# HackerRank funding: rounds and investors

> HackerRank has raised $50M across 5 rounds since 2011. Investors include Khosla Ventures, Battery Ventures and Y Combinator. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *HackerRank*

5 rounds we have observed, with the 11 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.

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Valuation: $500M, Oct 2024 Y Combinator: S11

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$50M** raised across 5 rounds since 2011, from 5 sources

**$200K** Seed **$3.0M** Series A **$9.2M** Series B **$7.5M** Series B **$30M** Series C

- **Latest round:** Series C, $30M Feb 2018
- **Step-up i:** 4×
- **Investors:** 11

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.

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

**$200K** Seed

**$3.0M** Series A

**$9.2M** Series B

**$7.5M** Series B

**$30M** Series C

- **First round:** Seed, $200K
- **Biggest round:** $30M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.4 years

## The rounds

- **Feb 2018** Series C **$30M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) [Randstad Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/randstad-innovation-fund) Chartline Capital JMI Equity/ Khosla Reported by FinSMEs
- **Jul 2015** Series B **$7.5M** *1 new* [Recruit Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/recruit-holdings) From a historical funding record
- **Jun 2014** Series B **$9.2M** *4 new* *1 returning* [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) [Greg Badros](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greg-badros) [Dan Rubinstein](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dan-rubinstein) Peeyush Ranjan From a historical funding record
- **Jan 2012** Series A **$3.0M** *2 new* [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [ZenShin Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zenshin-capital) From a historical funding record
- **Jun 2011** Seed **$200K** *1 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) From a historical funding record

## 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** 2011 **Series A** 2012 **Series B** 2014 **Series B** 2015 **Series C** 2018 [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Recruit Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/recruit-holdings) [Randstad Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/randstad-innovation-fund) [ZenShin Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zenshin-capital) [Greg Badros](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greg-badros) [Dan Rubinstein](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dan-rubinstein) Chartline Capital JMI Equity/ Khosla

## Everyone who backed them

[Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round

[Recruit Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/recruit-holdings) Growth equity **1** round

[Randstad Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/randstad-innovation-fund) Corporate VC **1** round

[ZenShin Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zenshin-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Greg Badros](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greg-badros) Angel **1** round

[Dan Rubinstein](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dan-rubinstein) VC firm **1** round

Chartline Capital no record of our own yet **1** round

JMI Equity/ Khosla no record of our own yet **1** round

Peeyush Ranjan 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=hackerrank).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list HackerRank 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.

[Elevate Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elevate-ventures-2) Angel network Per its own site

[Chartline](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chartline) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about HackerRank

### Who invested in HackerRank?

HackerRank's investors include Khosla Ventures, Battery Ventures, Y Combinator, Recruit Holdings and Randstad Innovation Fund, and 6 more on record.

### How much has HackerRank raised?

HackerRank has raised $50M across 5 rounds since 2011.

### When did HackerRank last raise?

HackerRank's most recent round was a Series C of $30M in Feb 2018.

### What was HackerRank's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $30M in Feb 2018, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed HackerRank first?

HackerRank's first round on record, in Jun 2011, was backed by Y Combinator.

### What stage is HackerRank at?

HackerRank's latest named round is a Series C, in Feb 2018.

### Where is HackerRank based?

HackerRank is based in the United States.

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