# Grammarly funding: rounds and investors

> Grammarly has raised $1.2B across 3 rounds since 2017. Investors include General Catalyst, IVP and SignalFire. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Grammarly*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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 Collaboration Tools Education Internet

Valuation: $13B, Mar 2026

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Funding summary Updated 5 Nov 2026

**$1.2B** raised across 3 rounds since 2017, from 5 sources

**$110M** Round **$90M** Round **$1.0B** Growth

- **Latest round:** Growth, $1.0B May 2025
- **Step-up i:** 11.1×
- **Investors:** 5 (1 led)

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## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2017 2019 2021 2023 2025

**$110M** Round

**$90M** Round

**$1.0B** Growth

- **First round:** Round, $110M
- **Biggest round:** $1.0B
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 5.7 years

## The rounds

- **May 2025** Growth **$1.0B** *1 returning* [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) Reported by Crunchbase News and 2 others SEC filing: $348M sold, first sale Jan 2025
- **Oct 2019** Round **$90M** *1 new* *1 returning* [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) Lead [IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) Reported by FinSMEs
- **May 2017** Round **$110M** *4 new* [IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) [SignalFire](https://millionrounds.com/fund/signalfire) [Spark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-3) General Catalyst/ Breyer Reported by FinSMEs

## Funding filed with regulators

Grammarly filed 2 raises, $677M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

- Jul 2025 **$672M** 173 investors SEC Form D
- Aug 2024 **$5.0M** 112 investors of $10M offered SEC Form D

## Founders and team

From Grammarly's own website: 4 on the team.

- **Jenna Kozel-King** VP of Corporate Marketing
- **Mihai Fonoage** VP of Engineering
- **Tonya Fowler** Global Research VP & Practice Leader
- **Jimmy Snyder** Associate Director of Platform Support

## 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.

**Round** 2017 **Round** 2019 **Growth** 2025 [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) L [IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) [SignalFire](https://millionrounds.com/fund/signalfire) [Spark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-3) General Catalyst/ Breyer

## Everyone who backed them

[General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1

[IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) VC firm **2** rounds

[SignalFire](https://millionrounds.com/fund/signalfire) VC firm **1** round

[Spark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-3) Growth equity **1** round

General Catalyst/ Breyer no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 4 firms list Grammarly 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.

[Archer Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/archer-venture-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Conduit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/conduit) Accelerator Per its own site

[Step Ahead Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/step-ahead-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[YGA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yga-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Grammarly

### Who invested in Grammarly?

Grammarly's investors include General Catalyst, IVP, SignalFire, Spark and General Catalyst/ Breyer.

### How much has Grammarly raised?

Grammarly has raised $1.2B across 3 rounds since 2017.

### When did Grammarly last raise?

Grammarly's most recent round was a Growth of $1.0B in May 2025.

### What was Grammarly's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $1.0B in May 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Grammarly first?

Grammarly's first round on record, in May 2017, was backed by IVP, SignalFire and Spark and 1 others.

### What stage is Grammarly at?

Grammarly's latest named round is a Growth, in May 2025.

### Where is Grammarly based?

Grammarly is based in the United States.

### Who led Grammarly's rounds?

General Catalyst led the Undisclosed round in 2019.

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