# HowNow funding: rounds and investors > HowNow has raised $7.4M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include Fuel Ventures, Mercia Asset Management and Chris Bruce. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/hownow (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *HowNow* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 7 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. Edtech Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$7.4M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources **$3.0M** Series A **$4.4M** Series A - **Latest round:** Series A, $4.4M Feb 2025 - **Step-up i:** 1.5× - **Investors:** 7 (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. 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 **$3.0M** Series A **$4.4M** Series A - **First round:** Series A, $3.0M - **Biggest round:** $4.4M - **Between rounds:** 5.3 years ## The rounds - **Feb 2025** Series A **$4.4M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Fuel Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fuel-ventures) [Mercia Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mercia-ventures) Source recorded - **Oct 2019** Series A **$3.0M** *6 new* [Fuel Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fuel-ventures) Lead [Chris Bruce](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chris-bruce) [Michael Whitfield](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-whitfield) Alwin Magimay Andy Murray OBE Bernie Sinniah Reported by TechCrunch ## Founders and team From HowNow's own website: 3 founders, 19 on the team. **Nelson Sivalingam** Co-founder & CEO **Ashish Kumar** Co-founder & CTO **Kuvera Sivalingam** Co-founder & COO - **Lulu Dermeche** Head of Customer Success - **Pauline Taylor** VP of People - **Sam Lawton** Head of Customer Experience - **Sunil Kumar Sharma** Head of Engineering - **Akhil Vutukuri** Engineering QA Lead - **Akshay Arun Dhobale** Senior Engineering Team Lead - **Anil Patel** PMO & IT Manager - **Ashish Singh** Engineering Team Lead - **Ashish Soundalkar** Product Design Team Lead - **Gloria Reina Sillero** Senior Partnership Manager - **Hardik Jain** Engineering Manager - **Harvey Stead** SDR Manager - **Kelsey Botne** Learning and Performance Lead - **Muhammed Salman Shamsi** Senior Front-end Developer - **Nikhil Mendonca** Senior Front-end Developer - **Sainath Chorghe** Frontend Team Lead - **Saurabh Manwani** Senior Product Manager - **Sufiyan Siddique** Engineering Team Lead And 1 more on the team. Advisers *Naaz Sameja* ## 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** 2019 **Series A** 2025 [Fuel Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fuel-ventures) L [Mercia Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mercia-ventures) [Chris Bruce](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chris-bruce) [Michael Whitfield](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-whitfield) Alwin Magimay Andy Murray OBE Bernie Sinniah ## Everyone who backed them [Fuel Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fuel-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1 [Mercia Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mercia-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Chris Bruce](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chris-bruce) Angel **1** round [Michael Whitfield](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-whitfield) Angel **1** round Alwin Magimay no record of our own yet **1** round Andy Murray OBE no record of our own yet **1** round Bernie Sinniah 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=hownow). ## Quick answers about HowNow ### Who invested in HowNow? HowNow's investors include Fuel Ventures, Mercia Asset Management, Chris Bruce, Michael Whitfield and Alwin Magimay, and 2 more on record. ### How much has HowNow raised? HowNow has raised $7.4M across 2 rounds since 2019. ### When did HowNow last raise? HowNow's most recent round was a Series A of $4.4M in Feb 2025. ### What was HowNow's biggest round? Its most recent round, $4.4M in Feb 2025, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed HowNow first? HowNow's first round on record, in Oct 2019, was backed by Fuel Ventures, Chris Bruce and Michael Whitfield and 3 others. ### What stage is HowNow at? HowNow's latest named round is a Series A, in Feb 2025. ### Where is HowNow based? HowNow is based in the United Kingdom. ### Who led HowNow's rounds? 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