# Guild Education funding: rounds and investors

> Guild Education has raised $206M across 3 rounds since 2016. Investors include Redpoint, Salesforce Ventures and SVB Capital. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/guild-education (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Series D startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Guild Education*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 15 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.

Edtech Education

Valuation: $4.4B, Mar 2026

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$206M** raised across 3 rounds since 2016, from 3 sources

**$8.5M** Series A **$40M** Series C **$157M** Series D

- **Latest round:** Series D, $157M Nov 2019
- **Led by:** General Catalyst
- **Step-up i:** 3.9×
- **Investors:** 15 (2 led)

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.

2017 2018 2019

**$8.5M** Series A

**$40M** Series C

**$157M** Series D

- **First round:** Series A, $8.5M
- **Biggest round:** $157M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 22 months

## The rounds

- **Nov 2019** Series D **$157M** *7 new* *5 returning* [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) Lead [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners) [Redpoint](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redpoint) [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) [Felicis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures) [SVB Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/svb-capital) [Harrison Metal](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harrison-metal) [Iconiq Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital-3) [Lead Edge Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lead-edge-capital) [Emerson Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emerson-collective) [Workday Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/workday-ventures) [Next Play Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/next-play-capital) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $142M sold, first sale Nov 2019
- **Jul 2018** Series C **$40M** *7 new* *1 returning* [Redpoint](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redpoint) [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) [SVB Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/svb-capital) [Harrison Metal](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harrison-metal) [Cowboy Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cowboy-ventures) [Bessemer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer) [Workday Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/workday-ventures) Felicis Ventures/ Rethink Impact & Education Reported by FinSMEs
- **Sept 2016** Series A **$8.5M** *1 new* [Redpoint](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redpoint) Lead Reported by TechCrunch

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 7 on the team.

- **Bijal Shah** Executive Officer i
- **Brittany Stich** Promoter i
- **Chris Garber** Executive Officer i
- **Greg Siegel** Executive Officer i
- **Lorna Hagen** Executive Officer i
- **Natalie Mccullough** Executive Officer i
- **Rachel Romer Carlson** Executive Officer, Director, Promoter i

On the board, as filed i *Annie Kadavy* *Byron Deeter* *Johnny Taylor* *Ken Chenault* *Leighanne Levensaler*

## 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.

**Series A** 2016 **Series C** 2018 **Series D** 2019 [Redpoint](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redpoint) L [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) [SVB Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/svb-capital) [Harrison Metal](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harrison-metal) [Workday Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/workday-ventures) [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) L [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners) [Felicis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures) [Cowboy Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cowboy-ventures) [Iconiq Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital-3)

## Everyone who backed them

[Redpoint](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redpoint) VC firm **3** rounds, led 1

[Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) Corporate VC **2** rounds

[SVB Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/svb-capital) VC firm **2** rounds

[Harrison Metal](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harrison-metal) VC firm **2** rounds

[Workday Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/workday-ventures) Corporate VC **2** rounds

[General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[Bessemer Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Felicis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Cowboy Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cowboy-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Iconiq Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital-3) Growth equity **1** round

[Bessemer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer) VC firm **1** round

[Lead Edge Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lead-edge-capital) Private equity **1** round

[Emerson Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emerson-collective) Family office **1** round

[Next Play Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/next-play-capital) Fund of funds **1** round

Felicis Ventures/ Rethink Impact & Education 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=guild-education).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Guild Education 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.

[Ulu Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ulu-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[ICONIQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital) Family office Per its own site

## Quick answers about Guild Education

### Who invested in Guild Education?

Guild Education's investors include Redpoint, Salesforce Ventures, SVB Capital, Harrison Metal and Workday Ventures, and 10 more on record. General Catalyst led its latest round.

### How much has Guild Education raised?

Guild Education has raised $206M across 3 rounds since 2016.

### When did Guild Education last raise?

Guild Education's most recent round was a Series D of $157M in Nov 2019, led by General Catalyst.

### What was Guild Education's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $157M in Nov 2019, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Guild Education first?

Guild Education's first round on record, in Sept 2016, was backed by Redpoint.

### What stage is Guild Education at?

Guild Education's latest named round is a Series D, in Nov 2019.

### Where is Guild Education based?

Guild Education is based in the United States.

### Who led Guild Education's rounds?

Redpoint led the Series A in 2016; General Catalyst led the Series D in 2019.

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