Who invested in Guide

4 rounds we have observed, with the 16 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.

HR Tech

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$12Mraised across 4 rounds since 2013, from 4 sources

$1.0MSeed$1.2MSeed$1.5MSeed$8.0MSeed

Latest round: Seed, $8.0MMar 2022
Step-upi: 5.3×
Investors: 16

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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.

20132015201720192021

$1.0MSeed$1.2MSeed$8.0MSeed

First round: Seed, $1.0M
Biggest round: $8.0M
Usual gap between rounds: 8.7 years

The rounds

Mar 2022
Seed$8.0M6 new
Source recorded
Jul 2013
Seed$1.5M2 new2 returning
- Knight Foundation
- Sapient Fund
- Last Chance Ads
- Last Chance Holdings
From a historical funding record
Jun 2013
Seed$1.2M
No investor was named in the report.
Reported by sec.gov
Feb 2013
Seed$1.0M8 new
- Knight Foundation
- Bob Pittman
- Sapient Fund
- Omar Epps
- Jason Sanders
- WAM LLC
- Drew Lauter
- LCH LLC
Reported by techcrunch.com

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.

Seed2013Seed2013Seed2013Seed2022

Scribble VenturesBob PittmanOmar Epps

Everyone who backed them

Knight FoundationVC firm2rounds

Sapient FundInvestment firm2rounds

500 GlobalAngel1round

SV AngelVC firm1round

First Round CapitalVC firm1round

Correlation VenturesVC firm1round

Operator PartnersVC firm1round

Scribble VenturesVC firm1round

Bob PittmanAngel1round

Omar EppsAngel1round

Jason SandersAngel1round

Last Chance AdsVC firm1round

WAM LLCVC firm1round

Drew Lauterno record of our own yet1round

Last Chance Holdingsno record of our own yet1round

LCH LLCno record of our own yet1round

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