# Gainsight funding: rounds and investors > Gainsight has raised $156M across 6 rounds since 2011. Investors include Battery Ventures, Salesforce Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/gainsight (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series E startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Gainsight* 6 rounds we have observed, with the 15 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 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$156M** raised across 6 rounds since 2011, from 6 sources **$50K** Seed **$9.0M** Series A **$20M** Series B **$25M** Series C **$50M** Series D **$52M** Series E - **Latest round:** Series E, $52M May 2017 - **Investors:** 15 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. 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 **$50K** Seed **$9.0M** Series A **$20M** Series B **$25M** Series C **$50M** Series D **$52M** Series E - **First round:** Seed, $50K - **Biggest round:** $52M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 13 months ## The rounds - **May 2017** Series E **$52M** *5 new* *1 returning* [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) [Cisco](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco) [Bessemer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer) [Bain & Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-and-company) Insight Lightspeed Venture Partners/ Battery Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $51M sold, first sale May 2017 - **Nov 2015** Series D **$50M** *1 new* [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $52M sold, first sale Nov 2015 - **Oct 2014** Series C **$25M** *2 new* [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $26M sold, first sale Oct 2014 - **Nov 2013** Series B **$20M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) [Bain Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital-ventures) [Summit Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/summit-partners) Reported by finsmes.com SEC filing: $20M sold, first sale Nov 2013 - **Apr 2013** Series A **$9.0M** *2 new* [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) [SVB Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/svb-capital) Reported by pandodaily.com - **Dec 2011** Seed **$50K** *2 new* [Cultivation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cultivation-capital) [Capital Innovators](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capital-innovators) From a historical funding record ## Founders and team From Gainsight's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 7 on the team. - **Chuck Ganapathi** Chief Executive Officer - **Nick Mehta** Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary i - **Brent Krempges** Chief Customer Officer - **Marilee Bear** Chief Revenue Officer - **Paul Sheppard** Chief Financial Officer - **Prem Parameswaran** Chief Technology Officer - **Angela Fontaine** Head of Teammate Success On the board, as filed i *Ajay Agarwal* *Byron Deeter* *Kirk Bowman* *Roger Lee* ## 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** 2011 **Series A** 2013 **Series B** 2013 **Series C** 2014 **Series D** 2015 **Series E** 2017 [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners) [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) [SVB Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/svb-capital) [Bain Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital-ventures) [Summit Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/summit-partners) [Cultivation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cultivation-capital) [Cisco](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco) ## Everyone who backed them [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) Corporate VC **2** rounds [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round [SVB Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/svb-capital) VC firm **1** round [Bain Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Summit Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/summit-partners) Private equity **1** round [Cultivation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cultivation-capital) VC firm **1** round [Cisco](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco) Corporate VC **1** round [Bessemer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer) VC firm **1** round [Capital Innovators](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capital-innovators) Accelerator **1** round [Bain & Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-and-company) VC firm **1** round Insight no record of our own yet **1** round Lightspeed Venture Partners/ Battery no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=gainsight). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list Gainsight 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. [Storm Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/storm-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Founders Circle Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-circle-capital) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Gainsight ### Who invested in Gainsight? Gainsight's investors include Battery Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners and Insight Partners, and 10 more on record. ### How much has Gainsight raised? Gainsight has raised $156M across 6 rounds since 2011. ### When did Gainsight last raise? Gainsight's most recent round was a Series E of $52M in May 2017. ### What was Gainsight's biggest round? Its most recent round, $52M in May 2017, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Gainsight first? Gainsight's first round on record, in Dec 2011, was backed by Cultivation Capital and Capital Innovators. ### What stage is Gainsight at? Gainsight's latest named round is a Series E, in May 2017. ### Where is Gainsight based? Gainsight is based in the United States. ## Companies like Gainsight In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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