# Flapping Airplanes funding: rounds and investors > Flapping Airplanes has raised $1.2B across 2 rounds since 2026. Investors include Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Google Ventures. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/flapping-airplanes (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Flapping Airplanes* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 16 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 Developer Tools Raised this month Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$1.2B** raised across 2 rounds since 2026, from 17 sources **$180M** Seed **$1.0B** Series A - **Latest round:** Series A, $1.0B Oct 2026 - **Led by:** Index Ventures and Lux Capital - **Step-up i:** 5.6× - **Investors:** 16 (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. 2026 2027 **$180M** Seed **$1.0B** Series A - **First round:** Seed, $180M - **Biggest round:** $1.0B - **Between rounds:** 10 months ## The rounds - **Oct 2026** Series A **$1.0B** *11 new* *3 returning* [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) Lead [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) Lead [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers) [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) [NVIDIA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nvidia) [Valor Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-equity-partners) [Kevin Hartz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/a-star-co) [XTX Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xtx-ventures) [Atreides Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atreides-management) [Alphabet's GV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alphabet-s-gv) [Jump Trading Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jump-trading-group) [Sequoia Capital Operations](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital-operations) Reported by Wowtale and 15 others - **Jan 2026** Seed **$180M** *5 new* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) [Jeff Dean](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-dean) Source recorded SEC filing: $180M sold, first sale Jan 2026 ## 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** 2026 **Series A** 2026 [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) L [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) L [Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers) [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) [NVIDIA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nvidia) [Valor Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-equity-partners) [Kevin Hartz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/a-star-co) ## Everyone who backed them [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1 [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) Corporate VC **2** rounds [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers) VC firm **1** round [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) VC firm **1** round [NVIDIA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nvidia) Company **1** round [Valor Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-equity-partners) VC firm **1** round [Kevin Hartz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/a-star-co) VC firm **1** round [Jeff Dean](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-dean) Angel **1** round [XTX Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xtx-ventures) Company **1** round [Atreides Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atreides-management) VC firm **1** round [Alphabet's GV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alphabet-s-gv) Growth equity **1** round [Jump Trading Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jump-trading-group) VC firm **1** round [Sequoia Capital Operations](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital-operations) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=flapping-airplanes). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Flapping Airplanes 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. [Fundomo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fundomo) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Flapping Airplanes ### Who invested in Flapping Airplanes? Flapping Airplanes's investors include Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Google Ventures, Lux Capital and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and 11 more on record. Index Ventures led its latest round. ### How much has Flapping Airplanes raised? Flapping Airplanes has raised $1.2B across 2 rounds since 2026. ### When did Flapping Airplanes last raise? Flapping Airplanes's most recent round was a Series A of $1.0B in Oct 2026, led by Index Ventures. ### What was Flapping Airplanes's biggest round? Its most recent round, $1.0B in Oct 2026, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Flapping Airplanes first? Flapping Airplanes's first round on record, in Jan 2026, was backed by Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures and Google Ventures and 2 others. ### What stage is Flapping Airplanes at? Flapping Airplanes's latest named round is a Series A, in Oct 2026. ### Where is Flapping Airplanes based? Flapping Airplanes is based in the United States. ### Who led Flapping Airplanes's rounds? Index Ventures led the Series A in 2026. ## Companies like Flapping Airplanes In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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