# gr8 People funding: rounds and investors

> gr8 People has raised $10M across 2 rounds since 2015. Investors include Randstad Innovation Fund and Ascent Venture Partners/ Delancey Street.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/gr8-people (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Series B startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *gr8 People*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 2 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.

IT Services

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$10M** raised across 2 rounds since 2015, from 2 sources

**$2.0M** Venture **$8.0M** Series B

- **Latest round:** Series B, $8.0M Feb 2018
- **Step-up i:** 4×
- **Investors:** 2

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.

2016 2017 2018

**$2.0M** Venture

**$8.0M** Series B

- **First round:** Venture, $2.0M
- **Biggest round:** $8.0M
- **Between rounds:** 2.3 years

## The rounds

- **Feb 2018** Series B **$8.0M** *2 new* [Randstad Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/randstad-innovation-fund) Ascent Venture Partners/ Delancey Street Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $6.0M sold, first sale Jan 2018
- **Oct 2015** Venture **$2.0M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $2.0M sold, first sale Aug 2015

## Founders and team

From gr8 People's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 2 founders, 5 on the team.

**Diane Smith** CEO and Co-founder *Named on its 2018 Form D*

**Jayne Kettles** Chief Product Officer and Co-founder *Named on its 2018 Form D*

- **Stacey Jones** Vice President Product Marketing & Enablement
- **Mike Cataldo** Chief Technology Officer
- **Patrick Amaral** Chief Customer Officer
- **Benjamin DeCarlo** Director of Solutioning
- **Megan DeSomery** Director, Product Strategy & Solutions

On the board, as filed i *Baiyin Zhou* *Luke Burns* *Paul Jacquin* *William Fillip*

## 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.

**Venture** 2015 **Series B** 2018 [Randstad Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/randstad-innovation-fund) Ascent Venture Partners/ Delancey Street

## Everyone who backed them

[Randstad Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/randstad-innovation-fund) Corporate VC **1** round

Ascent Venture Partners/ Delancey Street no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists gr8 People 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.

[Ascent Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ascent-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about gr8 People

### Who invested in gr8 People?

gr8 People's investors include Randstad Innovation Fund and Ascent Venture Partners/ Delancey Street.

### How much has gr8 People raised?

gr8 People has raised $10M across 2 rounds since 2015.

### When did gr8 People last raise?

gr8 People's most recent round was a Series B of $8.0M in Feb 2018.

### What was gr8 People's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $8.0M in Feb 2018, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed gr8 People first?

gr8 People's first round on record, in Feb 2018, was backed by Randstad Innovation Fund and Ascent Venture Partners/ Delancey Street.

### What stage is gr8 People at?

gr8 People's latest named round is a Series B, in Feb 2018.

### Where is gr8 People based?

gr8 People is based in the United States.

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