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Who invested in Goodreads?
Goodreads's investors include True Ventures, Michael Birch, Ooga Labs, Stan Chudnovsky and Mike Jones, and 2 more on record.
20082009
$750KSeed$2.0MSeries A
United States · Series A startup
Who invested in Goodreads
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$2.8Mraised across 2 rounds since 2007, from 2 sources
$750KSeed$2.0MSeries A
- Latest round
- Series A, $2.0MDec 2009
- Step-upi
- 2.7×
- Investors
- 7
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Seed, $750K Nov 2007
- Biggest round
- $2.0M Series A · Dec 2009
- Between rounds
- 2.1 years from the last two
The rounds
- Dec 2009
- Nov 2007Seed$750K5 new
Reported by techcrunch.com
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.
The exit
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Everyone who backed them
Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? Tell us.
Also claim to have backed them
These 4 firms list Goodreads 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.
Josh BuckleyAngelPer its own site
Quick answers about Goodreads
How much has Goodreads raised?
Goodreads has raised $2.8M across 2 rounds since 2007.
When did Goodreads last raise?
Goodreads's most recent round was a Series A of $2.0M in Dec 2009.
What was Goodreads's biggest round?
Its most recent round, $2.0M in Dec 2009, is also its largest on record.
Who backed Goodreads first?
Goodreads's first round on record, in Nov 2007, was backed by Michael Birch, Ooga Labs and Stan Chudnovsky and 2 others.
What stage is Goodreads at?
Goodreads's latest named round is a Series A, in Dec 2009.
Where is Goodreads based?
Goodreads is based in the United States.
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