# Gimlet Media funding: rounds and investors > Gimlet Media has raised $17M across 2 rounds since 2014. Investors include Betaworks, Lowercase Capital and Knight Foundation. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/gimlet-media (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series B startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Gimlet Media* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 10 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. Internet Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$17M** raised across 2 rounds since 2014, from 2 sources **$1.5M** Seed **$15M** Series B - **Latest round:** Series B, $15M Aug 2017 - **Step-up i:** 10× - **Investors:** 10 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. 2015 2016 2017 **$1.5M** Seed **$15M** Series B - **First round:** Seed, $1.5M - **Biggest round:** $15M - **Between rounds:** 2.8 years ## The rounds - **Aug 2017** Series B **$15M** *6 new* *1 returning* [Betaworks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/betaworks) [Emerson Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emerson-collective) [Cross Culture Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cross-culture-ventures) [Graham](https://millionrounds.com/fund/graham) Blue Apron Craftsy Stripes Group/ Refinery29 Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $14M sold, first sale Jul 2017 - **Nov 2014** Seed **$1.5M** *4 new* [Betaworks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/betaworks) [Lowercase Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lowercase-capital) [Knight Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/knight-foundation) [Quire](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quire) From a historical funding record ## 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** 2014 **Series B** 2017 [Betaworks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/betaworks) [Lowercase Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lowercase-capital) [Knight Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/knight-foundation) [Emerson Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emerson-collective) [Cross Culture Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cross-culture-ventures) [Quire](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quire) [Graham](https://millionrounds.com/fund/graham) Blue Apron Craftsy Stripes Group/ Refinery29 ## Everyone who backed them [Betaworks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/betaworks) VC firm **2** rounds [Lowercase Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lowercase-capital) VC firm **1** round [Knight Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/knight-foundation) VC firm **1** round [Emerson Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emerson-collective) Family office **1** round [Cross Culture Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cross-culture-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Quire](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quire) VC firm **1** round [Graham](https://millionrounds.com/fund/graham) Hedge fund **1** round Blue Apron no record of our own yet **1** round Craftsy no record of our own yet **1** round Stripes Group/ Refinery29 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=gimlet-media). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Gimlet Media 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. [MaC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mac-venture-capital) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Gimlet Media ### Who invested in Gimlet Media? Gimlet Media's investors include Betaworks, Lowercase Capital, Knight Foundation, Emerson Collective and Cross Culture Ventures, and 5 more on record. ### How much has Gimlet Media raised? Gimlet Media has raised $17M across 2 rounds since 2014. ### When did Gimlet Media last raise? Gimlet Media's most recent round was a Series B of $15M in Aug 2017. ### What was Gimlet Media's biggest round? Its most recent round, $15M in Aug 2017, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Gimlet Media first? Gimlet Media's first round on record, in Nov 2014, was backed by Betaworks, Lowercase Capital and Knight Foundation and 1 others. ### What stage is Gimlet Media at? Gimlet Media's latest named round is a Series B, in Aug 2017. ### Where is Gimlet Media based? Gimlet Media is based in the United States. ## Companies like Gimlet Media In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Whop** $400M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/whop)[**Tolan** $30M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/tolan)[**Welltory** $4.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/welltory)[**Overtime** $33M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/overtime)[**1World Online** $25M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/1world-online)[**Luminary** $194M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/luminary) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. 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