# Instawork funding: rounds and investors

> Instawork has raised $18M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include Y Combinator, SV Angel and Google Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Instawork*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 10 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.

HR Tech

Valuation: $760M, Oct 2024 Y Combinator: S15

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$18M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Venture May 2023
- **Biggest round:** $18M Round · May 2019
- **Investors:** 10

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.

2020 2021 2022 2023

**$18M** Round

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Round, $18M
- **Biggest round:** $18M
- **Between rounds:** 3.9 years

## The rounds

- **May 2023** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *3 new* *2 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Spark Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-capital) [Craft Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/craft-ventures) [TCV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tcv) Source recorded
- **May 2019** Round **$18M** *7 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) [Tuesday Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tuesday-capital) [Spark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-3) [BURST Capital Management, LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/burst-capital-management-llc) Reported by FinSMEs

## 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** 2019 **Venture** 2023 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) [Spark Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-capital) [Craft Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/craft-ventures) [TCV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tcv) [Tuesday Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tuesday-capital) [Spark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-3) [BURST Capital Management, LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/burst-capital-management-llc)

## Everyone who backed them

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

[SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) VC firm **2** rounds

[Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) Corporate VC **1** round

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

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

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

[TCV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tcv) Private equity **1** round

[Tuesday Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tuesday-capital) Asset manager **1** round

[Spark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-3) Growth equity **1** round

[BURST Capital Management, LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/burst-capital-management-llc) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 7 firms list Instawork 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.

[NextGen Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextgen-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site

[Jessica Verrilli](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jessica-verrilli) VC firm Per its own site

[PeopleTech Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peopletech-partners) Accelerator 2024, per its site

[XY Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xy-ventures-2) VC firm Per its own site

[Lume Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lume-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Tuesday Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crunchfund) VC firm Per its own site

[UpVentures Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/upventures-capital) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Instawork

### Who invested in Instawork?

Instawork's investors include Y Combinator, SV Angel, Google Ventures, Benchmark and Spark Capital, and 5 more on record.

### How much has Instawork raised?

Instawork has raised $18M across 2 rounds since 2019. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Instawork last raise?

Instawork's most recent round was a Venture in May 2023.

### What was Instawork's biggest round?

Instawork's largest round on record is $18M (Undisclosed round), in May 2019.

### Who backed Instawork first?

Instawork's first round on record, in May 2019, was backed by Y Combinator, SV Angel and Google Ventures and 4 others.

### What stage is Instawork at?

Instawork's latest named round is a Venture, in May 2023.

### Where is Instawork based?

Instawork is based in the United States.

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