# Here funding: rounds and investors

> Here has raised $39M across 2 rounds since 2022. Investors include Y Combinator, Alumni Ventures and Gaingels. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Here*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 10 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.

Fintech

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$39M** raised across 2 rounds since 2022, from 2 sources

**$3.5M** Seed **$35M** Series D

- **Latest round:** Series D, $35M May 2023
- **Step-up i:** 10×
- **Investors:** 10

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.

2023

**$3.5M** Seed

**$35M** Series D

- **First round:** Seed, $3.5M
- **Biggest round:** $35M
- **Between rounds:** 10 months

## The rounds

- **May 2023** Series D **$35M** *6 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [JP Morgan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jpmorgan) [HSBC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsbc) [Nyca Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nyca-partners) [Bank of America](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bank-of-america) [Wells Fargo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wells-fargo-bank-office) Source recorded
- **Jul 2022** Seed **$3.5M** *4 new* [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) [Mucker Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mucker-capital) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Here's own website: 5 on the team.

- **Masanori Doi** CEO / Creative Director / Producer
- **Kaori Doi** Manager
- **Risa Yamada** Manager
- **Saki Katsume** Director / Digital Artist
- **Shotaro Watanabe** Director / Digital Artist

## 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** 2022 **Series D** 2023 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) [JP Morgan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jpmorgan) [HSBC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsbc) [Mucker Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mucker-capital) [Nyca Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nyca-partners) [Bank of America](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bank-of-america) [Wells Fargo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wells-fargo-bank-office)

## Everyone who backed them

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

[Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm **1** round

[Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) Private equity **1** round

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

[JP Morgan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jpmorgan) Investment bank **1** round

[HSBC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsbc) Growth equity **1** round

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

[Nyca Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nyca-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Bank of America](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bank-of-america) Company **1** round

[Wells Fargo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wells-fargo-bank-office) Corporate VC **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=here).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Here 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.

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

[Commodity Project](https://millionrounds.com/fund/commodity-project) Investment firm Per its own site

[Tribeca Early Stage Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tribeca-early-stage-partners) Angel network Per its own site

## Quick answers about Here

### Who invested in Here?

Here's investors include Y Combinator, Alumni Ventures, Gaingels, Liquid 2 Ventures and JP Morgan, and 5 more on record.

### How much has Here raised?

Here has raised $39M across 2 rounds since 2022.

### When did Here last raise?

Here's most recent round was a Series D of $35M in May 2023.

### What was Here's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $35M in May 2023, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Here first?

Here's first round on record, in Jul 2022, was backed by Alumni Ventures, Gaingels and Liquid 2 Ventures and 1 others.

### What stage is Here at?

Here's latest named round is a Series D, in May 2023.

### Where is Here based?

Here is based in the United States.

## Companies like Here

In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months.

[**Kalshi** $2.7B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/kalshi)[**xPay** $1.5M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/xpay)[**Coast** $77M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/coast)[**Whop** $400M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/whop)[**CapitalOS** $52M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/capitalos)[**Gradient** $24M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/gradient)

## 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
