# Hedge funding: rounds and investors > Hedge has raised $3.0M across 3 rounds since 2021. Investors include Steve Bayes, Y Combinator and Firstminute Capital. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/hedge (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Hedge* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 6 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. AI Raised 6 months ago Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$3.0M** raised across 3 rounds since 2021, from 5 sources - **Latest round:** Venture May 2026 - **Biggest round:** $3.0M Seed · Jul 2021 - **Investors:** 6 (1 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. 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 **$3.0M** Seed **?** Venture **?** Venture - **First round:** Seed, $3.0M - **Biggest round:** $3.0M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 3.7 years ## The rounds - **May 2026** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Source recorded - **Mar 2025** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *2 new* [Firstminute Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstminute-capital) [Orange DAO](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orange-dao) Source recorded - **Jul 2021** Seed **$3.0M** *3 new* [Steve Bayes](https://millionrounds.com/fund/steve-bayes) Lead [Estelle McGechie](https://millionrounds.com/fund/estelle-mcgechie) [Robin Moran](https://millionrounds.com/fund/robin-moran) Reported by Firms' own news pages and 2 others ## 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** 2021 **Venture** 2025 **Venture** 2026 [Steve Bayes](https://millionrounds.com/fund/steve-bayes) L [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Firstminute Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstminute-capital) [Orange DAO](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orange-dao) [Estelle McGechie](https://millionrounds.com/fund/estelle-mcgechie) [Robin Moran](https://millionrounds.com/fund/robin-moran) ## Everyone who backed them [Steve Bayes](https://millionrounds.com/fund/steve-bayes) Angel **1** round, led 1 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round [Firstminute Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstminute-capital) VC firm **1** round [Orange DAO](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orange-dao) VC firm **1** round [Estelle McGechie](https://millionrounds.com/fund/estelle-mcgechie) VC firm **1** round [Robin Moran](https://millionrounds.com/fund/robin-moran) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=hedge). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Hedge as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [Founder Factor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-factor) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Hedge ### Who invested in Hedge? Hedge's investors include Steve Bayes, Y Combinator, Firstminute Capital, Orange DAO and Estelle McGechie, and 1 more on record. ### How much has Hedge raised? Hedge has raised $3.0M across 3 rounds since 2021. 2 rounds did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Hedge last raise? Hedge's most recent round was a Venture in May 2026. ### What was Hedge's biggest round? Hedge's largest round on record is $3.0M (Seed), in Jul 2021, led by Steve Bayes. ### Who backed Hedge first? Hedge's first round on record, in Jul 2021, was backed by Steve Bayes, Estelle McGechie and Robin Moran. ### What stage is Hedge at? Hedge's latest named round is a Venture, in May 2026. ### Where is Hedge based? Hedge is based in the United States. ### Who led Hedge's rounds? Steve Bayes led the Seed in 2021. ## Companies like Hedge In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**SpaceX** $42B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/spacex)[**xPay** $1.5M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/xpay)[**Albert Invent** $20M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/albert-invent)[**FORT Robotics** $39M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/fort-robotics)[**Pika** $216M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/pika)[**Vertical Semiconductor** $84M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/vertical-semiconductor) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app