# HowGood funding: rounds and investors

> HowGood has raised $6.2M across 2 rounds since 2014. Investors include Great Oaks Venture Capital, FirstMark and High Line Ventures Partners.

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

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# Who invested in *HowGood*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 9 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

**$6.2M** raised across 2 rounds since 2014, from 2 sources

**$2.0M** Seed **$4.2M** Series A

- **Latest round:** Series A, $4.2M Mar 2017
- **Step-up i:** 2.1×
- **Investors:** 9

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

**$2.0M** Seed

**$4.2M** Series A

- **First round:** Seed, $2.0M
- **Biggest round:** $4.2M
- **Between rounds:** 2.4 years

[**HowGood** Consumer internet 1 / 11 Their pitch deck **HowGood's pitch deck, 11 slides** Each slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.](https://millionrounds.com/decks/howgood)

## The rounds

- **Mar 2017** Series A **$4.2M** *6 new* *2 returning* [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital) [FirstMark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstmark) [Serious Change](https://millionrounds.com/fund/serious-change) [Contour](https://millionrounds.com/fund/contour) [Humanity United](https://millionrounds.com/fund/humanity-united) High Line Jake Lodwick Joanne R. Wilson Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $4.2M sold, first sale Feb 2016
- **Sept 2014** Seed **$2.0M** *3 new* [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital) [FirstMark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstmark) [High Line Ventures Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/high-line-ventures-partners) From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From HowGood's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 7 on the team.

- **Takoua Debeche** Chief Research & Development Officer at Danone
- **Brian Nash** VP of Corporate Sustainability at Ingredion
- **Caitlin Leibert** Head of of Sustainability at Chipotle
- **Juan Aguiriano** Head of Sustainability at Kerry Group
- **Jessica Sansom** Sustainability Director at Huel
- **Alexander Gillett** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Arthur Gillett** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Matt Gorin* *Richard Heitzmann*

## 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** 2014 **Series A** 2017 [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital) [FirstMark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstmark) [High Line Ventures Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/high-line-ventures-partners) [Serious Change](https://millionrounds.com/fund/serious-change) [Contour](https://millionrounds.com/fund/contour) [Humanity United](https://millionrounds.com/fund/humanity-united) High Line Jake Lodwick Joanne R. Wilson

## Everyone who backed them

[Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital) VC firm **2** rounds

[FirstMark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstmark) VC firm **2** rounds

[High Line Ventures Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/high-line-ventures-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Serious Change](https://millionrounds.com/fund/serious-change) VC firm **1** round

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

[Humanity United](https://millionrounds.com/fund/humanity-united) VC firm **1** round

High Line no record of our own yet **1** round

Jake Lodwick no record of our own yet **1** round

Joanne R. Wilson no record of our own yet **1** round

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

## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list HowGood 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.

[Contour Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/contour-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site

[Joanne Wilson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joanne-wilson) Angel Per its own site

[Danone Manifesto Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/danone-manifesto-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about HowGood

### Who invested in HowGood?

HowGood's investors include Great Oaks Venture Capital, FirstMark, High Line Ventures Partners, Serious Change and Contour, and 4 more on record.

### How much has HowGood raised?

HowGood has raised $6.2M across 2 rounds since 2014.

### When did HowGood last raise?

HowGood's most recent round was a Series A of $4.2M in Mar 2017.

### What was HowGood's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $4.2M in Mar 2017, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed HowGood first?

HowGood's first round on record, in Sept 2014, was backed by Great Oaks Venture Capital, FirstMark and High Line Ventures Partners.

### What stage is HowGood at?

HowGood's latest named round is a Series A, in Mar 2017.

### Where is HowGood based?

HowGood is based in the United States.

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