# Instaread funding: rounds and investors

> Instaread has raised $1.7M across 2 rounds since 2014. Investors include Kima Ventures, Pear VC and Wavemaker Partners. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Instaread*

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.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$1.7M** raised across 2 rounds since 2014, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Seed, $1.7M May 2016
- **Investors:** 3

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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.

2015 2016

**?** Seed

**$1.7M** Seed

- **First round:** Seed
- **Biggest round:** $1.7M
- **Between rounds:** 19 months

## The rounds

- **May 2016** Seed **$1.7M** *2 new* *1 returning* [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) [Pear VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pear-vc) [Wavemaker Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wavemaker-partners-3) Source recorded SEC filing: $1.7M sold, first sale Apr 2016
- **Sept 2014** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) 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** 2014 **Seed** 2016 [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) [Pear VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pear-vc) [Wavemaker Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wavemaker-partners-3)

## Everyone who backed them

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

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

[Wavemaker Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wavemaker-partners-3) VC firm **1** round

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## Quick answers about Instaread

### Who invested in Instaread?

Instaread's investors include Kima Ventures, Pear VC and Wavemaker Partners.

### How much has Instaread raised?

Instaread has raised $1.7M across 2 rounds since 2014. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Instaread last raise?

Instaread's most recent round was a Seed of $1.7M in May 2016.

### What was Instaread's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $1.7M in May 2016, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Instaread first?

Instaread's first round on record, in Sept 2014, was backed by Kima Ventures.

### What stage is Instaread at?

Instaread's latest named round is a Seed, in May 2016.

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