Who invested in Guidesly

2 rounds we have observed, with the 3 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.

IT Services

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$9.5Mraised across 2 rounds since 2011, from 3 sources

Latest round: Series A, $9.5MJan 2025
Investors: 3

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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.

20112013201520172019202120232025

?Seed$9.5MSeries A

First round: Seed
Biggest round: $9.5M
Between rounds: 14 years

The rounds

Jan 2025
Series A$9.5M2 new
- Y Combinator
- Greycroft
Reported by Elysian Park Ventures and 1 otherSEC filing: $5.6M sold, first sale Dec 2024
Jan 2011
SeedAmount undisclosed1 new
- NYC Seed
From a historical funding record

Founders and team

From Guidesly's own website: 1 founder, 3 on the team.

David LordFounder & CEO

Kanykanty Shiva PrasadHead of Technology
Sean FaganHead of Sales
Taylor LordCofounder, Head of Product

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.

Seed2011Series A2025

Y Combinator

Greycroft

NYC Seed

Everyone who backed them

Y CombinatorAccelerator1round

GreycroftVC firm1round

NYC SeedAngel network1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Guidesly 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.