# Helpshift funding: rounds and investors

> Helpshift has raised $36M across 3 rounds since 2012. Investors include Nexus Venture Partners, Microsoft Ventures & Salesforce and Intel Capital.

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

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# Who invested in *Helpshift*

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.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$36M** raised across 3 rounds since 2012, from 3 sources

**$3.2M** Seed **$10M** Series A **$23M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $23M Jun 2016
- **Led by:** Microsoft Ventures & Salesforce
- **Step-up i:** 2.3×
- **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.

2013 2014 2015 2016

**$3.2M** Seed

**$10M** Series A

**$23M** Round

- **First round:** Seed, $3.2M
- **Biggest round:** $23M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 23 months

## The rounds

- **Jun 2016** Round **$23M** *1 new* Microsoft Ventures & Salesforce Lead Reported by TechCrunch
- **Jun 2014** Series A **$10M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Intel Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital) [True Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/true-ventures-2) [Nexus Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nexus-venture-partners) [Visionnaire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/visionnaire-ventures) From a historical funding record
- **Oct 2012** Seed **$3.2M** *2 new* [Nexus Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nexus-venture-partners) [True Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/true-ventures) Reported by techcrunch.com

## Founders and team

From Helpshift's own website: 3 on the team.

- **Konrad Jakubowski** Head of Player Services
- **Kari Franz** Customer Support & Operations Manager
- **Pascal Debroek** Player Support Lead at Rovio

## 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** 2012 **Series A** 2014 **Round** 2016 [Nexus Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nexus-venture-partners) Microsoft Ventures & Salesforce L [Intel Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital) [True Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/true-ventures-2) [True Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/true-ventures) [Visionnaire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/visionnaire-ventures)

## Everyone who backed them

[Nexus Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nexus-venture-partners) VC firm **2** rounds

Microsoft Ventures & Salesforce no record of our own yet **1** round, led 1

[Intel Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital) Corporate VC **1** round

[True Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/true-ventures-2) VC firm **1** round

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

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

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Helpshift 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.

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

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

## Quick answers about Helpshift

### Who invested in Helpshift?

Helpshift's investors include Nexus Venture Partners, Microsoft Ventures & Salesforce, Intel Capital, True Ventures and True Ventures, and 1 more on record. Microsoft Ventures & Salesforce led its latest round.

### How much has Helpshift raised?

Helpshift has raised $36M across 3 rounds since 2012.

### When did Helpshift last raise?

Helpshift's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $23M in Jun 2016, led by Microsoft Ventures & Salesforce.

### What was Helpshift's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $23M in Jun 2016, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Helpshift first?

Helpshift's first round on record, in Oct 2012, was backed by Nexus Venture Partners and True Ventures.

### What stage is Helpshift at?

Helpshift's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Jun 2016.

### Where is Helpshift based?

Helpshift is based in the United States.

### Who led Helpshift's rounds?

Microsoft Ventures & Salesforce led the Undisclosed round in 2016.

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