# Grapevine funding: rounds and investors

> Grapevine has raised $2.9M across 3 rounds since 2013. Investors include Gaingels, MassChallenge and Ulu Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Grapevine*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 6 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.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$2.9M** raised across 3 rounds since 2013, from 3 sources

**$50K** Grant **$1.1M** Seed **$1.7M** Seed

- **Latest round:** Seed, $1.7M Aug 2023
- **Step-up i:** 1.5×
- **Investors:** 6

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

**$50K** Grant

**$1.1M** Seed

**$1.7M** Seed

- **First round:** Grant, $50K
- **Biggest round:** $1.7M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 8.5 years

## The rounds

- **Aug 2023** Seed **$1.7M** *3 new* [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Ulu Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ulu-ventures) [Notation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/notation-capital) Source recorded
- **Feb 2015** Seed **$1.1M** *2 new* [Boston Seed Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boston-seed-capital) [Boston Syndicates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boston-syndicates) From a historical funding record
- **Oct 2013** Grant **$50K** *1 new* [MassChallenge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/masschallenge) From a historical funding record

## 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.

**Grant** 2013 **Seed** 2015 **Seed** 2023 [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [MassChallenge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/masschallenge) [Ulu Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ulu-ventures) [Boston Seed Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boston-seed-capital) [Notation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/notation-capital) [Boston Syndicates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boston-syndicates)

## Everyone who backed them

[Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) Private equity **1** round

[MassChallenge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/masschallenge) Accelerator **1** round

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

[Boston Seed Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boston-seed-capital) Angel network **1** round

[Notation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/notation-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Boston Syndicates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boston-syndicates) VC firm **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=grapevine).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 5 firms list Grapevine 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.

[PJC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pjc) VC firm Per its own site

[Jayesh Parekh](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jayesh-parekh) Angel Per its own site

[Utsav Somani](https://millionrounds.com/fund/utsav-somani) Angel 2025, per its site

[Ground Squirrel Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ground-squirrel-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Mode Ventures LLP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mode-ventures-llp) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Grapevine

### Who invested in Grapevine?

Grapevine's investors include Gaingels, MassChallenge, Ulu Ventures, Boston Seed Capital and Notation Capital, and 1 more on record.

### How much has Grapevine raised?

Grapevine has raised $2.9M across 3 rounds since 2013.

### When did Grapevine last raise?

Grapevine's most recent round was a Seed of $1.7M in Aug 2023.

### What was Grapevine's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $1.7M in Aug 2023, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Grapevine first?

Grapevine's first round on record, in Oct 2013, was backed by MassChallenge.

### What stage is Grapevine at?

Grapevine's latest named round is a Seed, in Aug 2023.

### Where is Grapevine based?

Grapevine is based in the United States.

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