# Inkling funding: rounds and investors

> Inkling has raised $25M across 3 rounds since 2006. Investors include Y Combinator and Sapphire Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

United States · [Series E startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Inkling*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 2 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.

Media

Y Combinator: W06

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$25M** raised across 3 rounds since 2006, from 3 sources

**$20K** Seed **$25M** Series E

- **Latest round:** Series E, $25M Dec 2016
- **Step-up i:** 1250×
- **Investors:** 2

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.

2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

**?** Seed

**$20K** Seed

**$25M** Series E

- **First round:** Seed
- **Biggest round:** $25M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 9.9 years

## The rounds

- **Dec 2016** Series E **$25M** *1 new* [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $25M sold, first sale Nov 2016
- **Jan 2007** Seed **$20K** *1 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Reported by ycombinator.com
- **Mar 2006** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) From a historical funding record

## 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** 2006 **Seed** 2007 **Series E** 2016 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures)

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds

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

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Inkling as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Icon Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icon-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Inkling

### Who invested in Inkling?

Inkling's investors include Y Combinator and Sapphire Ventures.

### How much has Inkling raised?

Inkling has raised $25M across 3 rounds since 2006. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Inkling last raise?

Inkling's most recent round was a Series E of $25M in Dec 2016.

### What was Inkling's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $25M in Dec 2016, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Inkling first?

Inkling's first round on record, in Mar 2006, was backed by Y Combinator.

### What stage is Inkling at?

Inkling's latest named round is a Series E, in Dec 2016.

### Where is Inkling based?

Inkling is based in the United States.

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