# Hostie funding: rounds and investors

> Hostie has raised $16M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include Gradient, Obvious Ventures and Scribble Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Hostie*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 3 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 4 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$16M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources

**$4.0M** Seed **$12M** Series A

- **Latest round:** Series A, $12M Jul 2026
- **Step-up i:** 3×
- **Investors:** 3

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.

2026

**$4.0M** Seed

**$12M** Series A

- **First round:** Seed, $4.0M
- **Biggest round:** $12M
- **Between rounds:** 15 months

## The rounds

- **Jul 2026** Series A **$12M** *2 new* *1 returning* [Gradient](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gradient-ventures) [Obvious Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/obvious-ventures) [Scribble Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scribble-ventures) Source recorded
- **Apr 2025** Seed **$4.0M** *1 new* [Gradient](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gradient-ventures) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Hostie's own website: 2 founders, 2 on the team.

**Randall Hom** Co-Founder & CEO

**Brendan Wood** Co-Founder & CTO

- **Hayley Foppiani** Head of Marketing
- **Jeff Jones** Head of Sales

## 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** 2025 **Series A** 2026 [Gradient](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gradient-ventures) [Obvious Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/obvious-ventures) [Scribble Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scribble-ventures)

## Everyone who backed them

[Gradient](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gradient-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[Obvious Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/obvious-ventures) Accelerator **1** round

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

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Hostie 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.

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

## Quick answers about Hostie

### Who invested in Hostie?

Hostie's investors include Gradient, Obvious Ventures and Scribble Ventures.

### How much has Hostie raised?

Hostie has raised $16M across 2 rounds since 2025.

### When did Hostie last raise?

Hostie's most recent round was a Series A of $12M in Jul 2026.

### What was Hostie's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $12M in Jul 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Hostie first?

Hostie's first round on record, in Apr 2025, was backed by Gradient.

### What stage is Hostie at?

Hostie's latest named round is a Series A, in Jul 2026.

### Where is Hostie based?

Hostie is based in the United States.

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