, from 2 sources
- Latest round
- VentureOct 2022
- Biggest round
- $1.3MSeed · Oct 2018
- Investors
- 7
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Seed, $1.3M Oct 2018
- Biggest round
- $1.3M Seed · Oct 2018
- Between rounds
- 3.9 years from the last two
FakespotCybersecurity1 / 5Their pitch deckFakespot's pitch deck, 5 slidesEach slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.→The rounds
- Oct 2022VentureAmount undisclosed6 new
Source recorded
- Oct 2018
Founders and team
From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.
- Saoud KhalifahMr. Khalifah is the Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Technology Officer of the Issueri
- Robert E. GrossMr. Gross is the Secretary, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and the Treasurer of the Issueri
On the board, as filediDoc E. Parghi
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.
Everyone who backed them
Edward LandoAngel1round
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Also claim to have backed them
These 2 firms list Fakespot 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.
Quick answers about Fakespot
How much has Fakespot raised?
Fakespot has raised $1.3M across 2 rounds since 2018. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.
When did Fakespot last raise?
Fakespot's most recent round was a Venture in Oct 2022.
What was Fakespot's biggest round?
Fakespot's largest round on record is $1.3M (Seed), in Oct 2018.
Who backed Fakespot first?
Fakespot's first round on record, in Oct 2018, was backed by Faith Capital.
What stage is Fakespot at?
Fakespot's latest named round is a Venture, in Oct 2022.
Where is Fakespot based?
Fakespot is based in the United States.
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