# GitLab funding: rounds and investors

> GitLab has raised $160M across 4 rounds since 2016. Investors include August Capital, Google Ventures and Goldman Sachs. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *GitLab*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 3 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.

Dev Enterprise

Y Combinator: W15

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$160M** raised across 4 rounds since 2016, from 4 sources

**$20M** Series B **$20M** Series C **$100M** Series D **$20M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $20M Dec 2018
- **Biggest round:** $100M Series D · Sept 2018
- **Investors:** 3 (1 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.

2017 2018

**$20M** Series B

**$20M** Series C

**$100M** Series D

**$20M** Round

- **First round:** Series B, $20M
- **Biggest round:** $100M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 11 months

[**GitLab** Dev 1 / 9 Their pitch deck **GitLab's pitch deck, 9 slides** Each slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.](https://millionrounds.com/decks/gitlab)

## The rounds

- **Dec 2018** Round **$20M** *1 new* [Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs-investment-partners) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Sept 2018** Series D **$100M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by FinSMEs
- **Oct 2017** Series C **$20M** *1 new* [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Sept 2016** Series B **$20M** *1 new* [August Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/august-capital) Lead Reported by TechCrunch SEC filing: $19M sold, first sale Aug 2016

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 3 on the team.

- **Dmitry Zaporozhets** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Paul Machle** Executive Officer i
- **Sytse Sijbrandij** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Bruce Armstrong* *Villi Iltchev*

## 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 B** 2016 **Series C** 2017 **Series D** 2018 **Round** 2018 [August Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/august-capital) L [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs-investment-partners)

## Everyone who backed them

[August Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/august-capital) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) Corporate VC **1** round

[Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs-investment-partners) Private equity **1** round

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## Quick answers about GitLab

### Who invested in GitLab?

GitLab's investors include August Capital, Google Ventures and Goldman Sachs.

### How much has GitLab raised?

GitLab has raised $160M across 4 rounds since 2016.

### When did GitLab last raise?

GitLab's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $20M in Dec 2018.

### What was GitLab's biggest round?

GitLab's largest round on record is $100M (Series D), in Sept 2018.

### Who backed GitLab first?

GitLab's first round on record, in Sept 2016, was backed by August Capital.

### What stage is GitLab at?

GitLab's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Dec 2018.

### Where is GitLab based?

GitLab is based in the United States.

### Who led GitLab's rounds?

August Capital led the Series B in 2016.

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