# FirstWork funding: rounds and investors > FirstWork has raised $20M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include Y Combinator, Soma Capital and Gradient. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/firstwork (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *FirstWork* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 8 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 Future of Work HR Tech Raised this month Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$20M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 7 sources **$5.0M** Seed **$15M** Series A - **Latest round:** Series A, $15M Oct 2026 - **Led by:** Earlybird Venture Capital - **Step-up i:** 3× - **Investors:** 8 (1 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. 2025 2026 **$5.0M** Seed **$15M** Series A - **First round:** Seed, $5.0M - **Biggest round:** $15M - **Between rounds:** 21 months ## The rounds - **Oct 2026** Series A **$15M** *4 new* *4 returning* [Earlybird Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/earlybird) Lead [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Soma Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/soma-capital) [Gradient](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gradient-ventures) [468 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/468-capital) [Deel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deel) [Houghton Street Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/houghton-street-ventures) [Legion VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/legion-vc) Reported by Bharat Fast and 5 others - **Feb 2025** Seed **$5.0M** *4 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Soma Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/soma-capital) [Gradient](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gradient-ventures) [468 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/468-capital) 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. **Seed** 2025 **Series A** 2026 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Soma Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/soma-capital) [Gradient](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gradient-ventures) [468 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/468-capital) [Earlybird Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/earlybird) L [Deel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deel) [Houghton Street Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/houghton-street-ventures) [Legion VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/legion-vc) ## Everyone who backed them [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds [Soma Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/soma-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Gradient](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gradient-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [468 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/468-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Earlybird Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/earlybird) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [Deel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deel) VC firm **1** round [Houghton Street Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/houghton-street-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Legion VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/legion-vc) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=firstwork). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists FirstWork 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. [Activant Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/activant-capital) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about FirstWork ### Who invested in FirstWork? FirstWork's investors include Y Combinator, Soma Capital, Gradient, 468 Capital and Earlybird Venture Capital, and 3 more on record. Earlybird Venture Capital led its latest round. ### How much has FirstWork raised? FirstWork has raised $20M across 2 rounds since 2025. ### When did FirstWork last raise? FirstWork's most recent round was a Series A of $15M in Oct 2026, led by Earlybird Venture Capital. ### What was FirstWork's biggest round? Its most recent round, $15M in Oct 2026, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed FirstWork first? FirstWork's first round on record, in Feb 2025, was backed by Y Combinator, Soma Capital and Gradient and 1 others. ### What stage is FirstWork at? FirstWork's latest named round is a Series A, in Oct 2026. ### Where is FirstWork based? FirstWork is based in the United States. ### Who led FirstWork's rounds? Earlybird Venture Capital led the Series A in 2026. ## Companies like FirstWork In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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