# Ink funding: rounds and investors

> Ink has raised $8.5M across 2 rounds since 2017. Investors include Betaworks, Mark Cuban and Sound Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

United States · [Pre-seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Ink*

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.

Manufacturing Media

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$8.5M** raised across 2 rounds since 2017, from 2 sources

**$7.0M** Round **$1.5M** Pre-seed

- **Latest round:** Pre-seed, $1.5M Apr 2022
- **Biggest round:** $7.0M Round · Nov 2017
- **Investors:** 6

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.

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

**$7.0M** Round

**$1.5M** Pre-seed

- **First round:** Round, $7.0M
- **Biggest round:** $7.0M
- **Between rounds:** 4.4 years

## The rounds

- **Apr 2022** Pre-seed **$1.5M** *3 new* [Betaworks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/betaworks) [Mark Cuban](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mark-cuban) [Sound Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sound-ventures) Source recorded SEC filing: $350K sold, first sale Apr 2022
- **Nov 2017** Round **$7.0M** *3 new* [SQN Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sqn-venture-partners) [VTF](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vtf) Invest Nebraska NE Angels Reported by TechCrunch

## 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.

**Round** 2017 **Pre-seed** 2022 [Betaworks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/betaworks) [Mark Cuban](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mark-cuban) [Sound Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sound-ventures) [SQN Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sqn-venture-partners) [VTF](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vtf) Invest Nebraska NE Angels

## Everyone who backed them

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

[Mark Cuban](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mark-cuban) Angel **1** round

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

[SQN Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sqn-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round

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

Invest Nebraska NE Angels no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Quick answers about Ink

### Who invested in Ink?

Ink's investors include Betaworks, Mark Cuban, Sound Ventures, SQN Venture Partners and VTF, and 1 more on record.

### How much has Ink raised?

Ink has raised $8.5M across 2 rounds since 2017.

### When did Ink last raise?

Ink's most recent round was a Pre-seed of $1.5M in Apr 2022.

### What was Ink's biggest round?

Ink's largest round on record is $7.0M (Undisclosed round), in Nov 2017.

### Who backed Ink first?

Ink's first round on record, in Nov 2017, was backed by SQN Venture Partners, VTF and Invest Nebraska NE Angels.

### What stage is Ink at?

Ink's latest named round is a Pre-seed, in Apr 2022.

### Where is Ink based?

Ink is based in the United States.

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