# Guide funding: rounds and investors > Guide has raised $12M across 4 rounds since 2013. Investors include Knight Foundation, Sapient Fund and 500 Global. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/guide (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # 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 summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$12M** raised across 4 rounds since 2013, from 4 sources **$1.0M** Seed **$1.2M** Seed **$1.5M** Seed **$8.0M** Seed - **Latest round:** Seed, $8.0M Mar 2022 - **Step-up i:** 5.3× - **Investors:** 16 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. 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 **$1.0M** Seed **$1.2M** Seed **$8.0M** Seed - **First round:** Seed, $1.0M - **Biggest round:** $8.0M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 8.7 years ## The rounds - **Mar 2022** Seed **$8.0M** *6 new* [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) [Correlation Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/correlation-ventures) [Operator Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/operator-partners) [Scribble Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scribble-ventures) Source recorded - **Jul 2013** Seed **$1.5M** *2 new* *2 returning* [Knight Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/knight-foundation) [Sapient Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapient-fund) [Last Chance Ads](https://millionrounds.com/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 **$1.0M** *8 new* [Knight Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/knight-foundation) [Bob Pittman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bob-pittman) [Sapient Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapient-fund) [Omar Epps](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omar-epps) [Jason Sanders](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jason-sanders) [WAM LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/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. **Seed** 2013 **Seed** 2013 **Seed** 2013 **Seed** 2022 [Knight Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/knight-foundation) [Sapient Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapient-fund) [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) [Correlation Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/correlation-ventures) [Operator Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/operator-partners) [Scribble Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scribble-ventures) [Bob Pittman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bob-pittman) [Omar Epps](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omar-epps) ## Everyone who backed them [Knight Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/knight-foundation) VC firm **2** rounds [Sapient Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapient-fund) Investment firm **2** rounds [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) Angel **1** round [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) VC firm **1** round [First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) VC firm **1** round [Correlation Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/correlation-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Operator Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/operator-partners) VC firm **1** round [Scribble Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scribble-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Bob Pittman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bob-pittman) Angel **1** round [Omar Epps](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omar-epps) Angel **1** round [Jason Sanders](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jason-sanders) Angel **1** round [Last Chance Ads](https://millionrounds.com/fund/last-chance-ads) VC firm **1** round [WAM LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wam-llc) VC firm **1** round Drew Lauter no record of our own yet **1** round Last Chance Holdings no record of our own yet **1** round LCH LLC 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=guide). ## Quick answers about Guide ### Who invested in Guide? Guide's investors include Knight Foundation, Sapient Fund, 500 Global, SV Angel and First Round Capital, and 11 more on record. ### How much has Guide raised? Guide has raised $12M across 4 rounds since 2013. ### When did Guide last raise? Guide's most recent round was a Seed of $8.0M in Mar 2022. ### What was Guide's biggest round? Its most recent round, $8.0M in Mar 2022, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Guide first? Guide's first round on record, in Feb 2013, was backed by Knight Foundation, Bob Pittman and Sapient Fund and 5 others. ### What stage is Guide at? Guide's latest named round is a Seed, in Mar 2022. ### Where is Guide based? Guide is based in the United States. ## Companies like Guide In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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