# Gousto funding: rounds and investors

> Gousto has raised $111M across 8 rounds since 2013. Investors include MMC Ventures, ACF Investors and Business Growth Fund. Every round with its source.

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

United Kingdom · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Gousto*

8 rounds we have observed, with the 13 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 Internet

Valuation: $1.7B, Mar 2026

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$111M** raised across 8 rounds since 2013, from 8 sources

**$808K** Seed **$2.0M** Seed **$300K** Seed **$8.3M** Series A **$13M** Debt **$23M** Round **$40M** Round **$24M** Debt

- **Latest round:** Debt, $24M Mar 2023
- **Biggest round:** $40M Round · Mar 2018
- **Investors:** 13

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 2017 2019 2021 2023

**$808K** Seed

**$2.0M** Seed

**$8.3M** Series A

**$13M** Debt

**$23M** Round

**$40M** Round

**$24M** Debt

- **First round:** Seed, $808K
- **Biggest round:** $40M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 5 months

## The rounds

- **Mar 2023** Debt **$24M** *5 new* *2 returning* [SoftBank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-2) [Business Growth Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bgf) [HSBC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsbc) [SoftBank Vision Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-investment-advisers) [MMC Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mmc-ventures) [Barclays Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barclays-ventures) [Barclays Corporate Banking](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barclays-corporate-banking) Source recorded
- **Mar 2018** Round **$40M** *4 returning* [Business Growth Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bgf) [MMC Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mmc-ventures) [ACF Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/acf-investors) [Hargreave Hale](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hargreave-hale) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Jan 2018** Round **$23M** *3 new* *3 returning* [Business Growth Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bgf) [MMC Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mmc-ventures) [ACF Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/acf-investors) [Unilever Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unilever-ventures) [Hargreave Hale](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hargreave-hale) Joe Wicks Reported by TechCrunch
- **Nov 2016** Debt **$13M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Unilever Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unilever-ventures) [BGF Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bgf-ventures) Reported by TechCrunch
- **Sept 2014** Series A **$8.3M** *1 new* *1 returning* [MMC Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mmc-ventures) [Unilever Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unilever-ventures) From a historical funding record
- **May 2014** Seed **$300K** *1 new* Ian Weston From a historical funding record
- **Dec 2013** Seed **$2.0M** *1 new* *1 returning* [MMC Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mmc-ventures) [ACF Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/acf-investors) Reported by techcrunch.com
- **Sept 2013** Seed **$808K** *1 new* [ACF Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/acf-investors) Reported by growthbusiness.co.uk

## 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** 2013 **Seed** 2013 **Seed** 2014 **Series A** 2014 **Debt** 2016 **Round** 2018 **Round** 2018 **Debt** 2023 [MMC Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mmc-ventures) [ACF Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/acf-investors) [Business Growth Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bgf) [Unilever Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unilever-ventures) [Hargreave Hale](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hargreave-hale) [SoftBank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-2) [HSBC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsbc) [SoftBank Vision Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-investment-advisers) [Barclays Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barclays-ventures) [Barclays Corporate Banking](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barclays-corporate-banking)

## Everyone who backed them

[MMC Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mmc-ventures) VC firm **5** rounds

[ACF Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/acf-investors) VC firm **4** rounds

[Business Growth Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bgf) Private equity **3** rounds

[Unilever Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unilever-ventures) Corporate VC **3** rounds

[Hargreave Hale](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hargreave-hale) Investment firm **2** rounds

[SoftBank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-2) Investment firm **1** round

[HSBC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsbc) Growth equity **1** round

[SoftBank Vision Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-investment-advisers) VC firm **1** round

[Barclays Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barclays-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round

[Barclays Corporate Banking](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barclays-corporate-banking) Investment firm **1** round

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

Ian Weston no record of our own yet **1** round

Joe Wicks 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=gousto).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Gousto 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.

[Caspian Enterprises](https://millionrounds.com/fund/caspian-enterprises) Family office Per its own site

[Parsers VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/parsers-vc) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Gousto

### Who invested in Gousto?

Gousto's investors include MMC Ventures, ACF Investors, Business Growth Fund, Unilever Ventures and Hargreave Hale, and 8 more on record.

### How much has Gousto raised?

Gousto has raised $111M across 8 rounds since 2013.

### When did Gousto last raise?

Gousto's most recent round was a Debt of $24M in Mar 2023.

### What was Gousto's biggest round?

Gousto's largest round on record is $40M (Undisclosed round), in Mar 2018.

### Who backed Gousto first?

Gousto's first round on record, in Sept 2013, was backed by ACF Investors.

### What stage is Gousto at?

Gousto's latest named round is a Debt, in Mar 2023.

### Where is Gousto based?

Gousto is based in the United Kingdom.

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