# Helpling funding: rounds and investors

> Helpling has raised $73M across 3 rounds since 2014. Investors include Lukasz Gadowski, Point Nine Capital and Lakestar. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Helpling*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 8 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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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$73M** raised across 3 rounds since 2014, from 3 sources

**$17M** Series A **$45M** Series B **$11M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $11M Mar 2017
- **Biggest round:** $45M Series B · Mar 2015
- **Investors:** 8

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.

2015 2016 2017

**$17M** Series A

**$45M** Series B

**$11M** Round

- **First round:** Series A, $17M
- **Biggest round:** $45M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 2 years

## The rounds

- **Mar 2017** Round **$11M** *1 new* [Asia Pacific Internet Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/asia-pacific-internet-group) Reported by TechCrunch
- **Mar 2015** Series B **$45M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Lakestar](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lakestar) [Rocket Internet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rocket-internet-6) [Kite Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kite-ventures) [Lukasz Gadowski](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lukasz-gadowski) From a historical funding record
- **Dec 2014** Series A **$17M** *4 new* [Point Nine Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point-nine-capital) [Mangrove Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mangrove-capital-partners) [Lukasz Gadowski](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lukasz-gadowski) [Phenomen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/phenomen-vc) 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.

**Series A** 2014 **Series B** 2015 **Round** 2017 [Lukasz Gadowski](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lukasz-gadowski) [Point Nine Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point-nine-capital) [Lakestar](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lakestar) [Mangrove Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mangrove-capital-partners) [Rocket Internet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rocket-internet-6) [Kite Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kite-ventures) [Phenomen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/phenomen-vc) [Asia Pacific Internet Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/asia-pacific-internet-group)

## Everyone who backed them

[Lukasz Gadowski](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lukasz-gadowski) Angel **2** rounds

[Point Nine Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point-nine-capital) VC firm **1** round

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

[Mangrove Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mangrove-capital-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Rocket Internet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rocket-internet-6) Investment firm **1** round

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

[Phenomen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/phenomen-vc) VC firm **1** round

[Asia Pacific Internet Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/asia-pacific-internet-group) Investment firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Helpling 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.

[Ventech China](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ventech-china) VC firm Per its own site

[Rocket Internet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rocket-internet) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Helpling

### Who invested in Helpling?

Helpling's investors include Lukasz Gadowski, Point Nine Capital, Lakestar, Mangrove Capital Partners and Rocket Internet, and 3 more on record.

### How much has Helpling raised?

Helpling has raised $73M across 3 rounds since 2014.

### When did Helpling last raise?

Helpling's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $11M in Mar 2017.

### What was Helpling's biggest round?

Helpling's largest round on record is $45M (Series B), in Mar 2015.

### Who backed Helpling first?

Helpling's first round on record, in Dec 2014, was backed by Point Nine Capital, Mangrove Capital Partners and Lukasz Gadowski and 1 others.

### What stage is Helpling at?

Helpling's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Mar 2017.

### Where is Helpling based?

Helpling is based in Germany.

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