# Ideally funding: rounds and investors

> Ideally has raised $14M across 2 rounds since 2024. Investors include Icehouse Ventures, SE Ventures and OIF Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

New Zealand · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Ideally*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 6 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 Professional Services Internet Martech

Raised 7 months ago

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Funding summary Updated 7 Nov 2026

**$14M** raised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 4 sources

**$3.8M** Seed **$10M** Series A

- **Latest round:** Series A, $10M Apr 2026
- **Led by:** Shearwater Capital
- **Step-up i:** 2.6×
- **Investors:** 6 (1 led)

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## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2025 2026

**$3.8M** Seed

**$10M** Series A

- **First round:** Seed, $3.8M
- **Biggest round:** $10M
- **Between rounds:** 19 months

## The rounds

- **Apr 2026** Series A **$10M** *3 new* *3 returning* [Shearwater Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shearwater-capital) Lead [Icehouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures) [SE Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/se-ventures) [OIF Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oif-ventures) [Altered Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/altered-capital) [Ecliptic VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ecliptic-vc) Reported by Ventureburn and 2 others
- **Oct 2024** Seed **$3.8M** *3 new* [Icehouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures) [SE Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/se-ventures) [OIF Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oif-ventures) Source recorded

## 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** 2024 **Series A** 2026 [Icehouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures) [SE Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/se-ventures) [OIF Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oif-ventures) [Shearwater Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shearwater-capital) L [Altered Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/altered-capital) [Ecliptic VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ecliptic-vc)

## Everyone who backed them

[Icehouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[SE Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/se-ventures) Corporate VC **2** rounds

[OIF Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oif-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[Shearwater Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shearwater-capital) VC firm **1** round, led 1

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

[Ecliptic VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ecliptic-vc) VC firm **1** round

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## Quick answers about Ideally

### Who invested in Ideally?

Ideally's investors include Icehouse Ventures, SE Ventures, OIF Ventures, Shearwater Capital and Altered Capital, and 1 more on record. Shearwater Capital led its latest round.

### How much has Ideally raised?

Ideally has raised $14M across 2 rounds since 2024.

### When did Ideally last raise?

Ideally's most recent round was a Series A of $10M in Apr 2026, led by Shearwater Capital.

### What was Ideally's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $10M in Apr 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Ideally first?

Ideally's first round on record, in Oct 2024, was backed by Icehouse Ventures, SE Ventures and OIF Ventures.

### What stage is Ideally at?

Ideally's latest named round is a Series A, in Apr 2026.

### Where is Ideally based?

Ideally is based in New Zealand.

### Who led Ideally's rounds?

Shearwater Capital led the Series A in 2026.

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