# Fuel50 funding: rounds and investors

> Fuel50 has raised $32M across 3 rounds since 2017. Investors include Bonfire Ventures, PeakSpan Capital and Icehouse Ventures. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/fuel50 (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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

# Who invested in *Fuel50*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 6 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.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$32M** raised across 3 rounds since 2017, from 3 sources

**$2.5M** Series A **$14M** Series B **$16M** Series B

- **Latest round:** Series B, $16M Apr 2021
- **Investors:** 6

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.

2018 2019 2020 2021

**$2.5M** Series A

**$14M** Series B

**$16M** Series B

- **First round:** Series A, $2.5M
- **Biggest round:** $16M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 22 months

## The rounds

- **Apr 2021** Series B **$16M** *3 new* *2 returning* [Icehouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures) [Bonfire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bonfire-ventures) [New Zealand Growth Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-zealand-growth-capital-partners-nzgcp) [Enterprise Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enterprise-angels) [PeakSpan Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peakspan-capital) Source recorded SEC filing: $10M sold, first sale Mar 2021
- **Aug 2019** Series B **$14M** *1 new* [PeakSpan Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peakspan-capital) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $8.7M sold, first sale Jul 2019
- **Oct 2017** Series A **$2.5M** *2 new* [Bonfire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bonfire-ventures) [Rincon Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rincon-venture-partners) Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

From Fuel50's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 4 on the team.

- **Tim Sackett** HR Tech Analyst
- **Anne Fulton** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Joanne Mills** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Ron Shah** Executive Officer i

On the board, as filed i *Andrew Filipowski* *Brian Platz* *James Andelman* *Kerry McIntosh* *Philip Dur*

## 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.

**Series A** 2017 **Series B** 2019 **Series B** 2021 [Bonfire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bonfire-ventures) [PeakSpan Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peakspan-capital) [Icehouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures) [New Zealand Growth Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-zealand-growth-capital-partners-nzgcp) [Rincon Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rincon-venture-partners) [Enterprise Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enterprise-angels)

## Everyone who backed them

[Bonfire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bonfire-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[PeakSpan Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peakspan-capital) VC firm **2** rounds

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

[New Zealand Growth Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-zealand-growth-capital-partners-nzgcp) VC firm **1** round

[Rincon Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rincon-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Enterprise Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enterprise-angels) Angel network **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Fuel50 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.

[Ice Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ice-angels) Angel network Per its own site

[Flying Kiwi Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flying-kiwi-angels) Angel network Per its own site

## Quick answers about Fuel50

### Who invested in Fuel50?

Fuel50's investors include Bonfire Ventures, PeakSpan Capital, Icehouse Ventures, New Zealand Growth Capital Partners and Rincon Venture Partners, and 1 more on record.

### How much has Fuel50 raised?

Fuel50 has raised $32M across 3 rounds since 2017.

### When did Fuel50 last raise?

Fuel50's most recent round was a Series B of $16M in Apr 2021.

### What was Fuel50's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $16M in Apr 2021, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Fuel50 first?

Fuel50's first round on record, in Oct 2017, was backed by Bonfire Ventures and Rincon Venture Partners.

### What stage is Fuel50 at?

Fuel50's latest named round is a Series B, in Apr 2021.

### Where is Fuel50 based?

Fuel50 is based in the United States.

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