# Fakespot funding: rounds and investors > Fakespot has raised $1.3M across 2 rounds since 2018. Investors include 500 Global, Creative Destruction Lab and Pareto Holdings. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/fakespot (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Fakespot* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 7 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 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$1.3M** raised across 2 rounds since 2018, from 2 sources - **Latest round:** Venture Oct 2022 - **Biggest round:** $1.3M Seed · Oct 2018 - **Investors:** 7 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. 2019 2020 2021 2022 **$1.3M** Seed **?** Venture - **First round:** Seed, $1.3M - **Biggest round:** $1.3M - **Between rounds:** 3.9 years [**Fakespot** Cybersecurity 1 / 5 Their pitch deck **Fakespot's pitch deck, 5 slides** Each slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.](https://millionrounds.com/decks/fakespot) ## The rounds - **Oct 2022** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *6 new* [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Creative Destruction Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab) [Pareto Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pareto-holdings) [Edward Lando](https://millionrounds.com/fund/edward-lando) [Bullpen Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bullpen-capital) [Graph Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/graph-ventures) Source recorded - **Oct 2018** Seed **$1.3M** *1 new* [Faith Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/faith-capital) Reported by Magnitt SEC filing: $1.5M sold, first sale Aug 2018 ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team. - **Saoud Khalifah** Mr. Khalifah is the Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Technology Officer of the Issuer i - **Robert E. Gross** Mr. Gross is the Secretary, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and the Treasurer of the Issuer i On the board, as filed i *Doc 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. **Seed** 2018 **Venture** 2022 [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Creative Destruction Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab) [Pareto Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pareto-holdings) [Edward Lando](https://millionrounds.com/fund/edward-lando) [Bullpen Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bullpen-capital) [Graph Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/graph-ventures) [Faith Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/faith-capital) ## Everyone who backed them [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) Angel **1** round [Creative Destruction Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab) Accelerator **1** round [Pareto Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pareto-holdings) VC firm **1** round [Edward Lando](https://millionrounds.com/fund/edward-lando) Angel **1** round [Bullpen Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bullpen-capital) VC firm **1** round [Graph Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/graph-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Faith Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/faith-capital) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=fakespot). ## 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. [Fc Centripetal](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fc-centripetal) Accelerator Per its own site [Gauntlet Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gauntlet-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Fakespot ### 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. ### 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. ## Companies like Fakespot In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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