# FranShares funding: rounds and investors

> FranShares has raised $4.1M across 1 round since 2024. Investors include Chicago Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *FranShares*

One round we have observed, with the one investor named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Fintech

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$4.1M** raised across 1 round since 2024, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Seed, $4.1M Jul 2024
- **Investors:** 1

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Jul 2024** Seed **$4.1M** [Chicago Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chicago-ventures) Source recorded SEC filing: $5.8M sold, first sale Apr 2023

## Funding filed with regulators

FranShares filed one raise, $412K in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

- May 2024 **$412K** common stock of $5.0M offered Crowdfunding

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 1 on the team.

- **Kenneth Rose** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Hans Pusch* *Stuart Larkins*

## Everyone who backed them

[Chicago Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chicago-ventures) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list FranShares 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.

[Aurum Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aurum-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site

[Janeiro](https://millionrounds.com/fund/janeiro) VC firm Per its own site

[VU Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vu-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about FranShares

### Who invested in FranShares?

FranShares's investors include Chicago Ventures.

### How much has FranShares raised?

FranShares has raised $4.1M across 1 round since 2024.

### When did FranShares last raise?

FranShares's most recent round was a Seed of $4.1M in Jul 2024.

### What was FranShares's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $4.1M in Jul 2024, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed FranShares first?

FranShares's first round on record, in Jul 2024, was backed by Chicago Ventures.

### What stage is FranShares at?

FranShares's latest named round is a Seed, in Jul 2024.

### Where is FranShares based?

FranShares is based in the United States.

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