# Inspire funding: rounds and investors > Inspire has raised $375K across 2 rounds since 2011. Investors include Bonfire Ventures, BAM Ventures and CrossCut Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/inspire (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Inspire* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 3 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. Cleantech Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$375K** raised across 2 rounds since 2011, from 2 sources - **Latest round:** Venture Jan 2018 - **Biggest round:** $375K Seed · Sept 2011 - **Investors:** 3 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. 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 **$375K** Seed **?** Venture - **First round:** Seed, $375K - **Biggest round:** $375K - **Between rounds:** 6.3 years ## The rounds - **Jan 2018** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *3 new* [Bonfire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bonfire-ventures) [BAM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bam-ventures) [CrossCut Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crosscut-ventures) Source recorded - **Sept 2011** Seed **$375K** No investor was named in the report. Reported by sec.gov ## 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** 2011 **Venture** 2018 [Bonfire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bonfire-ventures) [BAM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bam-ventures) [CrossCut Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crosscut-ventures) ## Everyone who backed them [Bonfire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bonfire-ventures) VC firm **1** round [BAM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bam-ventures) VC firm **1** round [CrossCut Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crosscut-ventures) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=inspire). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list Inspire 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. [Viscogliosi Brothe...](https://millionrounds.com/fund/viscogliosi-brothe) VC firm Per its own site [Viscogliosi Brothers Watermark Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/viscogliosi-brothers-watermark-holdings) Family office Per its own site ## Quick answers about Inspire ### Who invested in Inspire? Inspire's investors include Bonfire Ventures, BAM Ventures and CrossCut Ventures. ### How much has Inspire raised? Inspire has raised $375K across 2 rounds since 2011. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Inspire last raise? Inspire's most recent round was a Venture in Jan 2018. ### What was Inspire's biggest round? Inspire's largest round on record is $375K (Seed), in Sept 2011. ### Who backed Inspire first? Inspire's first round on record, in Jan 2018, was backed by Bonfire Ventures, BAM Ventures and CrossCut Ventures. ### What stage is Inspire at? Inspire's latest named round is a Venture, in Jan 2018. ### Where is Inspire based? Inspire is based in the United States. ## Companies like Inspire In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Amogy** $125M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/amogy)[**LanzaJet** $67M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/lanzajet)[**Pivot Energy** $500M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/pivot-energy)[**Peak Energy** $163M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/peak-energy)[**Renew** $207M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/renew)[**Optivolt** $37M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/optivolt) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app