# Ground funding: rounds and investors > Ground has raised $8.1M across 2 rounds since 2021. Investors include Y Combinator, Sony Innovation Fund and Robot Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/ground (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Pre-seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Ground* 2 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. Manufacturing Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$8.1M** raised across 2 rounds since 2021, from 3 sources **$4.5M** Venture **$3.6M** Pre-seed - **Latest round:** Pre-seed, $3.6M Oct 2025 - **Biggest round:** $4.5M Venture · Jun 2021 - **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. 2022 2023 2024 2025 **$4.5M** Venture **$3.6M** Pre-seed - **First round:** Venture, $4.5M - **Biggest round:** $4.5M - **Between rounds:** 4.3 years ## The rounds - **Oct 2025** Pre-seed **$3.6M** *4 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Robot Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/robot-ventures) [ParaFi Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/parafi) [Chapter One Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chapter-one) Source recorded and 1 other - **Jun 2021** Venture **$4.5M** *2 new* [Sony Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sony-innovation-fund) [IMM Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/imm-investment-corp) Source recorded ## 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** 2021 **Pre-seed** 2025 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Sony Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sony-innovation-fund) [Robot Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/robot-ventures) [IMM Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/imm-investment-corp) [ParaFi Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/parafi) [Chapter One Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chapter-one) ## Everyone who backed them [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round [Sony Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sony-innovation-fund) Corporate VC **1** round [Robot Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/robot-ventures) VC firm **1** round [IMM Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/imm-investment-corp) VC firm **1** round [ParaFi Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/parafi) VC firm **1** round [Chapter One Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chapter-one) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=ground). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Ground 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. [Ulu Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ulu-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Ground ### Who invested in Ground? Ground's investors include Y Combinator, Sony Innovation Fund, Robot Ventures, IMM Investment and ParaFi Capital, and 1 more on record. ### How much has Ground raised? Ground has raised $8.1M across 2 rounds since 2021. ### When did Ground last raise? Ground's most recent round was a Pre-seed of $3.6M in Oct 2025. ### What was Ground's biggest round? Ground's largest round on record is $4.5M (Venture), in Jun 2021. ### Who backed Ground first? Ground's first round on record, in Jun 2021, was backed by Sony Innovation Fund and IMM Investment. ### What stage is Ground at? Ground's latest named round is a Pre-seed, in Oct 2025. ### Where is Ground based? Ground is based in the United States. ## Companies like Ground In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Apex** $1.1B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/apex)[**ZwitterCo** $58M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/zwitterco)[**Peak Energy** $163M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/peak-energy)[**Arda** $233M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/arda)[**Origin** $121M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/origin)[**Jeevy Fabrication** Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/jeevy-fabrication) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app