# GroundMetrics funding: rounds and investors > GroundMetrics has raised $15M across 6 rounds since 2012. Investors include Tech Coast Angels, Crescent Ridge VC and ACE Fund. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/groundmetrics (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *GroundMetrics* 6 rounds we have observed, with the 8 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. Energy Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$15M** raised across 6 rounds since 2012, from 6 sources **$1.0M** Venture **$1.2M** Series A **$1.5M** Series B **$2.7M** Series B **$1.1M** Debt **$7.5M** Round - **Latest round:** Round, $7.5M Aug 2019 - **Step-up i:** 6.8× - **Investors:** 8 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. 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 **$1.0M** Venture **$1.2M** Series A **$1.5M** Series B **$2.7M** Series B **$1.1M** Debt **$7.5M** Round - **First round:** Venture, $1.0M - **Biggest round:** $7.5M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 10 months ## The rounds - **Aug 2019** Round **$7.5M** *1 returning* [Tech Coast Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tech-coast-angels) Reported by Socaltech SEC filing: $7.5M sold, first sale Aug 2019 - **Feb 2015** Debt **$1.1M** *1 new* [Shaun Arora](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shaun-arora) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $1.1M sold, first sale Feb 2015 - **Apr 2014** Series B **$2.7M** *2 new* *1 returning* [ACE Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ace-fund) [Crescent Ridge VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crescent-ridge-vc) [OSU Cowboy Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/fund/osu-cowboy-technologies) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $2.4M sold, first sale Feb 2014 - **Apr 2013** Series B **$1.5M** *4 new* *1 returning* [Tech Coast Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tech-coast-angels) [Crescent Ridge VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crescent-ridge-vc) [La Costa Investment Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/la-costa-investment-group) [Rady Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rady-venture-fund) Rancho Santa Fe Partners Reported by finsmes.com SEC filing: $1.5M sold, first sale Feb 2013 - **Sept 2012** Series A **$1.2M** *1 new* [Tech Coast Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tech-coast-angels) Reported by finsmes.com - **Jan 2012** Venture **$1.0M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by sec.gov SEC filing: $41K sold, first sale Dec 2010 ## 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** 2012 **Series A** 2012 **Series B** 2013 **Series B** 2014 **Debt** 2015 **Round** 2019 [Tech Coast Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tech-coast-angels) [Crescent Ridge VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crescent-ridge-vc) [ACE Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ace-fund) [Shaun Arora](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shaun-arora) [La Costa Investment Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/la-costa-investment-group) [OSU Cowboy Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/fund/osu-cowboy-technologies) [Rady Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rady-venture-fund) Rancho Santa Fe Partners ## Everyone who backed them [Tech Coast Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tech-coast-angels) VC firm **3** rounds [Crescent Ridge VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crescent-ridge-vc) VC firm **2** rounds [ACE Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ace-fund) VC firm **1** round [Shaun Arora](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shaun-arora) Angel **1** round [La Costa Investment Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/la-costa-investment-group) Investment firm **1** round [OSU Cowboy Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/fund/osu-cowboy-technologies) Investment firm **1** round [Rady Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rady-venture-fund) VC firm **1** round Rancho Santa Fe Partners 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=groundmetrics). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists GroundMetrics 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. [WBTangels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wbtangels) Angel Per its own site ## Quick answers about GroundMetrics ### Who invested in GroundMetrics? GroundMetrics's investors include Tech Coast Angels, Crescent Ridge VC, ACE Fund, Shaun Arora and La Costa Investment Group, and 3 more on record. ### How much has GroundMetrics raised? GroundMetrics has raised $15M across 6 rounds since 2012. ### When did GroundMetrics last raise? GroundMetrics's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $7.5M in Aug 2019. ### What was GroundMetrics's biggest round? Its most recent round, $7.5M in Aug 2019, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed GroundMetrics first? GroundMetrics's first round on record, in Sept 2012, was backed by Tech Coast Angels. ### What stage is GroundMetrics at? GroundMetrics's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Aug 2019. ### Where is GroundMetrics based? GroundMetrics is based in the United States. ## Companies like GroundMetrics In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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