# Hungryroot funding: rounds and investors > Hungryroot has raised $9.7M across 2 rounds since 2015. Investors include Lerer Hippeau, Crosslink Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/hungryroot (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Hungryroot* 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. B2C Valuation: $750M, Oct 2024 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$9.7M** raised across 2 rounds since 2015, from 2 sources **$2.0M** Seed **$7.7M** Round - **Latest round:** Round, $7.7M Jan 2017 - **Step-up i:** 3.9× - **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. 2016 2017 **$2.0M** Seed **$7.7M** Round - **First round:** Seed, $2.0M - **Biggest round:** $7.7M - **Between rounds:** 21 months ## The rounds - **Jan 2017** Round **$7.7M** *1 new* *2 returning* [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Lerer Hippeau](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau) [Crosslink Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crosslink-capital) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $7.7M sold, first sale Nov 2016 - **May 2015** Seed **$2.0M** *9 new* [Lerer Hippeau](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau) [Crosslink Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crosslink-capital) [Quotidian Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quotidian-ventures) [MESA+](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mesa) [Brooklyn Bridge Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brooklyn-bridge-ventures) [Zelkova Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zelkova-ventures) [KarpReilly](https://millionrounds.com/fund/karpreilly) [John Rigos](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-rigos) [jab Brands](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jab-brands) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $2.0M sold, first sale Apr 2015 ## Founders and team From Hungryroot's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 1 founder, 5 on the team. **Ben McKean** Founder & CEO - **Adam Weber** Chief Marketing Officer - **Carolyn Frey** Chief People Officer - **Dushyant Saraph** Chief Product & AI Officer - **Liz Monteleone** Chief Legal Officer - **Benjamin McKean** Executive Officer, Director i On the board, as filed i *Jeremy Liew* *Omar El-Ayat* ## 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** 2015 **Round** 2017 [Lerer Hippeau](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau) [Crosslink Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crosslink-capital) [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Quotidian Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quotidian-ventures) [MESA+](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mesa) [Brooklyn Bridge Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brooklyn-bridge-ventures) [Zelkova Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zelkova-ventures) [KarpReilly](https://millionrounds.com/fund/karpreilly) [jab Brands](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jab-brands) [John Rigos](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-rigos) ## Everyone who backed them [Lerer Hippeau](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau) VC firm **2** rounds [Crosslink Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crosslink-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round [Quotidian Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quotidian-ventures) VC firm **1** round [MESA+](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mesa) VC firm **1** round [Brooklyn Bridge Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brooklyn-bridge-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Zelkova Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zelkova-ventures) VC firm **1** round [KarpReilly](https://millionrounds.com/fund/karpreilly) Private equity **1** round [jab Brands](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jab-brands) VC firm **1** round [John Rigos](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-rigos) Angel **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=hungryroot). ## Also claim to have backed them These 3 firms list Hungryroot 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. [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Advection Growth Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/advection-growth-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Natureza](https://millionrounds.com/fund/natureza-growth-partners) Growth equity Per its own site ## Quick answers about Hungryroot ### Who invested in Hungryroot? Hungryroot's investors include Lerer Hippeau, Crosslink Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Quotidian Ventures and MESA+, and 5 more on record. ### How much has Hungryroot raised? Hungryroot has raised $9.7M across 2 rounds since 2015. ### When did Hungryroot last raise? Hungryroot's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $7.7M in Jan 2017. ### What was Hungryroot's biggest round? Its most recent round, $7.7M in Jan 2017, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Hungryroot first? Hungryroot's first round on record, in May 2015, was backed by Lerer Hippeau, Crosslink Capital and Quotidian Ventures and 6 others. ### What stage is Hungryroot at? Hungryroot's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Jan 2017. ### Where is Hungryroot based? Hungryroot is based in the United States. ## Companies like Hungryroot In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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